Professional boxer Tommy Fury has opened up about his typical morning routine – and it’s certainly not for the faint-hearted. The 25-year-old, who shot to fame on Love Island, usually wakes up at 5am and kickstarts things with one of three daily training sessions.
After a quick black coffee, he’ll then wait until 9am before indulging in a protein-packed breakfast and watching something like ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’. “Breakfast involves a lot of eggs – six, to be precise,” he told The Telegraph last week.
“It also involves 80 grams of oats, protein powder, frozen berries and honey. I need to let that sit for an hour and a half, so I’ll jump on the sofa – often for a Christmas film.” Albeit an unusual morning for most, Tommy’s chosen first meal boasts a hefty number of potential health benefits.
Eggs especially, have been praised for their ‘good cholesterol’ and impressive protein content, with latter supporting a person’s ability to either build muscle or lose weight. Helen Bell, a nutritionist at the UK Care Guide, previously told The Mirror: “In my experience, consuming eggs as a snack can actually be quite beneficial for weight loss. Eggs are high in protein, which helps to increase satiety and keep you feeling fuller for longer.
“This can reduce the overall calorie intake throughout the day. But, it’s important to watch portion sizes and prepare them in a healthy way, like boiling or poaching, to avoid adding unnecessary fats.” Meanwhile, experts at Healthline also mirror this perspective, while adding that eggs contain all of the ‘essential amino acids’ that your body requires.
“In addition, eating egg protein can help increase muscle mass long term, which supports a more efficient metabolism,” they write. “This means that high protein foods, such as eggs, may help you burn more calories to support weight loss.”
However, it’s crucial to eat eggs in moderation, if you are keen to reap their benefits. If you have ‘risk factors for heart disease’, no more than four to five per week is usually recommended.
Victoria Taylor, Senior Dietitian at the British Heart Foundation, has previously outlined: “Eating healthily is all about balance. If you’re eating too much of one thing it leaves less room in the diet for other foods that may have more health benefit.
“Eggs are a nutritious food, while this study focuses on the amount that we’re eating it’s still important to pay attention to how the eggs are cooked and to the trimmings that come with them. For example, poached eggs on wholegrain toast is a much healthier meal than a traditional fry up.”