Roadmap To True Greatness...

• Leaders do not always make the right decisions, but they make their decisions right. 
• God gave you management, not ownership, so he can always take back what you mismanage.
• Until you perceive the invisible, you cannot achieve the impossible. 
• Your struggle is a prove you have not been conquered. 
• It is cheaper to hire the right people than it is to replace the wrong ones. 
• Lowering expenses whilst increasing income creates wealth. 
• Better fail with honor than succeed by fraud or compromise. 
• Only a person who hungers for a higher level can reach it. 
• It is the person who hasn’t done anything that is sure nothing can be done. 
• A strong faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible. 
• Sin adds to your troubles, subtracts from your energy and multiples your difficulties. 
• Never let the abundance of God’s gift cause you to forget the giver. 
• Whoever gives should never remember it; whoever receives should not forget it. 
• Earn what you can, save what you can and give all you can. 
• What God knows about us is more important than what people say about us. 
• The best way to conquer your enemy is with the weapon of love. 
• The degree of your gratitude determines your altitude. 
• The most powerful ideas come from God and can only received by praying and meditating in the word of God and by giving to God’s work. 
• It is impossible to have victory without struggles. 
• Leaders accept complete responsibility for their actions and inactions. 
• Leaders are firm, but fair and decisive. 
• Always be willing to consider the possibility that you could be wrong. 
• Leaders never use the word, “failure”; they look upon setbacks as learning experience. 
• Remember, there is always enough time to do the most important things.
•  Leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.

White Egg Yolk vs Yellow Egg Yolk of a Chicken

I was going to scramble and when I cracked one egg the yolk was yellow only to crack open the other egg and found an entirely white yolk.

I've been used to seeing both white and yellow yolk. I still remember when I was young I asked my mum the reason for this and the explanation she gave was that if you feed chickens with white corns/maize there's the possibility of having a white yolk and so is the case of feeding it with yellow corn/maize there's the possibility of having a yellow yolk, So I decided to do a thorough research on what really influences the egg yolk of a chicken.

Definition of Egg yolk from Wikipedia:

An egg yolk is a part of an egg which feeds the developing embryo. The egg yolk is suspended in the egg white (known alternatively as albumen or glair/glaire) by one or two spiral bands of tissue called the chalazae. Prior to fertilization, the yolk together with the germinal disc is a single cell, one of the few single cells that can be seen by the naked eye.

As a food, yolks are a major source of vitamins and minerals. They contain all of the egg's fat and cholesterol, and about one-half of the protein. If left intact while cooking fried eggs, the yellow yolk surrounded by a flat blob of whites creates a distinctive sunny-side up form. Mixing the two components together before frying results in a pale yellow mass, as in omelettes and scrambled eggs.

Bellow was my findings.

The colour of the yolk is due to substances called carotenoids. The most important sources of carotenoids in poultry feed are maize (corn), maize gluten, alfalfa (lucerne) and grass meals; these sources contain the pigmenting carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin, which, together with other oxygen-containing carotenoids, are known by the collective name of xanthophylls.

However, the carotenoid content in the ingredients of poultry feed is not constant; the pigmentation properties of the carotenoids can be weakened or lost in a variety of ways. These fluctuations in carotenoid content and availability concern both the poultry nutritionist and the feed producer. Because of such fluctuations, naturally-occurring carotenoids cannot be relied upon to provide the desired yolk colour or to provide a consistent colour. Therefore, nature-identical yellow and red carotenoids, such as apoester and canthaxanthin, are commonly added to feed in order to achieve the desired egg yolk colour. Consumed by the laying hen, these supplemental carotenoids are readily transferred to the blood and then deposited in the yolk to provide pigmentation.

I am trying to see reason with my mum’s reasons of egg yolk being white or yellow, Since the colour of the yolk is due to substances called carotenoids and the most important sources of carotenoids in poultry feed are maize (corn) then if you are feeding your chickens with white maize (corn) the eggs will have a high probability of having white yolk and so is the case of feeding it with yellow maize (corn) there's the possibility of having a yellow yolk.

Please Note: The nutritional value of the egg is not affected by the yolk colour.

The color of an egg yolk is directly influenced by the quality of the chicken feed. Egg Yolk color is generally improved with a higher quality feed and vice-versa. Although much emphasis is put onto the color of the egg yolk, it is not indicative of an egg's nutritional value. The yellow color is due to lutein and zeaxanthin, which are yellow or orange carotenoids known as xanthophylls.

