Saturday, August 9, 2008

Organic Sun Eye Egg

(Preparation Time: 2 min.)

Eggs are delicious , easy and quick to prepare and healthy as well.

One of the quick way to prepare an egg is Sun Eye Egg.

Ingredients:

- 1 organic Egg (quantity may be different) – before use , wash it up.

- 1/3 cup of olive oil

Optional:

- pinch of salt

- pinch of pepper

Heat up oil on a pan ( the best if non stick and non Teflon) on a medium temperature. Knock an egg to the heated pan. You may use a pinch of salt and pepper for a taste if you like. Wait till it show “Sun Eye” form. You may pour hot oil from the pan, using a spoon , on the egg, to make the egg ready faster. If you wish an egg to be more hard (cooked) , than you may flip the egg on the other side.

You may eat Sun Eye Egg with mashed potatoes, pasta or bread.

Egg and its health benefits:

1 egg provides :

- protein (6 grams) – that is recommended daily amount

- fat ( 5 grams) and saturated fat ( 1,6 grams) – that is pretty low compared with its calorie content. It means that eating one egg a day has very little effect on the amount of cholesterol in the blood.

- choline ( 125 miligrams) and folate ( 24 micrograms) – they are essential for cell function and brain

- vitamins A, D, E, B12, B6

- riboflavin ( vitamin B2)

- calcium

-thiamin( vitamin B1)- essential for neural function and carbohydrate metabolism

- potassium

- phosphorus

- iron

- zinc

- Lutein and Zeaxanthin ( 166 micrograms) – antioxidants that naturally give (orange) color to
egg yolk.
They are nutrients responsible for eye health. They are component of the human eye, so thatsway eating foods reach in them, help protect good eyesight and prevent vision loss caused by cataract and age related macular degeneration.
Our bodies absorb Lutein and Zeaxanthin easier by eating eggs than by eating spinach or dietary supplement.

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