What's different about omega-3 eggs?

Natural Health, August, 2001

SEVERAL EGG COMPANIES NOW FEED THEIR HENS special diets to produce eggs with enhanced amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. These eggs contain 100 to 200 mg of omega-3s (three to six times that of a normal egg). Compared to a three-ounce serving of salmon, which yields more than 1,000 mg, these enhanced eggs provide only a modest boost to your diet. Still, because omega-3s are beneficial for heart and brain health, every bit helps.

Heat damages omega-3-rich oils like flax oil, but it doesn't hurt omega-3 eggs. The fatty acids in oil are unprotected from contact with the heat of a pan, but there are fewer susceptible fatty acids in eggs and they're buffered from high heat by the proteins, water, and other fats in the egg. --C.S.S.