Nutritional values and components of egg Flashcards
A unit of energy that measures how much energy food provides to the body.
Calorie
Egg is an excellent source of ___________.
protein
Two functions of protein
- Provide structure
- Enzymatic function
It contains amino acids needed by the human body.
Protein
Your body uses the protein found in eggs to:
- Build and repair body tissues and cells
- Build and maintain healthy muscles
- Grow strong hair and nails
- Help fight infections
- Help your body fluid in balance
Helps maintain healthy skin and eye tissue; assists in the night vision.
Vitamin A
It strengthens bones and teeth.
Vitamin D
An antioxidant that plays a role in maintaining good health and preventing disease.
Vitamin E
It helps protect against heart diseases.
Vitamin B12
Benefits of minerals (idk tawag do’n)
- Minerals provide day-to-day nutrients that the body needs in order to function
- It can also help strengthen cells, fight against harmful viruses, and boost the immune system
It acts as an energy source, help control blood glucose and insulin metabolism, participate in cholesterol and triglyceride metabolism, and help with fermentation.
Carbohydrates
An egg has ______ fat on its content.
11.2%
It is found almost entirely in the yolk.
Fat
Eggs contain very little _____________.
carbohydrates
Fat-like substances and are essential to the structure of all cells in the body.
Cholesterol and lecithin
Cholesterol helps:
- Maintain the flexibility and permeability of cell membranes and is also a raw material for the fatty lubricants that help to keep the skin supple.
- Essential for the production of the hormones, cortisol, vitamin D, and bile salts
Made up of calcium
Shell
Dense, matted, fibrous capsule of albumen around the membrane located nearest the yolk.
Inner thick albumen
It has 8,000 pores and is semipermeable.
Shell
The inner thick albumen is an excellent source of _____________ and _____________.
riboflavin, protein
It is the clear casing that encloses the egg yolk.
Yolk membrane
It provides an efficient defense against bacterial invasion.
Inner and outer shell membrane
A small, circular, white spot on the surface of the yolk where the sperm enters the egg.
Germinal disk
These are twisted in opposite directions and serve to keep the yolk centered.
Chalazae
The more prominent the ______________, the fresher the egg.
chalazae
An effective emulsifier
Lecithin
A major source of vitamins, minerals, almost half of the protein, and all of the fat and cholesterol.
Yolk
It is a narrow fluid layer net to the shell membrane.
Outer thin albumen
It contains the food that will nourish the embryo as it grows.
Yolk
It is the watery part of the egg white which is located farthest from the yolk.
Outer thin albumen
It is a dense, matted, fibrous capsule of albumen around the membrane of the yolk.
Chalaziferous albumen
An air space forms when the contents of the egg cool and contract after the egg is laid.
Air cell
