Featured White Papers
Content provided in partnership with
What's different about omega-3 eggs?
Natural Health, August, 2001
SEVERAL EGG COMPANIES NOW FEED THEIR HENS special diets to produce eggs with enhanced amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. These eggs contain 100 to 200 mg of omega-3s (three to six times that of a normal egg). Compared to a three-ounce serving of salmon, which yields more than 1,000 mg, these enhanced eggs provide only a modest boost to your diet. Still, because omega-3s are beneficial for heart and brain health, every bit helps.
Heat damages omega-3-rich oils like flax oil, but it doesn't hurt omega-3 eggs. The fatty acids in oil are unprotected from contact with the heat of a pan, but there are fewer susceptible fatty acids in eggs and they're buffered from high heat by the proteins, water, and other fats in the egg. --C.S.S.
COPYRIGHT 2001 Weider Publications
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
Find Research Guides for:
Find Featured Titles for: Home & Garden
Most Popular Articles in Health
- Fuel your workout: exercisers who eat before they work out have more energy ...
- Soothe a dry, itchy scalp: 5 easy expert solutions
- Cocktails and calories: Beer, wine and liquor calories can really add up. ...
- The sour truth about apple cider vinegar - evaluation of therapeutic use
- The, six best supplements you've never heard of: these secret weapons can ...
- More »