Eggs are rich in protein, lecithin, cholesterol, fat, yolk pigment and calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin D and B vitamins.

The effect of eating eggs

1. Brain health and intelligence

Eggs have a great role in the development of the nervous system and the body, which contains choline can improve the memory of all age groups.

2. Protect the liver

Protein in eggs has a repair effect on liver tissue damage, and lecithin in the yolk can promote the regeneration of liver cells. It can also increase the amount of plasma protein in the human body and enhance the metabolic function and immune function of the muscle.

3. Prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis

American nutritionists and medical workers to use eggs to prevent and treat atherosclerosis, obtained a surprisingly amazing results, they extracted lecithin from eggs, walnuts, pig liver, cardiovascular patients every day, eat 4 to 6 tablespoons. 3 months later, the patient's serum cholesterol decreased significantly, to obtain satisfactory results.

4. Cancer prevention

According to the analysis of the cancer mortality rate of human beings all over the world, it is found that the mortality rate of cancer is inversely proportional to the intake of selenium. And eggs are rich in selenium.

5. Delay aging

One of the experiences of many long-lived old people in prolonging life is to eat an egg every day.

6. Beauty and skin care

Eggs are also rich in iron, iron in the human body plays a role in hematopoietic and transportation of oxygen and nutrients in the blood. People's faces are flushed with beauty, can not do without iron. If the iron is not enough can lead to iron deficiency anemia, so that people's face yellow, the skin has lost the luster of the United States. This shows that the egg is indeed one of the important food to maintain the skin beauty.

Tips for buying eggs

Look at the eggshell: there is a layer of white frost on the surface of the fresher;

Touch the eggshell: there is a rough feeling;

Listen to the sound: pinch the egg with your thumb and forefinger and gently shake the egg in your ear without sound or sound muffled is fresh.

Eggs.jpg eggshell smooth relatively bright is stored for a long time, thumb and forefinger pinch the egg in the ear gently shake the sound of the grunt of the Chen's eggs are not recommended to buy. Put the eggs in the water eggs lying flat on the bottom of the basin is fresh, stand up is not fresh.

Egg storage tips

Fresh eggs bought, when you yards of eggs in a variety of containers, do not underestimate this take a put, there are many scientific reasons. Egg yards in the container, be sure to big head up, upright stacking, do not put horizontal. What is the reason? Originally, just laid eggs protein thick and thin distribution, can effectively fix the position of the yolk. With the prolongation of time and the rise of the external temperature, under the action of protease, the mucin contained in the egg white is gradually dehydrated, slowly making the egg white thin, then the egg white has lost the role of fixed yolk position. And because the specific gravity of the yolk is lighter than the egg white, eggs placed horizontally, the yolk will float, sticking to the eggshell, the formation of the yolk or sticker eggs if the yards of eggs, the big head up, upright storage will not appear sticker eggs. Because the big head of the egg has an air chamber, even if the egg white becomes thin, the yolk floats up, will not make the yolk stick to the eggshell. Therefore, the yardage of eggs should not be placed horizontally.

Egg cooking tips

The most nutritious cooking method: eggs eat a variety of ways, in terms of nutritional absorption and digestibility, boiled eggs for 100%, fried eggs for 97%, tender fried for 98%, the old fried for 81.1%, boiling water, milk eggs for 92.5%, eaten in raw form for 30% to 50%. Thus, boiled eggs are the best way to eat, but be careful to chew and swallow slowly, otherwise it will affect absorption and digestion. However, for children, or steamed egg custard, egg soup is the most suitable, because these two practices can make the protein loose, very easy to be digested and absorbed by children.

Egg taboos

1. People suffering from high fever, diarrhea, hepatitis, nephritis, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, avoid eating.

2. Elderly hypertension, high blood pressure, high blood fat, coronary heart disease patients, it is appropriate to eat a small amount of eggs, generally no more than 1 per day, should not be eaten, so that a limited number of food, both supplemental high-quality protein, without affecting the level of blood lipids.

3. Do not drink tea immediately after eating eggs.

4. Avoid eating uncooked eggs.

5. Do not eat too much.

Egg consumption advice

If the eggshell is too dirty, it is best to wash it before opening. Eggs are high-quality protein food, you can directly wash and cook, you can also do brine eggs or fried, make soup, steamed custard, etc., and flour into egg cakes is also a good way to eat. When you crack eggs on a flat surface, the crack is more rounded to avoid the egg skin falling into the egg liquid. When you stir the eggs, it is best to stir in one direction to reduce the production of bubbles so that the eggs are more tender. Moisturizing mask: honey, egg white each a small spoon mixed well, coated in the face, can be massaged to stimulate skin cells, promote blood circulation. 10-15 minutes after drying, wash with water, twice a week is appropriate. Beauty mask: 90 grams of immersed peeled almonds mashed, mixed with egg white mixing face, stay a night the next morning with rice slop wash.

Whitening wrinkles: 3 eggs immersed in white wine, sealed for four or five days, used to coat the face, can make the face black gradually white, wrinkles. But allergic skin people should be used with caution.

Scrub: an egg with a small spoon of fine salt, with a towel dipped in the skin back and forth gently rubbing, can remove the facial dead skin.

Childhood chondromalacia: eggshells contain more than 90% of calcium carbonate and a little sodium carbonate, hydrogen phosphate and other substances, crushed into the end of the internal service, can be a cure for childhood chondromalacia.

Anti-inflammatory pain: the eggshells crushed into the end of the external application, the treatment of trauma and anti-inflammatory effect.

Treatment of burns: Inside the eggshell, there is a thin layer of egg membrane, remove the egg membrane, put it on the wound can stop pain, help wound healing.

Cleaning effect: the eggshells crushed into pieces, into the bottle, use it to clean without putting detergent, to the baby with is very safe. It is also suitable for washing cups and removing limescale.

Extinguishing ants: the eggshells with fire snuggle into slightly burnt after crushed into powder, sprinkle the corners of the wall, you can kill ants.