2014, THE YEAR OF THE EGG
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ggs are one of those things that have pretty much experienced all manner of press, but to us, funnily enough, they just can’t be beaten! Well they can, but
that’s all part of the good stuff too. So if you make one New Year’s resolution in 2014, that we think it would be pretty easy to stick too, try eating more eggs! One of the cleverest foods around, did you know it takes 24 hours for our girls to produce an egg, and 23 of those are spent creating layer upon layer of eggshell to protect the delicate white and golden yolk. Inside these perfectly packaged beauties are a complex combination of vitamins and minerals that can benefi t and help look after your body in so many different ways.
So let’s have a quick look at them! First off, protein, which helps build and preserve those muscles. Next comes iron,
to help your body use oxygen, followed by a bunch of very special vitamins. The Bs for red blood cell production, a healthy nervous system and effi cient energy release, A for your immune system, eyesight and healthy skin and then D to help keep your bones and teeth healthy. A few funny sounding, but very clever things then also come along, lutein and zeaxanthin for healthy eyes, zinc to support your immune system, phosphorous for your bone and teeth health, selenium, an antioxidant, which helps protect your cells, iodine for your metabolism and choline for brain development and function. Who needs a multivitamin, when
fi nding these things naturally is actually much easier than perhaps we once thought! Thanks to very clever scientists and nutritionists, fi nding out what vitamins and minerals are in our foods is so much easier and enjoying a poached
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