Eggs
We are now being informed that eggs are indeed healthy for us. Eggs provide high quality protein, vitamins, minerals, special fatty acids necessary for good health. Pasture raised or range free chicken eggs have a perfect balance of Omega 3's and 6's, which our bodies must have. Eggs from commercially raised chickens can have Omega 6 ratios 19 times higher than their Omega 3's, and should therefore be avoided. Other important nutrients are almost absent in commercial eggs. Notice commercial egg's shells are very thin, their yolks a light yellow. Farm fresh eggs are thick shelled and dark yellow. A sign of significantly higher nutrient content!
A good rule of thumb: Never eat powdered eggs, or anything with powdered eggs in them -- they are a source of harmful oxidized cholesterol!!! An experiment was conducted at the University of Illinois where some rats were given an exclusive diet of fresh eggs. A second group was given nothing but EGG BEATERS. The first group was healthy and thrived, the second did not grow and died before maturity.
What to do:
Purchase organic eggs or natural eggs from free range hens with Omega 3's added, or farm fresh eggs from a local farmer.
Let's Talk About Eggs
My chickens mill around the yard eating bugs, scooping up fruit that's fallen from the trees and making nesting holes in the mulched flower beds around the house. There was a time when it seemed odd to me that people would have chickens walking freely around their homes. I even read an article that said when you till your garden, just let the chickens in with you and they'll eat up the grubs they find in the dirt. Again, something I had a hard time picturing, but raising my own chickens was, in my mind, becoming a necessity.
As I studied nutrition, I came across information alerting me that the eggs I was buying from the store came from diseased chickens! I immediately stopped buying them and because we still lived in town at the time, I sought out a local farmer who had pasture raised eggs. The movie Food, Inc. displayed quite an eye opening view of the typical poultry farm and it was enough to make me never want to eat another store bought egg again. I recommend everyone watch it!
Store bought eggs, next to store bought milk, are some of the worst man-made concoctions a person can put in their mouth... let alone their children's mouths. So, let's just first consider a few things we should all be aware of regarding eggs:
As I studied nutrition, I came across information alerting me that the eggs I was buying from the store came from diseased chickens! I immediately stopped buying them and because we still lived in town at the time, I sought out a local farmer who had pasture raised eggs. The movie Food, Inc. displayed quite an eye opening view of the typical poultry farm and it was enough to make me never want to eat another store bought egg again. I recommend everyone watch it!
Store bought eggs, next to store bought milk, are some of the worst man-made concoctions a person can put in their mouth... let alone their children's mouths. So, let's just first consider a few things we should all be aware of regarding eggs:
- Most of the eggs currently sold in supermarkets are nutritionally inferior to eggs produced by hens raised on pasture.
- Eggs from hens raised on pasture show 4 to 6 times as much vitamin D as typical supermarket eggs.
- Pasture raised eggs have 1⁄3 less cholesterol• 1⁄4 less saturated fat• 2⁄3 more vitamin A• 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids• 3 times more vitamin E• 7 times more beta carotene.
- "Pasture raised" eggs basically means your eggs come from chickens that were free to move about in fresh air, roam around in green grass and eat bugs, berries, and fresh plants at will. Store bought eggs, on the other hand, come from chickens that have never seen the sun, never felt fresh air or even know what it smells like, and have never touched or tasted natural chicken food at any time in their short, pathetic, cramped, diseased lives. These poor birds are stuck in stuffy, cramped chicken houses, given meds to keep them alive long enough to produce and then when they keel over from overworked, improperly nourished, sick bodies, they are scooped up in piles by a tractor and disposed of.
Now, store bought eggs are what some people refer to as FRANKENFOOD, because they are not natural and hardly represent anything like what God created and meant eggs to be. Pasture raised eggs are rich in every nutrient under the sun, have more Vitamins A + D than store bought milk (which is all fake anyway...but that's another story for another day), contain elements necessary for nervous system development in children, strengthens cell walls, keeps the mind sharp, is very high in lecithin which keeps cholesterol moving...and does NOT CAUSE HEART DISEASE! These eggs also have a perfect ratio of essential fatty acids whereas store bought eggs have a SEVERELY whacked out ratio of 19:1 which will lead to MAJOR health problems for the consumer over the years!
Again, when I say store bought eggs, I am talking about eggs that are produced in large commercial capacity that come from GRAIN-FED chickens that live in stuffy chicken houses and are DISEASED! I'll have to mention more on why and how these birds are diseased because I know some of you are thinking, "How could they sell it to us if they're diseased? Surely the government won't allow it!" Well, my friend, you don't know the government...but stick with me and it will all come clear.