Jesshosy's Notes

Eggs are an excellent nutrient-dense food that packs six grams of protein, a bit of vitamin B-12, vitamin E, riboflavin, folic acid, calcium, zinc, iron, and essential fatty acids into a mere 75 calories. Second to the lactalbumin protein in human milk, eggs have the highest quality protein of any food.

People always say that having too much eggs are not good as eggs contain large amount of cholesterol. The concerns about unhealthy eggs which contributes to cholesterol has lead to the innovation of OMEGA EGGs.

Omega eggs are a type of “designer egg,” in which the yolk’s fatty acid profile has been modified by altering the hens’ diet. This egg is an excellent model for the saying, “you are what you eat.” Specific lipids — fatty acids and fat soluble vitamins — can be modified in the egg yolk by feeding the hen increased proportions of “good” fatty acids and increased amounts of fat soluble vitamins from dietary sources such as flax seed, fish oil or bioengineered algae. Check out the below nutritive comparison between Omega Eggs and Standard Egg.

Table I. Nutritive Value of Omega Eggs – Compared to Standard Eggs

For more reading about eggs:
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T041100.asp
http://www.northland.cc.mn.us/biology/Biology1111/Bioreadings/Omega%20Eggs.htm