Many among us love eggs. Isn’t it? From young ones to the old ones, almost everyone loves eating eggs, irrespective of whether they are poached, toasted, scrambled or fried, an egg has always been our favorite food. Even when we ask doctors and dieticians about eating eggs, they suggest us to eat eggs every day.

Eggs have a place in the top of all those lists that suggest nutritious food be eaten for a healthy life. But eating too many eggs tends to increase cholesterol levels that may lead to cardiovascular diseases. So eating eggs are good for health, but it’s also dangerous if it is taken heavily.

There are innumerable benefits of eating an egg. Here are few benefits mentioned below.

1. Rich In Vitamins And Minerals:

Eggs are highly rich in vitamins. Vitamins such as E, B2, B5, B12, A and essential minerals like choline, phosphorus, biotin, magnesium, and iron are present in eggs. All those vitamins and minerals make an egg a super food and eating it gives us good health.

2. Rich In HDL:

HDL means High-Density Lipoprotein. Many of us don’t know that egg is rich in cholesterol. Yes, an egg contains good cholesterol known as HDL. This friendly scavenger cruises the bloodstream. As it does, it removes harmful bad cholesterol from where it doesn’t belong. High HDL levels reduce the risk for heart disease, but low levels increase the risk.

This cholesterol also helps our body in regulating cortisol, estrogen, and testosterone-like hormones.

3. Initiates Memory Skills

According to the medical research, the choline present in the eggs helps our brain to improve our memory skills. Eating eggs regularly can help improve your memory. Eggs are one of the best sources of choline, which is an important nutrient used to produce acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter involved in memory.

Choline is found in the myelin sheath, which insulates nerve fibers throughout the brain to facilitate rapid transmission of electrical impulses.

4. Rich In Antioxidants:

Lutein and Zeaxanthin, the two antioxidants found in eggs reduces the risk of many eye related ailments including the macular degeneration of vision that develops due to the aging process and reduces chances of getting affected by cataracts by 50%.

5. Protein Rich:

Eating three eggs a day can get a high level of protein that you get from eating chicken, beef, or pork. An egg yolk contains nearly 40% of protein. In addition to it, we won’t get that bad cholesterol which we get from eating red meat.

6. Reduces Weight Faster:

Eggs are high nutrition food but contain very fewer calories. Thus, it helps in weight management.

Try eating eggs in the breakfast; you will feel like fuller whole day. This even helps you from hunger pangs that will buzz you at work.