What happens to your IGF-1 levels when you eat 2 eggs every day?
IGF-1 is perhaps the most powerful growth factor in the body when it comes to building bones and muscles. Your body manufactures more IGF-1 the more protein-rich foods are in your diet. Eggs in particular are effective IGF-1 boosters, Thai scientists discovered. Researchers from Mahidol University conducted an experiment with 3 groups of students aged 8-14 for 35 weeks. Students in the experimental group received 2 eggs every school day with their school lunch [WE]. [Thai schools provide students with lunch.] Students in another group were not given eggs for lunch, but an equivalent that provided the same amount of energy and protein [protein substitute; PE]. After all, students in the control group simply received a standard lunch and nothing else. Results Including eggs in the diet increased IGF-1 levels more than incorporating a protein substitute. Click on the figure below for a larger version. The addition of eggs to the test subjects' diet increased the concentration of not ...