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Best Snacks - Healthy Low Calorie Snack
Foods - Hard Boiled Eggs
Make
some hard boiled eggs and have a quick high protein snack on hand at anytime!
Hard boiled eggs are an excellent source of protein, simple to prepare and each
one only has about 76 calories. Eggs are also very nutritious. They don't just
contain fat (yolk) and protein (white). In fact, they contain a wide array of
essential vitamins and minerals.
Vitamins - A: good
for the skin and growth.
- D: strengthens bones by raising calcium
absorption.
- E: protects cells from oxidation.
- B1:
helps properly release energy from carbohydrates.
- B2: helps
release energy from protein and fat.
- B6: promotes the metabolism
of protein.
- B12: an essential vitamin in the formation of
nerve fibers and blood cells.
Minerals - Iron:
essential in the creation of red blood cells.
- Zinc: good for
enzyme stability and essential in sexual maturation.
- Calcium:
most important mineral in the strengthening bones & teeth.
- Iodine:
controls thyroid hormones.
- Selenium: like vitamin E, it protects
cells from oxidation.
Not only do eggs contain the highest quality
source of protein available but they also contain almost every essential vitamin
and mineral needed by humans. In fact, egg protein is of such high quality that
it is used as the standard by which other proteins are compared. Eggs have a biological
value (efficacy with which protein is used for growth) of 93.7%. Comparable
values are 84.5% for milk, 76% for fish, and 74.3% for beef. Eggs really are the
best protein money can buy, and it has all those other valuable vitamins and minerals
too. The yolk is extremely high in cholesterol, containing more than two-thirds
of the recommended daily limit of 300 mg! However, the yolk has many health strengths
necessary for immunity, healthy skin, nerves and vision. The yolk contains good
amounts of B Vitamins, Vitamin A, iron and riboflavin. Egg whites are very
low in calories, have no fat, no cholesterol, and are loaded with protein. The
egg white is less likely than the yolk to harbor dangerous salmonella, but due
to the health risks that raw eggs present, consumption is highly discouraged by
medical experts.
Directions For Making Hard Boiled Eggs - Place
the eggs in a saucepan with just enough cold tap water to cover them by one inch.
- Bring
water to a boil.
- Promptly reduce heat to low medium and cook for
10 minutes.
- Remove saucepan from heat
- Using a
ladle or slated spoon, place each egg into a bowl of iced water to chill.
- Chill
for a few minutes until egg is completely cooled.
- To peel, crack
the egg and roll on a counter top to loosen the peel.
- Dice and
serve.
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