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My research is mainly focused on the effects of cholesterol, saturated fat and statin drugs on health. If you know anyone who is worried about their cholesterol levels and heart disease, or has been told to take statin drugs you could send them a link to this website, and to my statin or cholesterol or heart disease books.

David Evans

Independent Health Researcher

Friday, 5 November 2010

Egg breakfast enhances weight loss

This post includes a summary of a study published in The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2007;21:538.1 and a recipe for an omelet.

Study title and authors:
Egg breakfast enhances weight loss
Real Food: What to Eat and Why
Books:
Nikhil Vinod Dhurandhar1, Jillon S Vander Wal2, Natalie Currier1, Pramod Khosla3 and Alok K Gupta1
1 Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808,
2 Saint Louis University, 3511 Laclede Avenue, Rm 228, Saint Louis, MO, 63103,
3 Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, Science Hall, Detroit, MI, 48202

This study can be accessed at: http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/21/5/A326-d

In this study subjects were divided into groups eating either a breakfast of 2 eggs or a breakfast equal in kcal and weight but containing bagels.

The study found that eating eggs for breakfast resulted in greater weight loss and better energy levels than eating bagels even though the number of calories was the same.

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Recipe of the day

Omelet

Ingredients:
Organic Soy-free Omega 3 Eggs (4 dozen)
Food Mall: Eggs
1 cup of chopped fresh spinach
4 chopped green onions
1 clove of fresh chopped garlic
1/2 cup of portabella mushrooms
3 eggs
1/4 cup butter
pepper, cayenne pepper to taste

Instructions:
Saute chopped vegetables in butter. Beat eggs and seasonings in bowl. Pour eggs over sauteed vegetables and cook until firm. Flip omelet and cook other side until firm. Garnish with fresh tomato slices and serve.

Omelet