Is eating Egg white better than eating the whole egg?

Eggs are a part of traditional breakfast almost over a major part of the world and are almost a must in the plate of a growing child. Recently a new trend arose of eating only the egg white and not consuming the yolk portion. Below we discuss how eating an egg white is different from eating whole egg.

Egg whites are mainly water and proteins. These proteins are rich in the essential amino-acids, which your body can’t synthesize and must be supplemented by food. All the fat and cholesterol of the egg is in the yolk of the egg. Thus more than 60% of the calories of the egg lie in the yolk. Egg whites can be a good choice for people on restricted lipid diet such as heart patients. Besides having the lipids, the yolk harbors the great chunk of vitamins and minerals, for which eggs are famous as a good nutrition for growing children. So if you are not eating the yolk of the egg you are missing out on the vitamins, minerals and the antioxidant selenium as well. The vitamins include vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B5 and vitamin D etc. These vitamins are good for your eyes, your skin and your bones and keep your body metabolism pumping.

                To conclude, eating only the egg white can be a good choice for the calorie conscious people looking for a way to lose weight, But by cutting off the yolk you are cutting out a major chink of health benefits that an egg can provide if eaten whole. 

Walnut: The Brain shaped nut

Walnut is one beautiful nut and surprisingly resembles a human brain in its shape with its ridges and grooves. Walnuts are eaten as a snack and are frequently added into salads, soups and desserts because of their tantalizingly yummy flavor and amazing crunch. But it is almost impossible to take walnut out of its shell in one piece. And according to Willy Wonka, only squirrels can do it. Since we don’t have squirrels at our disposal to do it, we have to make peace with half segments (sed lyf). But mostly it’s small chunks. Walnut oil is also used as a salad dressing.

On the inside, walnuts are mostly fat. The fat is good fat and packs a lot of energy and calories. They have a very high proportion of essential fatty acids (the fatty acids which your body can’t synthesize and must be supplemented by food). Of the minerals, it has a rich supply of copper, copper is necessary for the oxidative breakdown of food in your body and is required for energy production. It also has decent amounts of folic acid and a high amount of Vitamin E, the antioxidant. Besides vitamin E, a number of walnut exclusive compounds are present which function as antioxidants. Antioxidants are really good for your skin and can protect you from cancer.

For our major discussion, we will discuss that do walnuts or do they not improve your brain function and comprehension. The mechanisms behind their benefit is that antioxidants present in walnuts trap the oxidative stress molecules and deactivate them. The oxidative stress is one of most important mechanisms of aging and leading cause of age related deterioration all over the body. Thus, walnuts can protect your brain and other tissues and improve age related symptoms such as forgetfulness. But a word of caution is necessary as walnuts are a calorie dense and fat rich diet. Animal studies show a great association of improved brain function with eating walnuts or other high antioxidant foods. A study conducted on aged rats in 2008 revealed that walnuts greatly improved their learning capacity and cognitive functions. Besides the antioxidant activity, the essential fatty acids, that walnuts have, are used to synthesize a number of neurotransmitters. Walnuts, according to research, can improve some symptoms of depression, as well.

So Eat Walnuts and Protect your brains (can’t say for what do you want to save them?).