Eggs and Health Promotion -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Section 1 Functional Uses of Eggs -- 1 Functional Uses of Eggs-An Overview -- 2 The Role of Eggs in American Diets: Health Implications and Bene.ts -- 3 Designer Eggs: Nutritional and Functional Signi.cance -- 4 Specialty Eggs: n-3 Fatty Acid-Enriched Eggs -- 5 Vitamin E Enrichment of Chicken Eggs -- 6 Reducing Infection in Infants with Egg Phospholipids -- 7 Generation of Polyclonal Antibodies in the Egg Yolk -- Section 2 Cholesterol and Health: Role of Eggs -- 8 Eggs, Plasma Cholesterol, and Heart Disease Risk -- 9 Eggs and Health: Myths and Misconceptions -- 10 Effect of Dietary Eggs on Human Serum Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease -- 11 Eggs and Saturated Fats: Role in Atherosclerosis as Shown by Animal Models -- 12 Health Effects of Docosahexanoic Acid (DHA)-Enriched Eggs -- 13 The Correlation between Cholesterol Oxidation Products and Eggs -- Section 3 Eggs and Disease: Health Promotion -- 14 Whole Eggs: The Magic Bullet? -- 15 Enriched Eggs for Human Consumption and the and Feeding Pattern of Layers -- 16 Predictability of Respiratory Atopy from Egg Hypersensitivity in Children -- 17 Effects of Cooking and Storage on the Nutritional Value of Eggs -- 18 The Potential Use of Eggs for the Protein Requirements of Endurance Exercise -- Index.