An Egg A Day

Suly09

I eat an egg every morning but I notice it takes most of my cholesterol for the day. With lunch I usually overpass my cholesterol max or am close to passing it.
Should I let the egg go?
I love my egg.

tcunbeliever

I would keep the egg, but I don't care about cholesterol as a health marker, it doesn't have any real causative relationship to mortality.

endermako

I do not monitor cholesterol. Unless specifically told to watch yours via your doctor I wouldn't worry about it.

biggiwig4483

I eat about 2 to 3 eggs a day. My cholesterol level is perfect. Wouldn’t worry.

RelCanonical

tcunbeliever wrote: »

I would keep the egg, but I don't care about cholesterol as a health marker, it doesn't have any real causative relationship to mortality.

This is what I've seen too. I'm no expert, but my mild reading on it has indicated that dietary cholesterol has little impact on our body's cholesterol and that - as usual - genetics, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle are the typical markers for issues with cholesterol.

MikePTY

Recent research has shown that dietary cholesterol has less of an effect on blood cholesterol levels than thought. There is really no direct connection. Rather, high blood cholesterol is connected to obesity, high amounts of saturated fats, and other health markers. Keep your egg a day.

dsboohead

Research said eggs play no roll in raising cholesterol. Eat your egg!
I never follow cholesterol.....maybe if I ate a t-bone steak and pork bacon on a daily basis.

nooshi713

I eat more eggs now than ever, maybe 10 per week and my cholesterol is better now than when I didnt eat eggs.

Danp

Man. I've never seen a food go back and forth between hero and villain like eggs. One minute they're the secret to longevity and the next they're a demon spawn that will kill you in your sleep.

thanos5

my doctor said no more than 10 a week but i have no idea what he's basing that on. i eat 2 eggs for breakfast every day and my cholesterol is....wait for it...wait for it...eggcelent.

lemurcat2

Most people experience no effect from dietary cholesterol. Unless yours is high and you are told to try cutting down to see if it helps, it probably does not matter. I ate 2 eggs most days (12/week) and had zero negative effects (at least my cholesterol was great, even better than when I was eating far fewer eggs and oats for breakfast, although there were some other differences too).

endermako

I'd like to add that the only thing that lowered my cholesterol was weight loss. It dropped 80 points. My diet didn't really change. I just ate less.

earlnabby

Danp wrote: »

Man. I've never seen a food go back and forth between hero and villain like eggs. One minute they're the secret to longevity and the next they're a demon spawn that will kill you in your sleep.

True.

I think of eggs as the perfect food. They are tasty, nutrient loaded, and come in their own convenient little single serving package which can be composted so no waste.

fcanad

Some of my reading has said dietary sugar has more influence than dietary cholesterol? Anyone else seen this or can vouch?

RelCanonical

Danp wrote: »

Man. I've never seen a food go back and forth between hero and villain like eggs. One minute they're the secret to longevity and the next they're a demon spawn that will kill you in your sleep.

I can sum up people's opinion of eggs in one word: MARKETING

lemurcat2

fcanad wrote: »

Some of my reading has said dietary sugar has more influence than dietary cholesterol? Anyone else seen this or can vouch?

Dietary cholesterol has little effect for most people (there are exceptions). What is more likely to be an issue is sat fat (although again it varies by person).

A diet high in added sugar (and refined carbs in general) might well have bad effect too. See: https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/sugar-intake-raise-cholesterol-levels-4101.html

The 2014 JAMA article mentioned is about ADDED sugar, not sugar in general (there's no indication that a diet high in nutrient-dense carbs or fruit and veg is bad for you): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1819573

Unfortunately, there's a lot of stuff out there that goes way further and makes claims that are not supported in order to promote anti carb arguments. I'd be skeptical.

Here's something relatively even-handed: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2012/06/21/ask-the-expert-healthy-fats/

whitelightning2018

I eat 12-18 eggs a day and my blood pressures great