Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) and The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) on Friday observed Egg Day 2019 to encourage people include eggs in their daily diet and set up stalls of egg dishes at Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, UAF.

UAF Vice Chancellor Professor Muhammad Ashraf inaugurated the egg stalls. He was flanked by faculty of Veterinary Sciences Dean Dr Zafar Iqbal Qureshi, Faculty of Animal Sciences Dean Dr Muhammad Sajjad, Dean Social Sciences Dr Mahmood A Randhawa, Dean Sciences Dr Muhammad Asghar Bajwa, Dr Tariq Javed, Dr Shahbaz Talib, Dr Muhammad Kashif, Dr Anas, Dr Ashar Mehfooz, Dr Rao Zahid, Dr Khalid Shouq, Dr Kashif Iqbal, Dr Misbah Ijaz and other notables.

Talking to the participants, Dr Muhammad Ashraf said eggs must be made the essential part of our intake. He said egg is high value food and also decreases the risk of many diseases like cardiovascular and cancer. He said egg is an important source of nutrition. It contains proteins, minerals and vitamins.

He said egg yolks were excellent source of choline which is an essential nutrient, contribution to brain development and helps prevent birth defects, eyesight loss and heart attacks. He said there was a need to change food habits keeping its nutrition value, life style and body requirement in view. He said we had to adopt the simplicity in our food that would lead towards a health society.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019