Adults Who Eat Eggs for Breakfast Lose 65% More Weight

A study published online in the International Journal of Obesity shows that eating two eggs for breakfast, as part of a reduced-calorie diet, helps overweight adults lose more weight and feel more energetic than those who eat a bagel breakfast of equal calories and identical weights. This study supports previous research, published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, which showed that people who ate eggs for breakfast felt more satisfied and ate fewer calories at the following meal.

“Preparing eggs for breakfast is quick and easy, and with rising concerns about obesity in Canada, it’s great to know something as easy as adding eggs to your daily breakfast can help promote weight loss,” says Andrea Smith, Nutrition Officer with the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency.

“Not only do eggs meet the criteria for the Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Health Check ^TM program, but two eggs are considered a serving of Meat and Alternatives according to Canada’s Food Guide,” she says.

Lead researcher Nikhil Dhurandhar, associate professor of infection and obesity at Louisiana State University’s, says people have a hard time adhering to diets. “Our research shows that choosing eggs for breakfast can dramatically improve the success of a weight-loss plan. Apparently, the increased satiety and energy due to eggs helps people better comply with a reduced-calorie diet.”

Compared to the subjects who ate a bagel breakfast, men and women who consumed two eggs for breakfast as part of a reduced-calorie diet:

• lost 65% more weight
• exhibited a 61% greater reduction in Body Mass Index, an indicator of health status
• reported higher energy levels than their dieting counterparts who consumed a bagel breakfast

Researchers also found that blood cholesterol levels were not impacted in the subjects who ate either the egg breakfast or the bagel breakfast during the two-month study. These findings add to more than 30 years of research concluding that healthy adults can enjoy eggs without significantly impacting their risk of heart disease.

For additional information about egg nutrition or recipes, please visit www.eggs.ca.

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