Health at Easter How many eggs are children allowed to feast on over Easter?

Healthy Easter: How many eggs children are allowed to eat a day

For Easter, there are colorfully painted eggs in most German households. Especially children often can not resist. Chicken eggs contain not only valuable protein but also important minerals and vitamins. But too much of it should not consume children or adults.

Basic food with valuable minerals and vitamins

Eggs are a staple food for many people. In addition to the important protein, chicken eggs also contain valuable minerals such as iron and zinc and vitamins A, E and K. In addition, US physicians reported that eating eggs promotes growth. Eggs are booming at Easter. Especially children love them, no matter if hard-boiled Easter eggs, scrambled eggs or fried eggs. But too much of it is unhealthy.

Most children love brightly painted Easter eggs. But even if eggs contain valuable minerals and vitamins in addition to the important protein, the little ones should not eat too much of it. (Image: Pixelot / fotolia.com)

At Easter it may also be more eggs

Adults are often advised not to consume more than two eggs per day due to supposedly unhealthy cholesterol. However, many experts have lifted such warnings about eggs and butter.

Therefore, as a healthy person you do not have to worry about the cholesterol in these foods. And on special occasions like Easter, three eggs are okay.

Children should, however, eat much less of it.

Up to two eggs a week

According to health experts, the following recommendations generally apply to children: between the ages of one and three years, one to two eggs a week are okay, and four to six year olds have two eggs.

It should be noted, however, that processed eggs in noodles or biscuits are already included in this information.

However, when children eat more of them at Easter, it does not have any health consequences. According to experts, individual deviations are not so bad if the weekly cut is correct.

Healthy body regulates cholesterol alone

Parents do not usually have to worry about the cholesterol level of the offspring. This regulate a healthy body mostly alone.

However, the regulation of cholesterol level does not work properly in people with diabetes or a disorder in fat metabolism. Such patients - possibly including children - should therefore be very cautious with their egg consumption.

An elevated blood cholesterol level can cause arteriosclerosis, which can lead to a heart attack or stroke in the worst case scenario.

There is another reason for a moderate consumption of eggs: egg yolk contains relatively much fat.

We recommend organic eggs. On the one hand, they are much healthier and contribute to animal and nature conservation. (Ad)