Good news! Eating eggs for breakfast can curb obesity

The main source of protein for humans comes from eggs. Whether in Chinese or Western breakfast, eggs seem to be an indispensable source of nutrition. Many people also say that if they don’t eat an egg for breakfast, they seem to lack the energy to study and work the whole morning. In a simple study, American scholars found that the protein in eggs can delay the feeling of hunger and prevent overeating at lunch. Therefore, for a person who is controlling his weight, consuming a moderate amount of eggs for breakfast is a good way to curb obesity.

American research shows that adding an extra egg to breakfast can effectively delay the feeling of hunger due to its rich protein, which is a good method for people who want to control their weight.

The British Daily Mail recently reported that researchers from the American Egg Board published a survey of 20 obese patients at this year's European Congress on Obesity. During the experiment, the daily breakfast intake of each person was the same in terms of protein, carbohydrates, fat, etc. The only thing that changed was the source of protein intake, that is, 2 eggs or a bowl of cereal. Then the two groups of subjects were measured for their hunger level, lunch intake, and blood "hunger hormone PYY3-36" (ghrelin) levels. The results showed that people who ate eggs for breakfast not only delayed the onset of hunger, but also significantly reduced their lunch intake.

An egg contains an average of 70 calories, including 6 grams of protein, 5 grams of fat, and 186 milligrams of cholesterol. Although the subjects consumed the same amount of protein from oatmeal porridge, the effect of suppressing hunger was not as good as eggs. Therefore, the researchers believe that the source and quality of protein are the key to this difference.

Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar, a "weight loss expert" at Louisiana State University in the United States, said that in his past clinical experiments, asking overweight people to eat less and exercise more in a short period of time was really like a fantasy. Therefore, he cleverly adjusted the amount of eggs in breakfast and found that by delaying hunger, even if the patients would not "actively" lose weight in the long run, suppressing their appetite "passively" slowed down the speed of these people's weight gain, and some even began to lose weight. The effect was beyond expectations.

In addition, the British Nutrition Foundation recently confirmed that the cholesterol in eggs has a lower burden on the cardiovascular system than general animal cholesterol, and even if eaten every day it will not cause harm to human health. Therefore, if consumers can consume the upper limit of 2 eggs a day at breakfast, the benefits to the human body will be most obvious.