In Nigeria, Poultry egg farmers produce eggs in high-quality standards ensuring that they contain the desired nutrients adequate for your health.
Egg contains a lot of supplements needed by the body.
Basically, this implies that nutrients lost in other meals can be easily be gotten from eggs when you eat them.
Health Benefits Of Eating Eggs
Eggs are essential to a family’s well-being and this includes adults and infants alike.
They promote healthy brain and growth, contains less sugar, prevents allergies, a very good source of amino acid and lots more.
Eggs are the only food consumed without the risk of it being contaminated by bacteria because it is well protected in its shell.
However, there is need to ensure that the water that may come in contact with it when you take out the shell, is also bacteria free.
You see, the importance of egg consumption cannot be overemphasised.
Boiled eggs are very low in calories and they are an excellent source of high protein.
They also serve as antioxidants due to their important nutrient contents like choline, lutein and zeaxanthin.
It is highly recommended that a minimum of three (3) eggs, should be consumed daily as it contains vital nutrients like Vitamin D, Zinc, Selenium and Vitamin E which the body needs for better immune function.
Before you jump on eggs and begin to eat it with reckless abandon, be sure of your health markers. Egg is high in saturated fat and this could be converted to cholesterol in your body.
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It is an ignorant gesture to criticize egg consumption while an average daily consumption of red meat is on the excess.
Other Things About Eggs
In Nigeria, we have various recipes for preparing delicious meat as a whole meal or snack e.g. Isi ewu (goat head), Nkwobi (cow foot and goat foot), Suya (beef steak), pepper soup and so on.
All of the above are made with red meat which raises bad cholesterol (Ldl- low-density lipoprotein) in your body while egg gives the good cholesterol (Hdl- high-density lipoprotein).
For the benefit of all, Hdl reduces Ldl in the body.
Always remember that eating healthy is the best form of medication.
Also, eating a healthy meal can boost your immune system to defend and fight all sorts of diseases.
So far, the active immune system is the best-known cure for most ailments and Egg consumption helps boost our immune system.
Eggs symbolise fertility and profitability in the total wellbeing of man. this is from its nutritional value chain or health benefits to the financial benefits.
It is pertinent to note that the egg trade is one of the most profitable businesses in Nigeria.
Financial Benefits Of Egg Farming
A lot of people from diverse profession augment their income with proceeds from the egg trade.
For instance, bankers, security personnel, teachers, civil servants and other works of livelihoods.
Egg sellers make more profit than a lot of commodity distributors.
A cement dealer’s profit on a bag of cement, which costs between 2,400 Naira to 2,600 Naira at the time of writing this article, varies from 50 Naira to 200 Naira.
Considering overhead, logistics cost and shop rent, estimated capital to start cement or some other commodity distribution falls into the region of 3 million Naira to 5 million Naira while initial capital to start the egg trade can be as little as ₦200,000.
A crate of egg from the farm varies from ₦830 or ₦850 at the time of writing this article, with a profit margin of ₦100 or ₦150 per crate.
Also, it has more sales turnover than cement.
The same analysis applies to every other commodity which shows the high returns on investment in the egg trade.
Finally, we can conclude here by saying that Eggs are very healthy and they are also financially beneficial to everyone.
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Written by: Onyeagu Nwapali
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