Myth #2: Brown Eggs Are Healthier

Myth #2: Brown Eggs Are Healthier

Truth: When it comes to eggs, the color on the outside has nothing to do with the nutrition on the inside. The nutrients found in brown and white eggs are essentially the same, however, brown eggs often cost more. “Regular brown eggs are not worth the higher price tag,” says registered dietitian Victoria Shanta Retelny, author of "The Essential Guide to Healthy Healing Foods". Retelny says if you’re looking to boost the nutrient content of your eggs, choose brands whose packages say they’re rich in omega-3 fats (the hens' feed is rich in these essential fatty acids); they cost a bit more as well, but in this case, you’re actually getting what you’re paying for.

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SMART WAYS TO EAT YOUR VEGGIES

Optional ways to eat veggies

Eating at least some vegetables raw ensures you are digesting beneficial enzymes and water-soluble vitamins(C and the B's)

• Boil oxalate-rich veggies (spinach, Swiss chard, beets) if you are prone to forming calcium kidney stones since most of the oxalates release into the cooking water.
•  If you have a condition such as irritable bowel or Crohn's disease, steaming can make veggies easier to digest. Steaming also increases antioxidant activity in bell peppers, green beans, broccoli, and spinach and makes beta-carotene in carrots easier to absorb. 
• Roasting meats and vegetables is a safer alternative to grilling, which can char foods, resulting in carcinogens called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and advanced glycation end products (AGEs), toxins created when foods containing sugars and protein are burned (that goes for baked goods too).

 

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