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Nutrición Hospitalaria
On-line version ISSN 1699-5198Print version ISSN 0212-1611
Abstract
APARICIO, Aránzazu et al. Egg as a source of antioxidants and bioactive components against chronic processes. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2018, vol.35, n.spe6, pp.36-40. Epub July 06, 2020. ISSN 1699-5198. https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.2285.
Egg is a very nutritious food since it contains almost all the essential nutrients for humans. In addition, it can be considered as a functional food due to the numerous bioactive compounds it contains, with important beneficial effects on health. Although some of them are well known and there are many researches about them, such as the role of lutein and zeaxanthin in ocular health, others such as egg-derived bioactive peptides or phospholipids are less known, and for this reason they are not less important, since the studies carried out until now point out that those could have a very important role in the prevention and development of some chronic diseases such as hypertension, obesity or metabolic syndrome, among others. The inclusion of the egg in the diet is necessary not only from the nutritional point of view but also sanitary.
Keywords : Egg; Lutein; Zeaxanthin; Bioactive peptides; Chronic diseases.