Did you know? May is National Egg Month, and Virginia farms produce a decent amount of eggs—more than 716 million in 2020! Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to limit the amount of eggs you consume in order to prevent heart disease. The American Heart Association no longer recommends a specific limit on egg consumption, as long as your daily cholesterol intake is an average of 300 mg total. Not only are eggs easy to prepare, they are
loaded with nutrition. A large egg contains just 70 calories and 5 grams of fat. Egg yolks are a good source of vitamin D and protein, which contains essential amino acids needed by humans to build muscle tissue. The following are a few fun facts about eggs from the national Egg Nutrition Center: • An average hen lays 300 to 325 eggs per year. • To tell if an egg is raw or hard-cooked, spin it. If the egg spins easily, it is hard-cooked, but if it wobbles, it is raw. • Egg protein is second only to mother’s milk for human nutrition. vafb.com / SPRING 2021
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