Fri, Jun-13-03, 11:53
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Plan: LC, GF
Stats: 241/190/140
BF:
Progress: 50%
Location: Eastern ON, Canada
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There is no nutritional difference between white or brown eggs per se.
However, free-range eggs .. no matter what colour is the shell .. are definitely more nutritious for the very reasons Junebug stated
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They get to eat grass, bugs, scraps.
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These foods that the chicken eats will increase the omega-3 fatty acid content of the egg yolk. Most battery chickens are fed grains and soy, which are high in omega-6 fats. Some chickens are given flax seed in the grain mix, which improves the fat in the yolk somewhat, but still not as good as free-run chickens that are allowed to eat scratchings.
Doreen
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