Does a pastured egg offer more nutrition? Possibly—but the difference depends less on the label than on how the hens are actually raised and fed. Eggs from hens with meaningful access to pasture may contain higher levels of certain nutrients, including omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E, and the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin. Some studies have...Read More

For decades, eggs—especially their golden yolks—were treated as a shortcut to high cholesterol and heart disease. Newer research tells a more complicated and reassuring story: for most people, the egg itself was never the principal problem. There may be no food that has spent more time in nutritional purgatory than the egg. For generations, eggs...Read More