The Partnership for a Drug Free America is famous for using a fried egg analogy in their public service announcements in the 80s and 90s. Those eggs didn't fare too well in the ads, but eggs are actually quite good for you. Test your egg knowledge in this quick and easy true/false quiz from the Detroit Free Press:
- One egg supplies 10% of the protein you need in one day.
- Eggs are a good source of vitamins A and D.
- When a recipe calls for eggs, you should use extra large.
- If you are trying to cut down on cholesterol, in most recipes you can substitute the whites of two eggs for one whole egg.
- Grading, such as AA, A and B, indicates quality rather than size.
- Eggs as old as five weeks that have been stored in the refrigerator are safe to use.
- Free-range eggs are more nutritious than other eggs.
- Fertilized eggs have a longer shelf life than unfertilized eggs.
Answers:
1) True
2) True. They also have vitamin E, B-12, zinc, iron and calcium.
3) False. The standard egg size used in recipes is large, unless stated otherwise.
4) True. This works especially well in multi-egg omelettes and quiches, where there is still some yolk present.
5) True. Grade B eggs are generally not commercially sold
6) True
7) False. There is no nutritional difference between free-range and non-free range..
8) False.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-28-2006 @ 2:11PM
Linda White said...
I like eggs, and usually keep down to four a week. For a while I was buying "naturally nested" because they tasted better than the supermarket brand, and because I thought they'd be more nutritious. I see from the quiz that they weren't healthier. I stopped buying that brand when I could no longer get to the supermarket easily, and now I buy from the weekly milkman who comes to our retirement home. Cheaper than the fancy label, and almost as tasty.
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12-28-2006 @ 2:12PM
judith said...
nice
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12-28-2006 @ 2:57PM
Robert said...
The answer to question 7 may be misleading. This article relates how free range chicken eggs have more Omega 6 fatty acids and less Omega 3.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=51575
Both are necessary, but we need more Omega 3s in our diets.
The National Institute of Health recommends a reduction in Omega 6s and an increase in Omega 3s.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12442909&dopt=Abstract
While free range are not technically more nutritious, free range eggs have a better mix of fatty acids, and that mix is better for your health.
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