Eggs split them to get the most?

26troos1

Since trying to lose weight I’ve been eating a lot of eggs for breakfast. That being said good for some reasons I check and 235 cholesterol for 1 egg. Ugh I’m a meat and potatoes type of eater so difficult to find things healthy to eat that I enjoy the taste.

MargaretYakoda

Eggs aren’t quite as bad as people once thought.
But if you’re working on lowering cholesterol, oatmeal can’t be beat.

My daily breakfast is 1/4 cup oats, microwaved with water. Some dried fruit - we dehydrate our own so there is a large variety- and cinnamon.
If you’re not diabetic you can add in some brown sugar or molasses.
If you’re in a hurry you can make refrigerator oatmeal. Which is basically everything I outlined above, and whatever other ingredients you choose, and you just make it up the night before and let it sit in the fridge overnight.
If you’re pressed for time in the morning you can use mason jars. And make a weeks worth ahead of time. Then just grab the jar and a spoon as you go out the door.

wilson10102018

Dietary cholesterol from eggs is a myth. Having said that, try an egg plus the whites of two more eggs. Toss the extra yolks.

callsitlikeiseeit

^^ what they both said.

eggs are not as evil as they once said. And if you do not have high cholesterol I would not worry about it at all.

MargaretYakoda

wilson10102018 wrote: »

Dietary cholesterol from eggs is a myth. Having said that, try an egg plus the whites of two more eggs. Toss the extra yolks.

No need to toss the extra yolks. They freeze nicely and can be mixed into other things. Including dog food for ailing pups.

If you absolutely cannot eat them, personally I would still save them frozen and pass them on to someone who can use them. There’s a lot of nutrients in those yellow orbs.

neanderthin

When will this dogma end. Don't be afraid, they're small.

wilson10102018

Don't be afraid to toss food out. Food you don't need is wasted whether you eat it or put it in the garbage or compost. Egg yolks included. That feeling of having to make every morsel count is just extra baggage that hampers weight loss. I'd be more likely to save bacon fat than an egg yolk. Plus, egg yolks are very unstable once out of the shell.

russellholtslander1

Did your lipid panel get worse, when you started eating more eggs?

Yes, a large egg has 235 mg cholesterol, and 300 mg is supposed to be the RDA. However, I have been eating 5-6 eggs a day for over a decade, and my cholesterol dropped from 195 to 105, my triglycerides were over 300, and now average 75, as does my LDL, and my HDL increased from 24 to mid-40's... weight loss and exercise helped there.

It matters what ELSE you eat on your diet, not just one food. Some people eat eggs once a week, and see a sharp spike in cholesterol. Those people should work with their doctor, and likely can't eat eggs on their current diet. Exercise affects you TChol:HDL ratio.

I'm not saying ignore how much cholesterol you consume, but test to see if it is a problem, before just cutting eggs, or yolks.

I would also do the same if you eat a diet to lower cholesterol.. see if it actually works. Eggs whites, oatmeal... if you switch to that.. get a test in 3 months, and see if it helps at all.

The problem we often have is we boil nutrition down to 1-2 factors, or foods, and ignore the other 99% of our diet, and lifestyle.

If your cholesterol is high, you might find it remains high on a low cholesterol diet, because it was not the egg yolks which raised your cholesterol, or caused a bad lipid ratio.

BarbaraHelen2013

The idea that dietary cholesterol has an impact on cholesterol levels in the blood has been debunked in recent years.

From the NHS website:

Although eggs contain some cholesterol, the amount of saturated fat we eat has more of an effect on the amount of cholesterol in our blood than the cholesterol we get from eating eggs.

If a GP or health professional has told you to watch your cholesterol levels, your priority should be to cut down on saturated fat across your diet.

If you are eating a balanced diet, you only need to cut down on eggs if you have been told to do so by a GP or dietitian.

callsitlikeiseeit

wilson10102018 wrote: »

Don't be afraid to toss food out. Food you don't need is wasted whether you eat it or put it in the garbage or compost. Egg yolks included. That feeling of having to make every morsel count is just extra baggage that hampers weight loss. I'd be more likely to save bacon fat than an egg yolk. Plus, egg yolks are very unstable once out of the shell.

oh wilson, you silly goose. how do you think custards are made? LOL

Do you have any idea how much is done with egg yolks?

Now, do I save them/freeze them/ otherwise preserve them? No. I live on a farm. There are 31 chickens and 22 ducks. I am in no short supply of eggs and have no reason to save or preserve any of them. BUT plenty of people do. You can preserve whole eggs- and not by pickling them, like you would think. Actually preserving them to use as a regular egg. Bet you didn't know that. I've never tried it. But know people that have.

In any case, What i WILL agree with you on (and its rare that I agree with you on much LOL) is that people are too afraid to throw food away/leave food on their plate. A lot of our scraps will go to the livestock and poultry. Any decent sized pieces of meat (that we are not saving for later) that are leftover on our plates we will give to the livestock guardian dogs as a treat before they go out to work for the night (the other dogs dont get people food since they dont actually serve a purpose or do a job LOL), and even with that ... we throw out a lot of foods. produce goes bad in the fridge (cant give bad produce to animals any more than people), things get shoved to the back and forgotten about, some stuff you cant give to animals, whatever. But I think a lot of people have problems with throwing way foods or leaving food on their plates. I'm just not one of them lol

I2k4

People have to settle their doubts about cholesterol. I disregarded the decades of discouragement, and generally been comfortable with two or three in omelet or fried, but did recently stop cracking them raw into smoothies, on research that cooked the protein and nutrients are substantially more bioavailable.