Cholesterol from eggs

Eagles8080

should i be concerned eating one poached egg per day. Dont want my normal cholesterol to go up

Benphi91

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/eggs-nutrition.aspx

Eat as many as you like.

7lenny7

Not at all.

7lenny7

Eat up and enjoy. If the head of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic says there's no reason to avoid dietary cholesterol, who am I to disagree?

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/03/02/us-guidelines-dietary-cholesterol-limits.aspx

Other cardiologists agree it's time to stop telling people to limit cholesterol from food.

"It's the right decision," said Steven Nissen, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the famed Cleveland Clinic. "We got the dietary guidelines wrong. They've been wrong for decades."

He noted that only 20% of a person's blood cholesterol — the levels measured with standard cholesterol tests — comes from diet. The rest comes from genes, he said.

"We told people not to eat eggs. It was never based on good science," Nissen said.

Advice to avoid foods high in fat and cholesterol led many Americans to switch to foods high in sugar and carbohydrates, which often had more calories. "We got fatter and fatter," Nissen says. "We got more and more diabetes."

GillianLF

I eat a lot of eggs. Thankfully I dont have high cholesterol. I dont worry about it at all.

Traveler120

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2989358/

Apparently it increases cardiovascular risk in some populations. I thought the conclusion of the study was interesting as well:

-->"In our opinion, stopping egg consumption after a myocardial infarction or stroke would be like quitting smoking after lung cancer is diagnosed: a necessary act, but late."

Faithful_Chosen

Recently it has been proven that the cholesterol in the diet doesn’t really raise the cholesterol in blood. In fact, eggs primarily raise the 'good' cholesterol and are not associated with increased risk of heart disease. I eat roughly three to seven eggs a day and my cholesterol is perfect. Of course, if cholesterol is an issue for you it never hurts to see a doctor, but you don't have to preemptively limit your egg intake.

http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.e8539
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19369056

tennisdude2004

bashore98 wrote: »

should i be concerned eating one poached egg per day. Dont want my normal cholesterol to go up

Nope.

Eggs are extremely healthy - eat a couple a day if you want.

ToxDocAR

Absolutely not. I have/had high cholesterol (230-250 range). When I eliminate processed grains, breads etc and eat mostly lean meats, including at minimum 1 jumbo egg per day and usually 3, and vegetables, my cholesterol dropped 80 points in 4 weeks. YMMV

Eagles8080

Thank u all for the great info. U are all awesome. I will eat eggs with no worries.

JoeWhite1029

I actually have a genetic condition that makes me pre-disposed to high cholesterol. First question I asked my cardiologist was if I was eating too many eggs (I was eating 3-4 per day). His reply, "nope, eat as many as you like". He was actually more concerned about my alcohol and sugar intake because sugars (alcohol sugars included) will cause your triglyceride levels to rise and HDL levels to drop. Eat your eggs and stop worrying about it. Much better than any sugary cereal or toast you'll eat.

WholeFoods4Lyfe

I eat 2-3 eggs per day and have never had elevated cholesterol levels.

cityruss

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23676423


This meta-analysis suggests that egg consumption is not associated with the risk of CVD and cardiac mortality in the general population. However, egg consumption may be associated with an increased incidence of type 2 diabetes among the general population and CVD comorbidity among diabetic patients