- 5 days ago by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
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The real reason eggs contribute to heart trouble may have little to do with cholesterol and everything to do with the way they’re digested by gut bacteria. More
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- 109 days ago by Deborah Dunham
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Yum, who doesn’t love a good omelette from time to time? All warm and gooey and delicious on a cold winter morning. Plus, they are packed with protein to help get your day off on an energized note. But, if you’re not careful, these fluffy breakfast delights can be pretty unhealthy (think, cheese, milk, bacon, sausage). So this week on Health Hack, we have five simple tips to make over your omelette–just in time for a nice relaxing Saturday morning breakfast. Take a look: More
- 229 days ago by Deborah Dunham
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Ever feel confused in the dairy aisle when buying eggs? You’re not alone. With so many different types of eggs available today, it got us questioning: What’s the difference? Sure, some are more expensive, but does that mean they are nutritionally superior? And what exactly does cage-free, free-range and omega-3 really mean? And are brown eggs really any different than white eggs? More
- 256 days ago by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
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Earlier this week, the Internet was filled with the news that “you might as well be a smoker if you eat eggs,” as our Deborah put it. What’s that joke about someone on the Internet being wrong? Well, whatever: Someone on the Internet was wrong! But not just on the Internet, I guess, because this news came from a fancy study published in a fancy journal called Atherosclerosis. But it was still wrong. Or at least not right. Eat your (cage-free, organic) eggs, people! And don’t smoke. More
- 258 days ago by Deborah Dunham
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Fried eggs, scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, Egg McMuffins, it doesn’t matter. According to a new study, you might as well be a smoker if you eat eggs. And here we thought they were so incredible and edible. More
- 270 days ago by Briana Rognlin
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I wanted to write about crazy people who raise backyard chickens, and why they do it…but when I asked friends if they knew anyone I could talk to, I discovered that what I’d thought was just a fringe movement wasn’t fringe at all–and definitely not crazy. In fact, tons of people are opting to keep their own chickens for the benefits of getting fresh eggs instead of store-bought, being more sustainable, and just for fun. More
- 351 days ago by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
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From Paleoista Nell Stephenson, this paleo twist on Eggs Benedict uses kale, lemon and baked salmon in place of English muffins, vinegar and bacon. More
- 388 days ago by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
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If you or the folks around you are of the Easter-celebrating persuasion, it’s very likely you will soon find yourself in possession of an absurd amount of hard-boiled eggs. Here are a few things you should know about them, like nutrition info, safekeeping instructions, and ways to serve them that don’t involve tons of mayonnaise. More
- 428 days ago by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
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You’ve probably heard before that your supply of eggs is finite—we’re born with all the eggs we’ll ever have, and left with a dwindling number as we age. That’s been the prevailing wisdom for about 60 years. But Harvard researchers are now saying that young women’s ovaries contain very rare stem cells that are capable of producing new eggs—a crazy finding which could potentially change the whole fertility timeline drastically. More
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Do breakfast-for-dinner better with a frittata full of fluffy eggs and winter vegetables. I kept mine pretty simple: Shredded kale, shallots and lots of garlic, with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese and chia seeds on top. Garlic is a cold and flu fighter, packed with antioxidants, antibacterial agents, sulfur and vitamins. And kale is a great food to sneak in more of during winter months, since it’s so high in immunity-boosting vitamin C (along with vitamins K and A, antioxidants, cancer-fighting phytonutrients and even some Omega-3′s). More
- 526 days ago by Deborah Dunham
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If you’ve ordered an Egg McMuffin lately from McDonald’s, there’s a good chance it was made by abusing animals. An undercover video shot by animal rights group, Mercy for Animals, showed how Sparboe Farms, the fast-food’s egg supplier, was caught in several instances of cruelty, such as a worker swinging a bird around by its feet, hens packed into cramped cages, male chicks being tossed into plastic bags to suffocate and workers cutting off the tips of chicks’ beaks. More
- 663 days ago by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
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Part of the reason older women have a hard time conceiving and/or carrying pregnancies to term comes from chromosomal abnormalities in their eggs, which scientists have long-blamed on age. But new research from UK scientists found that a lot of these abnormalities may actually come from certain drugs used to stimulate ovaries before in-vitro fertilization. More
- 706 days ago by Blisstree Staff
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As we’re finding out more and more these days, “organic” doesn’t necessarily mean “produced outside the industrialized food system.” Research from non-profit Cornucopia Institute found that although federal guidelines say organic eggs must come from chickens with outdoor access, many organic egg producers are “confining tens of thousands of hens inside hen-houses, commonly only offering tiny concrete or wooden porches.” These producers say: So what? They’re using organic feed. They’ve cut out pesticides and antibiotics. And they’ve got a point. But you still might want to avoid the eggs they produce. Why? For some, the animal welfare issue alone is surely enough. But even if you could care less about livestock lifestyle, choosing non-industrially produced eggs might be better for your health More
- 763 days ago by Beth Greenfield
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Warning: What you are about to read is one serious Easter buzz kill. Yes, it concerns ovum. And no, “free range” don’t mean a thing.
Sorry, folks. But even though you’re trying to do right by animals and the environment by dropping six bucks per dozen “organic,” “free range,” and “cage-free” eggs, you’re not really doing much good. Allow me to eggsplain… More
