Jonny Bowden, the popular “Weight Loss Coach” on iVillage.com, is a contributing writer to AOL.com and a frequent Daily Health News contributor. His free mini-course “7 Super Foods That Could Change Your Life’ is available at www.feelyourpower.com. A radio talk-show host, he’s the author of the best-selling Living the Low Carb Life and, most recently, The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth.

Power Breakfast There’s an old saying that goes ‘Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. But most of us do the opposite.

You know, the kind of hearty wake-up fare associated with crowing roosters and morning milkings?

If you want your child to be healthy, vibrant, free from diabetes, heart disease and obesity, consider adding more foods such as omega eggs into their diet.

CHOLINE: Choline is a nutrient needed in larger amounts during pregnancy for normal brain function and memory. Studies report offspring with “supercharged” brains and superior memory when moms consumed more of this nutrient in pregnancy.

For more than 5,000 years, humans have enjoyed what may be one of nature’s most convenient and nutritious foods — the egg. Today per-person consumption averages around 300 eggs a year. Why eggs are healthy? Eggs provide high protein content for relatively low cost. They’re also relatively low in calories — one medium-sized egg contains just 78 calories. Eggs contain vitamins B12, C, D, E, and K, as well as the minerals iron and zinc. They’re also a rich source of choline, important for brain functioning and health.

Eating an egg a day does not impact the cholesterol particles in the blood most likely to cause heart disease, according to a new study that could play an important role in debunking myths surrounding the role of eggs in the diet.

The study, supported by the American Egg Board, measured the influence of a high-cholesterol diet, based on daily egg consumption, on the atherogenicity, or potential to lead to heart disease, of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles.

According to the Egg Nutrition Center Recently, the results of 224 studies conducted among 8,000 participants over the past 25 years were compiled by researchers at The University of Arizona. The conclusion: if you’re healthy, enjoy your eggs. Your cholesterol probably will stay about the same. “…there’s no connection whatsoever between cholesterol in food and cholesterol in the blood. None. And we’ve known that all along” (Dr. Ancel Keys, EATING WELL, March/April 1997).

Food scientists say oatmeal has satiety value, which is another way of saying it sticks to the ribs. But nothing beats the pure protein of a breakfast egg or two for keeping one feeling full and satisfied well past 11:00 a.m.

Years of research have concluded that healthy adults can enjoy eggs without significantly impacting their risk of heart disease. A 9,500-subject cohort study published in the January issue of Medical Science Monitor concluded that eating one or more eggs per day does not increase the risk of coronary artery disease or stroke among healthy adults.

Increasingly, companies are adding what are deemed heart-healthy Omega-3 fatty acids to processed food and beverages. And, as reported by The Los Angeles Times, it’s interesting to note that as recently as this past June, egg companies were extolling the virtues of a more nutritious egg based on flaxseed-derived Omega-3s that were added to chicken feed.

According to the Egg Nutrition Center Recently, the results of 224 studies conducted among 8,000 participants over the past 25 years were compiled by researchers at The University of Arizona. The conclusion: if you’re healthy, enjoy your eggs. Your cholesterol probably will stay about the same. “…there’s no connection whatsoever between cholesterol in food and cholesterol in the blood. None. And we’ve known that all along” (Dr. Ancel Keys, EATING WELL, March/April 1997).