Nutrition
The Latest on Eggs
Eggs are an excellent protein source that deliver not just essential amino acids but also bioactive peptides with remarkable health effects—from wound healing to blood pressure regulation to antibacterial properties.
Nutrition
Eggs are an excellent protein source that deliver not just essential amino acids but also bioactive peptides with remarkable health effects—from wound healing to blood pressure regulation to antibacterial properties.
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Eggs are something wonderful. Well, the ones that end up on your plate :-) Nevertheless, from a nutritional physiology perspective, Oliver Kahn was probably right when he said we "need more eggs." At this point, one might think of Tim Ferriss and his 2011 book The 4-Hour Body, where he claimed you could triple your testosterone and have "incredible sex" among other things—all thanks to eggs.
The real background is this: testosterone, which in men is famously produced in the testicles—the eggs, if you will ;-)—is enzymatically created from cholesterol (also true for women, of course). The thinking goes: more cholesterol in the body, more testosterone, therefore more desire and better sex. With four eggs and thus 800 mg of extra cholesterol, you can certainly take the plunge—at least according to Ferriss.
Likely it's not just about cholesterol, but also about arachidonic acid, for example. An essential fatty acid from the omega-6 class, which we've known for nearly 30 years boosts testosterone production. But in any case, we can lose ourselves in such individual analysis. What we should absolutely add, though, is that eggs are our best dietary source of choline. Choline is a wonder nutrient you absolutely need to keep in mind. Keywords: fat burning, muscle health, brain health, and much more.
As you can see from our communications across all channels, we now offer an egg white protein powder—from free-range hens. Egg white has outstanding biological value; it supplies you with essential amino acids in abundance. We wanted to expand our protein line, which now includes all manner of whey protein variants as well as vegan protein and collagen protein, with egg protein. For many reasons. We'd like to share some of the important ones today.
Remember: when food proteins are digested in the gut, they are broken down into shorter protein chains called peptides. A relatively new insight is that these peptides have their own biological activity in the body. This is partly because they can be absorbed by special peptide transporters in the gut and then circulate in the blood, interacting with cells and tissues throughout the body. This is unfortunately one reason wheat gluten has such adverse effects. Nothing like that has ever been reported from eggs—quite the opposite. Let me present the remarkable effects of egg peptides in brief, punchy form:
So: protein helps and heals, keeps us healthy. But differently than we previously understood. Egg white peptides clearly have a special effect. Eating eggs regularly or using an egg white protein from free-range hens gives you not only valuable amino acids but also apparently pharmacologically active peptides.
