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hey guys dr. Berg here listen we’re going to  talk about egg yolks versus egg whites today  

okay the first thing I want to talk about is a  misconception that the egg white is healthier  

than the egg yolk take a look at this nutritional  profile protein you realize that the egg yolk has  

I mean almost as much protein as the light it  has 2.7 grams versus 3.6 grams I mean that’s  

amazing you would think it’s just all fat  and cholesterol no it’s protein calcium 20  

20 times I’m sorry ten times more calcium than  the egg whites 21.9 milligrams versus two point  

three milligrams for the white the government  phosphorus sixty six point three versus five  

milligrams potassium well look at the whites are  a little more potassium zinc it has more zinc it  

has more selenium more be one more folate that’s  the B vitamin it has a heck of a lot more 812 and  

basically it has all the fat soluble vitamins  vitamin A D and K 1 and K 2 okay so those are  

those are things that people need and also DHA  with it which is a healthy fat that your brain  

needs which will improve memory and things like  that so hands down you know shoot the egg white  

away and just consume the yolk now this king egg  yolk is way more nutritious than egg whites okay  

it also has tons of what’s called phospholipids  those are basically things that are surrounding  

the cellular membranes it’s actually your brain  needs to function so it’s really good for cell  

and brain health vitamin k2 I mentioned that  before what is vitamin k2 well the chicken  

eats the grass hopefully or even the cow eats  the grass if you’re talking about milk and what  

happens if we convert K 1 to K 2 vitamin K 2  is very different than vitamin k1 vitamin k1  

has to do with clotting factors vitamin k2 is a  vitamin that will remove calcium from the wrong  

place it will extract calcification from the  arteries it takes out calcium from the joints  

so it D calcifies the arteries so it’s great for  lowering blood pressure it’s great for making  

the arteries elastic and also it makes your bones  really really strong and hard so we need vitamin  

k2 vitamin k2 is a fat soluble vitamin and it’s  in goose liver it’s in butter it’s in fatty or  

things that are grass-fed it’s also a you can get  it in a Dell if you it’s like a fermented soybean  

but it’s pretty nasty tasting and you can get in  the supplement but vitamin k2 is actually an egg  

yolks if it’s grass-fed now let’s talk about  choline where’s choline it’s a B vitamin that  

helps pull fat out of the liver it’s a little  traffic B vitamins that will help your liver  

and also help the brain and it’s a precursor to  what’s called neurotransmitters which are like  

hormone like beings within the nervous system  but the egg is loaded with choline let’s talk  

about biotin biotin is intimately involved with  proteins especially your hair nails so if you  

consume like egg whites raw for example there’s  a protein in there that will block the absorption  

of biotin and create a biotin deficiency and  you may lose your hair if you consume a lot of  

raw egg whites so we want to cook the egg whites  and keep the egg yolks fairly raw okay but yeah  

biotin is very very important here also there’s  a concern about cholesterol people think that  

it’s going to worsen their cholesterol it’s not  not to mention that there’s the choline and also  

lecithin in eggs which actually are the antidote  to cholesterol here’s the fact your body makes a  

lot of cholesterol 3,000 milligrams of cholesterol  every single day that’s equivalent to 14 eggs 333  

strips of bacon or a pound of butter that’s how  much cholesterol that our body makes so if you’re  

concerned about getting high cluster with eggs  you don’t have to be concerned the only thing  

that will increase when you consume eggs is the  good cholesterol if you consume more cholesterol  

your body will just make more okay unless there’s  a genetic effect that you have which is very rare  

by the way and if that’s the case then maybe  you consume something like a red red yeast  

rice okay as an extract that will help you lower  cholesterol naturally form now the other point I  

would make about eggs is that when you buy eggs  it says free-range natural like chickens that  

are roaming all that is just like it doesn’t mean  anything you want to get pasture-raised okay not  

pasteurized pasture-raised that means that these  chickens actually go into the pasture and the  

grass and they consume the grass and the bugs and  things like that and we want organic both of those  

okay it has to be pasture raised in organic why  because the feed that they feed chickens mainly  

is soy and corn and I mean it’d be nice that they  just consume grass but the problem if they use  

corn and soy at least make sure that’s organic  because if not it’s GMO and you’re consuming  

pesticides and you’re consuming a lot of other  issues so unfortunately most all the feed for  

chickens and other animals are corn and soy but  if it’s organic it’s at least it’s not GMO okay  

so go ahead and start consuming eggs there’s not  a problem I consume four eggs every single morning  

and I’m still alive so I’m sure it’s going  to be fine for you too thanks for watching