A randomized control trial led by Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of infection and obesity at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center (note: study was funded by American Egg Board) found that overweight and obese women who consumed a breakfast of two eggs a day (for five days a week or more) for 8 weeks, as part of a low-fat diet with a 1,000 calorie deficit:

• lost 65 percent more weight
• had 83 percent greater reductions in waist circumference
• reported greater improvements in energy levels than their dieting counterparts who consumed a bagel breakfast of the same calories

This study further substantiates the findings of a previous study, published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, which found that an egg breakfast induced greater satiety and significantly reduced short-term food intake compared to a calorically equivalent bagel breakfast. In both studies, the egg and bagel breakfasts not only provided the same amount of calories, but also the same weight mass, an important control factor in satiety and weight loss studies. Also of note, the study found no significant differences between the plasma total-, HDL- and LDL-cholesterol and triglyceride levels of either group.  All good, but try to eat egg whites -- they're lower in calories.

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written by A. Jordan, June 26, 2007

On a diet it would be difficult not to eat the whole boiled egg-cannot imagine eating just the egg white. Love 2 eggs 3 times a week-boiled or poached; no butter or salt; just pepper.