Ubiquitous in cooking, eggs are a go-to stable across the globe. Consumed by millions, eggs are indeed a great source of protein. Unfortunately, they come with a bit of baggage. They're full of that pesky cholesterol and come from a source that wreaks havoc on the environment.
Fear not. There's no reason to go “cold chicken.” You can continue your plant-based journey, completely avoid baggage claim and still pick up plenty of protein by including plant-based eggs in your diet.
Plant-Based Eggs Are Healthy for You
If there's one area you really want to avoid at baggage claim, it's Carousel #C. (C for cholesterol.)
A Special Health Report from Harvard Medical School, Managing Your Cholesterol, discusses the link between saturated fat and LDLs (the bad cholesterol). The report notes that foods high in cholesterol, including animal products such as meat and dairy, contain large amounts of saturated fat and warns that “saturated fat in the diet clearly does raise LDL by a significant amount and should be consumed in limited quantities.”
Preventative cardiologist Danielle Belardo, M.D., agrees, adding that “eating more plants, swapping out saturated fat for polyunsaturated fat and reducing your dietary cholesterol helps your blood vessels stay healthy while providing blood flow to organs all over your body and has been linked to a decreased risk of heart disease.”
The good news is that you can still have your eggs and eat them too, simply by substituting chicken eggs with a healthy alternative like the mung bean-based eggs from JUST Egg.
Not only are plant-based eggs lower in saturated fat than traditional eggs, but they are also completely cholesterol-free.
Looking for a plant-based alternative for the most important meal of the day? Try JUST Egg for a healthy and balanced meal.
On the other hand, mung bean crops are one of the most sustainable on earth. Mung bean plants:
Use 98% less water
Produce 93% fewer CO2 emissions
Can be cultivated using 86% less land
Are you ready to send chicken eggs packing, bidding them farewell on their journey to the unclaimed baggage warehouse in the sky?
Eat more JUST Egg. Your health (and many a chicken) will thank you (if chickens could talk, that is)!
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