Some Uses of Egg Yolk:

It is sometimes separated from the egg whites and used in cooking (for mayonnaise, custard, hollandaise sauce, crème brûlée, avgolemono, and ovos moles). 
 It is used in painting as a component of traditional egg-tempera.
Egg yolk can be used to make liqueurs such as Advocaat or eggnog. 
Egg yolks are used to extract egg oil which has various cosmetic, nutritional and medicinal uses. 
The developing embryo inside the egg uses the yolk as sustenance.
 

Composition of chicken egg yolk

The yolk makes up about 33% of the liquid weight of the egg; it contains approximately 60 calories, three times the caloric content of the egg white.

The yolk of one large egg (50 g total, 17 g yolk) contains approximately: 2.7 g protein, 210 mg cholesterol, 0.61 g carbohydrates, and 4.51 g total fat. (USDA National Nutrient Database)

All of the fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) are found in the egg yolk. Egg yolk is one of the few foods naturally containing vitamin D.

The composition (by weight) of the most prevalent fatty acids in egg yolk is typically as follows:

•          Unsaturated fatty acids:

            Oleic acid, 47%

            Linoleic acid, 16%

            Palmitoleic acid, 5%

            Linolenic acid, 2%

•          Saturated fatty acids:

            Palmitic acid, 23%

            Stearic acid, 4%

            Myristic acid, 1%

Egg yolk is a source of lecithin as well as egg oil for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications. Based on weight, egg yolk contains about 9% lecithin.

Yolk proteins

The different yolk proteins have distinct roles. Phosvitins are important in sequestering calcium, iron and other cations for the developing embryo. Phosvitins are one of the most phosphorylated (10%) proteins in nature, the high concentration of phosphate groups providing efficient metal-binding sites in clusters. Lipovitellins are involved in lipid and metal storage, and contain a heterogeneous mixture of about 16% (w/w) noncovalently bound lipid, most being phospholipid. Lipovitellin-1 contains two chains, LV1N and LV1C.

A lot of us love to eat eggs for breakfast, especially after finding they could help with weight loss. You may be throwing away the yolks to cut calories and reduce cholesterol, which is fine but did you know that most of an egg's nutrients are found in the yolk? Take a look at the comparison below to see what you may be missing.

Want to see how an egg white and yolk compare head-to-head? Then read more

	Egg White	Egg Yolk
Calories	17	59
Fat (g)	.06	4.51
Saturated Fat (g)	0	1.6
Carbs (g)	.24	.61
Protein (g)	3.6	2.7
Cholesterol (mg)	0	210
Sodium (mg)	55	8
Calcium (mg)	2.3	21.9
Vitamin D (IU)	0	18
Folate (mcg)	1.3	24.8

Moral of the story: Think about keeping (and eating) a few yolks every once in a while -- If you don't currently have cholesterol problems, you can eat up to seven yolks a week. You can get even more detailed info, such as how much Methionine are in a white and yolk, at the USDA Nutrient Database.

Fit's Tip: If you are spending extra dough on Omega-3 eggs, then be sure to eat the yolks because that is where the Omega-3s are found.

Yeah! From the information I have you’ll be fine eating it. The colour has no effect on the taste. Enjoy!!!

"The Top 3 Legit Work At Home Jobs For Moms"

Totally legit work at home jobs for moms are few and far between, but they do exist. There are legit ways of making money from home and on your PC. So, to help you get started, here's my list of "The Top 3 Legit Work At Home Jobs For Moms":

#1 Start Blogging: You can start by opening a free site with http://www.blogger.com/ and start posting blogs on topics you're very good at or on issues you're passionate about. Then register your blog with google adsense for free and start making money from clicks on ads by google.

Now, the only thing is, it does take considerable work in the beginning to get rolling. For one, you need to build a website that gets traffic (like a blog, for example). It can take months to write content for a site, post that content, get the site ranked high in the search engines, and then monetize your traffic. But among legit work at home jobs for moms, this one ranks pretty high on my list.

Check out my blog: http://www.faithaudu.blogspot.com and you will see ads by google.

 

#2 Start Direct Selling from Home: You can sell products directly from home that pay a residual commission, which means you don't have to make a ton of sales every month to make a decent income in the comfort of your home. In many such businesses, you can also recruit other people to buy and sell stuff, and keep a referral commission on what they buy and sell, forever.

#3 Start an Online Store: You can create and sell your own products from home (like an ebook) or you can find wholesale or drop ship suppliers and sell anything from A to Z online.

Now we’re getting into the sort of home business that I get excited about… That’s because this method of marketing and selling products from home offers you the greatest potential for automation (setting up your business so it makes money even when you don’t work), which by the way, is easiest to do when you create and sell information products (i.e., ebooks, instructional video downloads, and so on).