How many eggs per week is enough?

Egg yolk does not raise cholesterol, but adults should only eat 3 fruits a week and 2-year-old children can eat 4 eggs.

Eggs are food with high nutritional value, with enough ingredients of protein, fat, calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, vitamin B12, vitamin D, fatty acid, cholesterol . Nutrition ingredients in 100g of chicken eggs including: 14,8g of protein; 11.6g fat; 55mg of calcium; 2.70mg of iron; 47mcg folate; 210mg of phosphorus; 1.29mcg of vitamin B12; 700mcg of vitaminA; Cholesterol 470mg . The yolk has a very high nutritional value, the composition of whites is less nutritious.

Egg protein is a very good source of essential amino acids for the body, especially needed for growth both in weight and height.

The best way to make eggs is to boil.(Photo: WP).

According to Dr. Nguyen Van Tien, National Institute of Nutrition, eggs with very precious fat are lecithin . Lecithin helps reduce cholesterol, increase HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) and reduce LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) existing in the human body. In addition, it has the effect of losing weight, breaking and dispersing food fat and blood into smaller molecules. At that time, the body will use this small amount of divided fat as a fuel source for energy rather than storing it in cell tissues.

Eggs contain significant amounts of cholesterol (600mg of cholesterol in 100g of chicken eggs). However, it has a favorable correlation between lecithin and cholesterol; lecithin regulates cholesterol, prevents atherosclerosis and removes cholesterol from the body.

Therefore, eggs can be used for both children and adults. According to Dr. Tien, people with hypertension or high cholesterol in the blood, fatty liver does not need to abstain from eggs because it does not increase blood pressure and blood cholesterol. However, one week should only eat 1-2 fruits; A normal person should not eat more than 3 fruits a week.

With children:

1. Children 6-7 months old : Each meal 1/2 egg yolk.
2. Children 8-9 months of age : Each meal has a chicken egg yolk or 4 quail eggs.
3. Children aged 10-12 months : Eat both yolk and white, one meal each.
4. Children 1-2 years old : Eat 3-4 fruits a week.