"Mom, why are you eating boiled eggs again, just finished eating in the morning, why did you eat again in the evening?" Ms. Wang, who was returning home from work, said to her mother.
While peeling the egg, the mother said to her daughter, "Eggs are the most nutritious, and they can only be well if they are eaten every day." ”
"I can see what the Internet said, eggs have high cholesterol content, eat every day, the liver will eat bad." As She spoke, Ms. Wang stopped her mother from continuing to eat.
In the evening, Ms. Wang opened the hot discussion on the Internet to show her mother, "The cholesterol content in eggs is too high, and often eating boiled eggs is actually hurting the liver." The opinions of netizens made the mother look a little scared, was it true that he ate boiled eggs every day?
Does boiled eggs increase the risk of liver disease? Eating boiled eggs often, is it "liver nourishment" or "liver injury"? With these questions, today I will talk to you together, do these statements have a scientific basis? Is it right or wrong?
How important is the liver?
First of all, we need to understand the importance of the liver, which is the largest physical organ of the human body and has complex functions, including metabolism, synthesis, secretion and excretion. The three major nutrients needed by the human body: protein, carbohydrates, and fat metabolism and synthesis, also require the participation of the liver.
As one of the most important organs in the human body, the detoxification function of the liver is also very powerful, and when the liver function remains normal, the garbage toxins produced in the body can be metabolized, so as to ensure the health of the body.
Just as the so-called "liver nourishment is to nourish life", in the weekdays, we must do a good job of liver protection, maintain our liver, in order to protect our health.
Our living conditions are improving day by day, and our diet is becoming more and more abundant, but the incidence of liver disease is increasing, mostly because of poor eating habits, which cause liver disease. Many people like to eat high-fat, high-sugar foods, although delicious and delicious, but easy to make the body fat too much, resulting in deposition in the liver and the formation of fatty liver. Overeating also increases the burden on the liver and can easily cause lesions.
It can be seen that diet plays a very important role in liver protection, and protein-rich foods can repair liver cells and are the liver's favorite.
What are the benefits of eggs for the body?
Eggs are the most common egg products in our daily lives, rich in protein, which is very beneficial to the health of the liver.
The nutrition community calls eggs "whole nutrition food", which is rich in nutrients, amino acids as the basic source of nutrients, and can synthesize tissue proteins in the human body. Eggs contain two amino acids, tryptophan and tyrosine, which have high antioxidant capacity.
In addition, eggs are also rich in protein and lecithin and other substances, which play an important role in improving memory and promoting children's growth and development. Proper egg supplementation can provide adequate nutrition for our body.
As the saying goes, "Breakfast should be good." "Breakfast gives us about a third of the energy throughout the day, and moderate intake of protein-rich foods keeps us in good mental shape.
Many people will choose to eat a boiled egg in the morning to supplement nutrition after understanding the importance of breakfast, but some people are afraid that the cholesterol content in eggs is too high, and eating it every day will cause harm to the liver, in fact, the latter idea is inaccurate.
Boiled eggs have a light taste, do not require additional oil and salt, compared with other cooking methods, boiled eggs can be fully preserved in terms of nutrients, very easy to digest and absorb. It can also provide the body with a large amount of protein to enhance immunity. At the same time, it can also supplement the human body with trace elements such as zinc, selenium, iron, etc., which has obvious effects on regulating human biochemical metabolism.
The cholesterol in eggs is mainly present in the yolk, the cholesterol content of ordinary eggs is less than 1 gram, and cholesterol as an essential substance helps to synthesize bile, vitamins and sex hormones.
At the same time, the human body has a regulatory function on cholesterol, and the cholesterol content ingested in food has an almost negligible effect on the total cholesterol content of the human body. Eating 1 boiled egg a day allows the body to digest fully and well without burdening the liver.
Rumors that eggs can induce liver disease are pure nonsense. Although the liver has the function of recombinant protein, the liver is also in a state of missing protein, and the correct consumption of eggs rich in high-quality protein can supplement the liver with sufficient protein.
