World Egg Day is an unofficial international holiday, the birth of which is 1996. Despite the fact that the holiday appeared not so long ago, he has a lot of fans, because eggs are one of the most versatile and useful food products.
There is a misconception that eggs raise the level of cholesterol, but recent studies by modern scientists have refuted such claims. Egg is a dietary product containing choline, a substance that participates in the formation of the brain, and choline prevents cardiovascular diseases. The egg contains 12% of the necessary daily dose of protein, vitamins A, B6, B12, iron, zinc, phosphorus.
In many countries of the world, eggs are one of the basic elements of nutrition, and it is also impossible to imagine a large number of dishes cooked without their participation. The largest consumption of eggs per capita in Japan , on average, there is eaten one egg per day per inhabitant of the Land of the Rising Sun.
History of the holiday
The history of the International Egg Day is the following: The International Egg Commission, meeting in Vienna, in 1996, proposed to celebrate the "egg" day on the second Friday in October for the next conference. The delegates of this conference considered it necessary to arrange a separate holiday for the egg and various dishes from it. This idea was supported by many countries, primarily the largest producers of egg products.
To this day, numerous entertainment events are timed, such as humorous festivals and competitions. Also, serious conferences and seminars are convened, with the participation of professionals, where questions of proper nutrition, ending with charitable actions, are discussed.