Friday, October 21, 2011

All Eggs Aren't Created Equal

A study comparing standard nutritional egg profiles yielded the following results:


It seems that when it comes to eggs, you really do get what you pay for.

The organic, pastured egg has, on average, over 4000% more of the good stuff, and only 70% of the bad stuff, in comparison to the conventional egg. My calculations count all the cholesterol as bad cholesterol, because the statistics don't break the cholesterol down into its beneficial and harmful forms. Organic, pastured eggs contain a higher beneficial to harmful cholesterol ratio than conventional eggs contain, so I'm actually giving the conventional egg the benefit of the doubt with my 70% calculation - it's probably closer to 60%, maybe even lower. But you gotta root for the underdog, right?




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