Most weight watchers take their egg and chicken intake pretty seriously! In fact you will find eggs as one of the main ingredients of their daily diet. Some will even tell you that it is safe to add as many eggs in your diet as you like. But is this sound advice? An expert calls it unnecessary.
Not to forget, there is actually a boiled
egg diet
which encourages you to have eggs all day.
But experts believe that overeating eggs like anything else, may have harmful effects on the body.
Most of these weight loss diets focus on elimination or controlling carbs in your diet. While we all know eggs are a storehouse of nutrients, especially protein, the egg diet should be modified to include other important nutrients. One egg contains 75 calories, 7 grams of high-quality protein, 5 grams of fat, and 1.6 grams of saturated fat, along with iron, vitamins and minerals.
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Protein plays a key role in repairing, boosting metabolism, providing immunity and much more. But eating only eggs as a replacement for other foods can lead to weight gain and other health issues in a person who overdoes it. Too many eggs can even lead to bloating in some people.
Excess consumption of yolk can trigger cholesterol levels and even lead to weight gain in some. Commenting on the diet, Rupali Dutta told a leading daily, "This diet is full of cholesterol and fat and I would never recommend it to anyone. For an average adult, two whole eggs are enough for a day, preferably one egg white and one whole egg."
Some nutritionists also recommend that you should have eggs in one meal, lean meat in another and maybe have a clean vegetarian protein source for the third meal. Including eggs in every meal may not be a great idea. Spinach, avocado, mushrooms, kale, green peas are healthy too.
