Eggs are one of the cheap food menus that are often consumed by the people of Indonesia. There are a variety of processed egg foods that are delicious and certainly healthy.
Besides healthy, consume eggs are beneficial to increase the IQ of children, especially when the eggs are consumed by pregnant mothers. Similarly, more or less the conclusion of a new study published in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Eggs are rich in choline, an important substance that is useful when brain formation in the fetus in the womb. Consumption of choline in large amounts during the process of brain formation in the womb can increase the ability of the fetal brain in terms of remembering and processing information. Unfortunately to improve the brain's ability as concluded in this study, a pregnant mother should consume nine eggs a day. Of course this is no negative impact that pregnant women at risk of increased cholesterol levels with various consequences.
During this time the recommended intake of eggs a day is 480 mg, meaning that the egg consumption demanded by this study is twice that of the recommendation. Therefore, the researchers gave an important note in this study that the consumption of eggs in large should still pay attention to levels of koleseterol in the blood. Not only in eggs, choline is also found in red meat, fish, poultry and legumes. In its own egg, its choline content is about 115mg.
What about egg consumption by infants?
Not only when in the womb, a baby who consumed an egg every day for six months, can increase the growth of brain development. Increased growth of this flower occurs due to an increase in choline and DHA levels in the baby's brain. Like milk and grains, eggs are important for human consumption in early life to grow better.
Eggs are rich in fatty acids, proteins, choline, Vitamins A and B12, selenium and various other nutrients. The content of these nutrients in eggs is even greater when compared with foods derived from other animals. To prevent salmonella infection, before consumption, eggs should be cooked well. Especially when the egg is consumed by the mother who is pregnant. The above study was conducted by researchers from Cornell University. They analyzed data from 26 pregnant women who came to control in the third trimester of pregnancy. Half of the study participants were asked to consume 480 mg of choline every day until the time of delivery, while the rest were required to consume 930 mg of choline. Babies who were born then performed speed assessments in processing information and memory when they were 4, 7, 10 and 13 months.
The result, babies born to mothers who consumed 930 mg of choline daily, had a higher rate of processing information when compared to babies born with mothers who consumed only 480 mg of choline daily.