No matter how you break them, eggs are a healthy choice and an important source of protein, vitamins and minerals. Recent scientific evidence reinforces the importance of eggs as a healthy food choice. Eggs are an excellent source of high quality protein plus they provide many vitamins and minerals, including Vitamin B12, riboflavin, Vitamin D, folacin and iron.
Eggs are one of nature's most nutrient dense foods.
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating identifies a serving or one to two eggs as part of a healthy eating pattern. Only 1.5 grams is saturated fat. Both lutein and zeaxanthin are found in egg yolks. According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , because of the egg yolk's fats, the carotenoids in egg yolks are better absorbed than those from plant sources, such as carrots and spinach. Eggs yolks are also one of the few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D which enhances the work that calcium does to keep our bones strong.