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New research confirms
that eating eggs boosts a healthy weight loss plan
A study published online today in the International
Journal of Obesity shows that eating two eggs for breakfast,
as part of a reduced-calorie diet, helps overweight adults lose
more weight and feel more energetic than those who eat a bagel
breakfast of equal calories. 1This study supports previous research,
published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition,
which showed that people who ate eggs for breakfast felt more
satisfied and ate fewer calories at the following meal.2
“People have a hard time adhering
to diets and our research shows that choosing eggs for breakfast
can dramatically improve the success of a weight loss plan,”
said Nikhil 5. Dhurandhar, Ph.D., lead researcher and
associate professor in the laboratory of infection and obesity
at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a campus of the Louisiana
State University system. “Apparently, the increased satiety
and energy due to eggs helps people better comply with a reduced-calorie
diet.”
Significant Weight Loss Related
to Egg Breakfast
Compared to the subjects who ate a bagel breakfast, men and
women who consumed two eggs for breakfast as part of a reduced-calorie
diet:
lost 65 percent more weight
exhibited a 61 percent
greater reduction in BMI
reported higher energy
levels than their dieting counterparts who consumed a bagel
breakfast1
The egg and bagel breakfasts provided the
same number of calories and had identical weights (energy density),
which is an important control factor in satiety and weight loss
studies.
The researchers also found that blood lipids
were not impacted during the two month study. They found that
blood levels of HDL and LDL cholesterol, as well as triglycerides,
did not vary compared to baseline cholesterol blood levels in
subjects who ate either the bagel or egg breakfasts. These findings
add to more than 30 years of research that conclude that healthy
adults can enjoy eggs without significantly impacting their
risk of heart disease.3, 4
New Emphasis on the Importance
of High-Quality Protein
This study adds to the growing body of research which supports
the importance of high-quality protein in the diet. The American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a special issue in May
2008, which contains nine articles that focus on the value of
high-quality protein in the American diet. A major finding was
that not getting enough high-quality protein may contribute
to obesity, muscle wasting (loss) and increased risk of chronic
disease.
