Get fit - with egg

Top quality protein and a mixture of many vital substances mean that eggs are extremely nutritious. One large egg contains about nine grams of protein, eight grams of fat, valuable lecithin and all minerals and vitamins with the exception of vitamin C. Most of the vitamins are to be found in the yolk. The most important vitamin in hen’s eggs is vitamin A, together with its preliminary forms, the carotenoids. 

This vitamin enhances our ability to see. It is needed in the retina for light/dark perception and also for distinguishing colors. Vitamin A also plays an important part in the immune system during growth and stabilizes hair, skin and teeth. In addition, a hen’s egg supplies all the vitamins of the B complex, which are responsible for the proper functioning of the metabolism, cell respiration and the generation of red blood corpuscles.

One egg provides 26 per cent of our daily requirement of folic acid. This especially fragile B vitamin forms new cells and activates growth. Globally, folic acid deficiency is one of the most common vitamin deficiencies and often occurs with iron deficiency. Eggs are also packed full of minerals: calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, iodine and fluorine make the egg one of the most nutritious foods available.