{"id":57,"date":"2016-01-23T15:04:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T20:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connection\/?p=57"},"modified":"2018-03-30T11:33:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T15:33:03","slug":"eat-pasture-raised-eggs-for-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/2016\/01\/23\/eat-pasture-raised-eggs-for-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat Pasture-Raised Eggs for Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you’re avoiding eggs for health reasons, you might be making a big mistake. \u00a0Eating eggs for breakfast can be a big health improvement “double whammy.” \u00a0First, eggs are highly nutritious (see details below.) \u00a0Second, replacing processed grains and sugar such as found in breakfast cereals could in itself be a big improvement! \u00a0Finally, some of the negative things said about eggs and cholesterol are simply not true! \u00a0(See below)<\/div>\n
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Here is a table pulled from a 2007 laboratory test of conventional store-bought eggs<\/span><\/span> versus eggs<\/span><\/span> raised on pasture. \u00a0How and where they’re raised and what they eat makes a huge difference…<\/div>\n
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Pasture-raised eggs can have up to 7 times the nutrients in some categories!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hens at Maple Valley Farm are moved to well-rested, deep-rooted pasture regularly.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here are some more interesting facts about egg nutrition:<\/p>\n

1. Eggs<\/span><\/span><\/span>, and dietary cholesterol in general, do not adversely affect cholesterol levels in the blood (http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19852882<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> this is one of many recently published studies that indicate that dietary cholesterol has very little impact on blood cholesterol levels in about 75% of the population. The remaining 25% of the population are more sensitive. In this group, dietary cholesterol only modestly increases both LDL (\u201cbad cholesterol\u201d and HDL (\u201cgood cholesterol\u201d), but it does not affect the ratio of LDL to HDL nor does it increase the risk of heart disease. )
\n2. In people whose blood cholesterol is <\/em>affected by eating them, eggs<\/span><\/span><\/span> change LDL cholesterol from small, dense LDL (which is bad) to large LDL, which is benign. ( http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19369056<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> ,http:\/\/journals.lww.com\/co-clinicalnutrition\/Abstract\/2006\/01000\/Dietary_cholesterol_provided_by_eggs_and_plasma.4.aspx<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>, http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/8782636<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> )
\n3. All of the 13 essential nutrients eggs<\/span><\/span><\/span> contain are found in the yolk. Egg yolks are an especially good source of choline, a B-vitamin that plays important roles in everything from neurotransmitter production to detoxification to maintenance of healthy cells. ( http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19906248<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> )
\n4. Due to the fact that eggs<\/span><\/span><\/span> increase blood-levels of two antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin that accumulate in the retina of the eye, eating eggs<\/span><\/span><\/span> can protect the eye from diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts (http:\/\/www.iovs.org\/content\/47\/6\/2329.short<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> , http:\/\/www.iovs.org\/content\/44\/6\/2461.short<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> ,http:\/\/ajcn.nutrition.org\/content\/62\/6\/1448S.short<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> , http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23571649<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> )
\n5. A large egg contains 77 calories, 6 grams of protein and all 9 essential amino acids. It is rich in iron, phosphorous, selenium and vitamins A, B12, B2 and B5 (among others). One egg contains 113 mg of Choline \u2013 a very important nutrient for the brain, among other things. ( http:\/\/nutritiondata.self.com\/facts\/dairy-and-egg-products\/117\/2<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>)
\n6. Eggs<\/span><\/span><\/span> from hens raised on pasture have significantly more nutrients than factory eggs<\/span><\/span><\/span>. (http:\/\/wholehealthsource.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/pastured-eggs.html<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> : note that even among “pastured egg producers” the nutrients can vary widely. Generally, moving the hens regularly to lush, deep rooted forage with plenty of insects makes a difference! During the growing season, we move ours weekly to fresh pasture.)<\/p>\n

Enjoy your eggs<\/span><\/span><\/span>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re avoiding eggs for health reasons, you might be making a big mistake. \u00a0Eating eggs for breakfast can be a big health improvement “double whammy.” \u00a0First, eggs are highly nutritious (see details below.) \u00a0Second, replacing processed grains and sugar such as found in breakfast cereals could in itself be a big improvement! \u00a0Finally, some of the negative things said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,52,90,93,96,78,83,65,68,54,33,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-health","category-chemical-free-agriculture","category-continous-movement","category-forage-quality","category-harmful-dietary-practices","category-health-and-nutrition","category-humane-slaughter","category-local-food","category-meat-consumption","category-nutrient-dense-meat","category-pasture-raised-eggs","category-testimonials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1138,"href":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harvestpartners.farm\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}