I heartily believe in the value of an organic brown egg almost every day, whole (yoke and white, just cooked until done). Cooking it in lard, butter and grease from bacon will certainly not be healthy. Try a few drops of extra virgin olive oil, with pan just hot enough to cook the egg (add a chopped green onion before it hardens and it will be great). The yolk is one of the most complete sources of nutrition on the planet (but nothing is nearly "complete"). Then there are boiled eggs, egg drop soup (one of my favorites), egg on toast (with semi-runny yolk). Have it with some organic greens for a great breakfast.
Statistical studies that lead to statements like "eating a breakfast which includes whole grains can lead to lower instance of heart disease" is bull. It's just that if you eat something good for you, like milk (preferably skim) or soy milk, and whole grain cereal, chances are you are substituting it for something unhealthy, like butter, lard and bacon with your eggs in the morning. Whole grains are very good, but the health benefit is in the switch, grains, like any other good thing isn't an antidote, they aren't magic pills (advertisers don't want you to know that info).
If there are three pillars to the American diet, it's butter, lard and bacon, the trinity of evils (sorry, I didn't say they werent' really GOOD!). You don't need to worry about cholesterol, the concept that it was a problem was just created out of a statistical study (guilt by association) and the conclusion of which was made by big Pharma. Cholestrol isn't the problem, it's the evil trinity and lack of fruits and vegetables in the American diet and all the fast food crap most people eat. Cholesterol is a fixation on a pill and profit, which is always more appealing than eating well.
When I feel a bit run down, the egg seemed to be a helpful part of getting back, together with regular exercise.
Ok, that's the end of my EGG commercial! Heeeehee! Poor little egg, so unloved you are!
