I really enjoy living in a rural southwest corner of Missouri. One of the perks to living life in the country is the opportunity to score fresh food ‘right off the farm’. So it was a happy surprise when a friend’s mom (appropriately named Sunny) was kind enough to give me a dozen eggs from chickens she is raising. Thanks Sunny and Brandy!
Wow! I got them home and decided the next morning to treat myself to some scrambled eggs loaded with mushrooms, green pepper and cheese. I decided toast and some fresh fruit would round out the dish. Nutritionally this was a good deal with the exception of the high cholesterol reading. But, was I worried? Actually no, as some studies have shown that eggs may not be the bad boys on the block we were told they were. Test subjects in Australia, ate four eggs a day for a month and actually recorded large drops in blood LDL levels. As a matter of fact, the mobile cholesterol testing unit they used failed to record any number at all! Some scientists now believe that a better connection can be made to heart disease and the amount of saturated fat in a diet, but even that can be misleading. Peanut butter and peanuts for instance have relatively high levels of saturated fat and yet are currently thought to actually fight heart related problems.
So, maybe Thoreau was right after all. Just do a diet that is moderate, get some exercise and maybe you’ll squeak through.
1 comment:
Fresh eggs sound just delightful!
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