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Not only does an egg keep you going longer, it could also help keep you slim
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From The LA Times
May 12, 2012
Egg producers fund study confirming the health benefits of eggs
News flash: Eggs are really good for you. This message was brought to you by the American Egg Board.
That’s right – the folks who sell eggs paid for a study that comes to the shocking conclusion that eggs are an ideal breakfast food. They could have just asked people if they liked eating eggs for breakfast.
Instead, they recruited 20 volunteers who were overweight or obese and assigned them to a week of either egg breakfasts or ready-to-eat cereal breakfasts. After a two-week gap, the groups were switched. Both types of breakfasts had the same number of calories, but the egg breakfasts contained “higher protein quality,” according to an abstract for the study, posted online here.
The folks who carried out this egg industry-funded research were from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La. This place conducts some serious research on diet and weight. So to assess whether people who ate egg breakfasts were better off than their counterparts who ate cereal, they took blood samples and measured the concentration of two key hunger hormones: acylated ghrelin (which stimulates hunger) and PYY3-36 (which is how the intestines let the brain know that you’re full). Sure enough, in the week when they ate eggs, volunteers had lower acylated ghrelin and higher PYY3-36 compared with the week when they ate cereal.
The researchers also treated the volunteers to four buffet lunches. They weren’t just being nice – researchers kept track of how much food everyone ate. They found that volunteers ate smaller lunches after they ate egg breakfasts compared with when they ate cereal breakfasts. The reason: They were less hungry.
The study was presented Saturday at the European Congress on Obesity in France by Nikhil Dhurandhar, a biochemist who studies obesity at Pennington. According to his website, Dhurandhar’s research usually focuses on viruses and other infectious agents that can cause obesity.
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http://www.latimes.com/health/boost...0,3093964.story
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Egg breakfast 'could help you lose weight'
'Go to work on an egg', went the no-nonsense 1950s advertising campaign. But now obesity experts have found out that not only does an egg keep you going longer, it could also help keep you slim.
A test of 20 overweight or obese volunteers discovered that those given an egg for breakfast, rather than cereal, felt less hungry come lunchtime, and consequently consumed less at an 'all-you-can eat' buffet.
Researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Centre in Louisiana, US, found those given an egg had significantly lower levels of ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite, in their blood three hours after breakfast.
They also had significantly higher levels of another hormone, called PYY3-36, which signals we are full.
Dr Nikhil Dhurandhar, who led the study, said: "This study shows that diets with higher protein quality may enhance satiety, leading to better compliance and success of a weight loss diet."
He added: "This study raises the question: are some foods with higher protein quality nature’s appetite suppressants?"
Longer-term research was needed to see if high quality protein breakfasts could help people lose weight, he said.
Results of the study are being presented today (Saturday) at the European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France.
Tracy Parker, heart health dietitian at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), said: "This finding could help people who are trying to lose weight or stop snacking. It shows the quality of protein in your diet, rather than the quantity, can affect how full you feel.
"However, as the study was funded by the American Egg Board, it did not look into other high quality proteins. Further comparison of the effect of lean meat, poultry and fish on appetite should be explored.
"An egg breakfast could keep you from mid-morning snacking but remember to use healthier cooking methods. Try boiling or poaching eggs rather than frying and avoid adding butter to scrambled eggs."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...ose-weight.html |
Sigh!! 
Due to the imprecise use of language in that second article and/or the author's lack of understanding of the source material, we can't even tell what is being said! Are we to believe that 1 egg with no added fat should satiate us from breakfast until lunch?
Yeah... holding my breath.
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