Omega-3 eggs’ heart benefits get clinical trial boost

Eating a breakfast of omega-3 enriched eggs could improve blood triglyceride levels and boost heart health, and could be the ideal way of helping people reach their omega-3 recommended intakes, says a study from Canada.

“Egg products can serve as ideal functional foods for the dietary delivery of the cardioprotective n−3 fatty acids (EPA/DHA) since the US population consumes relatively high levels of eggs, which are also rich sources of various other important nutrients, including essential amino acids, vitamins, etc,” wrote lead author Emily Rose in the journal Food Research International (Vol. 39, pp. 910-916).

Previous studies have reported that starting the day with an egg breakfast could increases satiety in overweight and obese people, and could lead to weight-loss. Eggs are well known to have a 50 per cent higher satiety index than regular breakfast cereals, which is generally believed to be due to the high protein content of the eggs.