Catscan just sent this to me.. Super cool..
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Relish/Pastured-Eggs-Vitamin-D-Content.aspx?blogid=1508&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email
Check out this study! Free Range Eggs
WOW! Thats great.It really makes sense. If what we eat and do affects us as much as it does it should go to say the same for other living things. Thanks ZZ.
How is the addition???
Doing well.. thank you! How are your lil boo booz?
{{{fume}}} it crashed my browser...
Would somebody give me a thumbnail synopsis?
Purloined for those whose browsers won't behave:
The results from Mother Earth News’ latest round of pastured egg nutrient tests are beginning to come in. So far, pastured egg producers are kicking the commercial industry’s butt — woo hoo, go free range! We’ve invested a lot of time and energy over the last few years in researching the differences between the meat and eggs coming out of the commercial industry and those produced by conscientious farmers who let their animals graze on fresh pastures. In the past, we’ve found that eggs from hens raised on pasture, as compared to those commercially raised factory farm eggs, contain:
• 1⁄3 less cholesterol
• 1⁄4 less saturated fat
• 2⁄3 more vitamin A
• 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids
• 3 times more vitamin E
• 7 times more beta carotene
Now we’re looking at vitamin D, which many of us do not get enough of because we don’t spend any time outdoors, and even when we do we use sunscreen that blocks vitamin D production. (More about that here.) Eggs are one of the few food sources of naturally occurring vitamin D, and we wondered if true free-range eggs might be higher in this important vitamin, too. Our latest tests show that pastured eggs have anywhere between 4 to 6 times as much vitamin D as typical supermarket eggs.
Woo-hooo!! Definitely kicking bootie!
Thanks!
I've been selling "cage free" eggs for years (selling for a local farmer who produces eggs industrially, but cage free, drug free, and vegetarian diet only). Many customers keep returning every week ... they can tell the difference from store eggs.
My small flock of birds produce eggs that I compare to those that I sell. Mine are different ... I can always tell the color of the yoke is much darker.
Because my hens spend time outdoors, in the sun ... do you guys think they have more vit. D??
ciao, Curzio
Wow, I'm going to print this, I get that Magazine but I must have missed that article. I sell my eggs and that is a great thing to show people since many people believe there is really no difference between eggs.
Everything's different about the true free range eggs -made noodles last year and even the noodles -you could tell by the color (there were 3 of us making) who had to get store eggs!!!
and they taste better too!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!
(fuzzy chicken)
Taste better, look better, and ARE better!!!
Thanks ZZ's for the article. I have given every customer a copy to read and I always get comments about how good the fresh eggs are. WAY TO GO. Haystack.
Just got MotherEarth mag today! The online article posted by ZZ's has been updated in the printed format on page 23! I type the gist of the addition for you ... very interesting stuff about vitamin D. Somehow in my own words ... since I don't have permission to copy.
Our bodies get vit D in two ways: Sun or Diet. Eggs are on the very short list of foods naturally rich in vit D. USDA reports 34IU (International Units) of vit D for the industrial eggs ... [which means you would have to eat 6 eggs a day to get the required vit D amount], while MotherEarth tests of free range grass fed (pastured) hens deliver 3 to 6 times more vit D ... in essence 2 eggs a day (that's what I eat every day) will provide you with 63 to 126 percent of required vit D (based of 200IU daily requirements).
---- More stuff I've read some place: Vit D is believed to prevent cancer formation ... especially for men to prevent Prostate Cancer. 2 eggs a day keeps the cancer away.
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That is sooo cool.
My mom used to get Mother Earth News when I was still living at home! She is 95 now and must have done something right!! She still eats boiled eggs every day.. :)