If you have liver disease, it is recommended that you also eat some high protein in the diet, eggs can supply enough protein to maintain protein balance, which is conducive to liver repair in patients with liver disease. At the same time, the egg yolk is rich in lecithin, yolk phosphine and vitamins, which are very helpful for promoting the repair and regeneration of liver cells, and also enhance the metabolic function of patients with liver disease.
Therefore, eating eggs in moderation is of great benefit to the human body, it not only helps the liver to work properly, but also can maintain liver function.
There are 3 points to keep in mind when eating boiled eggs
Although boiled eggs have many good effects on our body, we must pay attention to eating them properly, so that boiled eggs will have a greater effect on us.
First of all, pay attention to the amount of food, for the average adult, eating 1 boiled egg a day can meet the body's needs for protein, for children, pregnant women and people with a large amount of exercise, you can eat 1-2 boiled eggs. Eating in moderation can increase nutrition, but eating too many boiled eggs may not only increase the cholesterol content in the body, but also indirectly increase the chance of suffering from obesity, high blood lipids and other diseases.
If it is a patient with more severe liver disease, the intake of cholesterol food needs to be strictly controlled.
Secondly, do not eat raw eggs, immature eggs contain more E. coli, if not cooked and then eat, easy to lead to diarrhea. The anti-biotin protein contained in raw eggs will affect people's intake of biotin from food, causing people to have "biotin deficiency" such as fatigue and loss of appetite. The antitrypsin contained in raw eggs inhibits the activity of proteases, thereby affecting the digestion and absorption of proteins.
In addition, before boiling eggs must be rinsed repeatedly, when we buy eggs, we will find that there are many dirty things on the surface of the eggs, if they are not cleaned before cooking, high temperature boiling may lead to egg rupture, surface stains will enter the inside of the egg liquid, stains in the bacteria and viruses if eaten, it is easy to affect our health.
In addition, it is important to note that if you do not cook after washing, do not put the washed eggs in the refrigerator.
Carefully observe the surface of the egg shell, we can see that there are many small holes, these small holes are covered with a film, this film is to protect the egg against bacteria, after washing the protective film on the egg is damaged, and then put them into the refrigerator, the bacteria outside can enter the egg from the small hole, so that the egg is very easy to deteriorate.
There are many different types of eggs on the market, and when we pick eggs, we need to pay attention to the following three situations.
Do not buy eggs that have been placed for too long, one is because eggs that have been placed for too long may have the problem of nutrient loss; Second, the egg may have deteriorated; Third, eggs that have been left for too long are at increased risk of contracting pathogenic microorganisms. Comprehensively, when we buy eggs, we should not buy eggs that have been stored for too long because of greed.
Hair eggs are also not allowed! The embryo of the egg stops developing during the incubation process, this egg is called a hair egg, the hair egg due to the long incubation time, most of the nutrients have long been consumed in the development process, so it is basically unable to provide nutrients to the human body.
In addition, according to the health department's laboratory test of hair eggs, hair eggs contain a large number of germs, such as E. coli, staphylococcus, etc., which are easy to cause allergies and poisoning after eating. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not buy hairy eggs.
Many people in the purchase of eggs, have heard of "stupid eggs although expensive, but the nutritional value can be high" this statement, stupid eggs are also known as native eggs, grass eggs, is a free-range chicken raw eggs, the price is much more expensive than ordinary eggs.
But many scientific experiments have proved that stupid eggs are almost the same nutritional content as ordinary eggs. Although the content of stupid eggs is higher than that of ordinary eggs in iron and fat, it is smaller than ordinary eggs in terms of calcium and protein content, so when we buy eggs, we do not have to blindly worship stupid eggs, ordinary eggs are enough to meet the nutrition we need for eggs every day.
At last
Eggs are one of the most common foods in our lives, and according to guidelines set by the Chinese Nutrition Society, adults should achieve a minimum of 25g of eggs per day. Eating eggs in moderation is not only helpful for nervous system development, but also helps to enhance cognitive ability, reflexes and memory.
Normal egg consumption does not bring the risk of liver disease, and we must learn to distinguish some rumors about boiled eggs. Don't be distracted by rumors and miss out on a better opportunity to supplement your protein. Eggs are inexpensive nutritional products in daily life, learn to eat correctly, in order to exert its nutritional effect to the best state.
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