Eggs or Spinach?
You know that ordering the spinach salad for lunch will boost your intake of sight-saving lutein. But there’s a trendy breakfast source: specialty eggs.
Lutein-enriched specialty eggs have two to three times the lutein found in regular eggs, thanks to the marigold extract the chickens are fed. Plus, it’s easier for your body to absorb lutein from specialty eggs than from spinach.
Seems there are all kinds of specialty eggs — from ones with extra omega-3s to ones with pasteurized shells for use in raw foods. And now, eggs with extra lutein. That’s good news for your eyes, because high levels of lutein may help protect against sight-stealing, age-related macular degeneration.
A little fat helps your body absorb carotenoids like lutein, so it’s likely that the cholesterol and fat in egg yolks enable your body to better absorb and use the lutein in the specialty eggs.
Check egg carton labels for information on lutein content. Here are a few of the companies that produce lutein-enriched eggs:
Eggland’s Best
Country Creek Farms
Sparboe Farms
Lutein, spinach, eggs, eye health, macular degeneration
Lutein, spinach, eggs, eye health, macular degeneration

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