Eggs

Egg yolks are the primary source of choline, a B-vitamin, in our diets. Choline is half of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which is active every time we think or move: that’s 24/7! Americans, fearful of cardiovascular disease risk, have been dumping egg yolks down the drain for the past 30 years, and our consumption of choline has been going down the drain with the yolks. As a nation, we are consuming barely one third of our dietary need for choline. The alarm bells have rung in the nutrition world, and we are now strongly recommending that everyone add at least one egg yolk a day back to their diets, especially since multiple studies have shown that an egg yolk a day does not raise cardiovascular disease risk, even in people with coronary artery disease. Choline is also critically important for the health of brain cells. So if thinking and moving are important to you, and you want to be able to train hard, then add at least one egg to your daily routine.