Day 12 - Egg-cellent!

Steven: the amount of eggs that you eat is nasty
Sent at 9:57 AM on Friday

Well thanks brother! We may look alike but we certainly has different taste! And just for that comment I'm posting this picture:

I've never met an egg I didn't like...(here comes my Bubba Gump moment) scrambled, fried, over easy, over medium, poached, hard boiled, deviled....egg in salad, egg on a burger, I could go on and on!

But why do I eat eggs everyday (other than because they're delicious)? Here are some health benefits I found:

1. A randomized control trial led by Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of infection and obesity at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center found that overweight and obese women who consumed a breakfast of two eggs a day (for five days a week or more) for 8 weeks, as part of a low-fat diet with a 1,000 calorie deficit:
• lost 65 percent more weight
• had 83 percent greater reductions in waist circumference
• reported greater improvements in energy levels than their dieting counterparts who consumed a bagel breakfast of the same calories
2. Eggs are great for the eyes! Researchers found that people who eat eggs every day lower their risk of developing cataracts, also because of the lutein and zeaxanthin in eggs. **Go to know because cataracts runs in the family :( **
3. They are a good source of choline. One egg yolk has about 300 micrograms of choline. Choline is an important nutrient that helps regulate the brain, nervous system, and cardiovascular system. **Getting smarter by the egg :) **
4. They contain the right kind of fat. One egg contains just 5 grams of fat and only 1.5 grams of that is saturated fat.
5. Eggs are one of the only foods that contain naturally occurring vitamin D.
6. Eggs may prevent breast cancer. In one study, women who consumed at least 6 eggs per week lowered their risk of breast cancer by 44%. **Hell yea - shout out to my Grammy who kicked breast cancers ass!**
7. Eggs are cost effective! I'm definitely more likely to buy a pallet of eggs for $5 that will last a while!
8. Not only have studies shown that eggs do not significantly affect cholesterol levels in most individuals, but the latest research suggests that eating whole eggs may actually result in significant improvement in one's blood lipids (cholesterol) profile.

So there....enjoy something egg-quisite!!

Yesterday's recap:
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Breakfast: Two hard boiled eggs
Snack: Mandarin orange
Lunch: Progresso Light Soup: Chicken and Vegetables - with some leftover couscous
Snack: Grapes
Dinner: Stuffed peppers! See below for the awesome recipe I created.
Water: five 24 oz bottles
Exercise: 45 minute walk/jog with Seth and Jasper (which I kind of regret because they walk/jog too fast for me haha)

Stuffed Peppers:
Saute 1/4 onion and one clove of garlic in a pan with some extra virgin olive oil. Once the onions are translucent, add about a half pound of ground turkey. When the meat is done, add one can of roasted tomatoes. Heat up the tomatoes and then add some cooked brown rice (I cooked a half cup of uncooked brown rice in our steamer beforehand). Cut two green peppers in half lengthwise and remove the insides. Lay the peppers in a glass baking dish, load them up with the stuffing, and sprinkle some shredder cheese on top. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 35 minutes in a 400 degree oven. Eat up :)