The Perfect Package

The world's most complete food isn't what you think

While some wellness influencers push exotic superfoods from distant lands, today we're cracking open the story of one of nature's most perfect nutritional packages - sitting right in your local grocery store.

Today we're exploring:

  • Shell game: Why eggs might be the most underrated superfood.

  • Perfect protein: The science behind egg's complete amino acid profile.

  • Budget friendly: How eggs stack up as an affordable nutrition powerhouse.

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Nature's Multivitamin

While açai berries and spirulina grab headlines as trendy superfoods, the humble egg has been quietly outperforming them for millennia. With a nearly perfect protein profile and an impressive array of micronutrients, eggs pack a remarkable nutritional punch for their size and cost.

Let's look at the numbers: A single egg delivers 24% of your daily Vitamin A, 30% of Vitamin D, and 32% of Vitamin B12 needs. But what makes eggs truly special is how these nutrients come packaged – in forms your body can readily use.

Bioavailability boost Unlike many plant-based foods where nutrients need complex conversion before your body can use them, eggs offer their nutritional bounty in highly bioavailable forms. The protein in eggs scores a perfect 100 on the biological value scale, making it the gold standard against which other proteins are measured.

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Not all nutrients are created equal:

  • Vitamin A from eggs comes as retinol (ready to use)

  • Plant sources provide beta-carotene (needs conversion)

  • It takes 6 units of beta-carotene to equal 1 unit of retinol

The price is right At roughly 25-50 cents per egg, you'd be hard-pressed to find another food that delivers this much nutrition per dollar. While exotic superfoods can cost upwards of $80 per kilo, eggs remain one of the most accessible complete protein sources available.

More Data

  • Egg consumption hit a 50-year high in 2023

  • The average French hen lays 247 eggs per year

  • "Free-range" and "cage-free" aren't the same thing - the latter just means hens aren't in battery cages

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