Too many urban myths about weight loss tell us that eating eggs is not a great way to be losing tummy fat and that eggs generally are bad for us. The truth is however that eggs are actually very good for our diet.

Interestingly it has been shown that people who regularly eat eggs as a part of their diet manage to hold a healthy body weight better than those who avoid eating eggs. Eating eggs seem to keep away from the need to be losing tummy fat.

Why might this be?

Eggs (and we are talking free range, organic eggs here – cheap factory farmed eggs have reduced advantages) are stuffed full of goodness.

An organic egg contains many different vitamins, zinc, iron, calcium and all the fatty acids our diet needs. In addition to these, it contains omega-3 and cholesterol.

Ah, cholesterol. These give us the need to be losing tummy fat, don’t they? Actually the cholesterol in eggs is the good HDL cholesterol the body needs and, in any case, the ingestion of cholesterol from the eggs causes the body to regulate its production to compensate. It must be remembered that cholesterol and fat are substances the body uses for its normal operation: we just need to ensure we do not take in too much fat and the wrong kind of cholesterol.

The benefits of eggs far outweigh any possible disadvantages.

Studies have shown that eggs also contain a significant amount of carotenoid – specifically zeaxanthin and lutein- and, as folklore has always had it, these are good for our eyes and may even proven the development of cataracts. So eggs are good for our eyes.

Research at Harvard also shows that there is no link between eating eggs and the occurrence of heart disease.

So you can happily eat your morning egg and feel happy that is will not cause you to need to be losing tummy fat.

Find out more about the health benefits of eggs on the HealthDiaries.com website.