Question about eggs!

angel_of_harmony

Yeah, as the others said nothing wrong with eggs! I eat at least 3 a day. And mostly eat the egg yolk as well!

Enjoy your eggs:

Your gif totally made my night.

OP: If you are concerned only about cholesterol, you should also be aware of how much fat, sugar and carbohydrates you are eating. Without proper exercise, excess amounts of these will contribute to high cholesterol (especially triglycerides).

I personally love hard boiled eggs but only eat them on occasion due to the amount of fat that they have.

I recommend egg beaters if you'd like to find another healthy alternative; they are made from egg whites.

Seabee74

The cholesterol scare in eggs was from years ago and has been disproved as far as them being bad for you. As long as you can fit them into your calories for the day, enjoy them ! I eat eggs as well as egg whites. The whites when I want more eggs for a big omelet etc without the extra calories and the regular egg because I love the yoke, especially for dipping my toast ! I also love hard boiled eggs for my salad, not every salad but I gotta mix it up because I eat lots of salad since I started eating right !!

__Di__

I love eggs. I mean, I REALLY love eggs. But I'm concerned about eating them because I understand that they're pretty high in cholesterol. I don't have a whole lot to worry about right now as far as that's concerned - my last checkup actually said my cholesterol levels were great! - but I am concerned about it being a problem later on as I get older, since the rest of my family has issues with it.

I tend to eat a lot of eggs in a week. Maybe a minimum of six a week or so. I'm not a big fan of the yolk, so I don't eat that much, maybe every now and then, but the egg whites, most definitely.

Should I be concerned that I'm maybe eating too many eggs? Should I cut back?

Six eggs is not a lot actually, eggs are a fantastic food.

I eat three per day, which is 21 per week, both the yolk and the white.

Unless you have a history of cholesterol problems, nothing wrong with eggs.

WhisperAnne

Eggs are VERY good for you. Good source of protein, and low in calories. They wont make your cholesterol bad. Studies have been debunked. Honestly you shouldn't even listen to half of these studies, as most of them are proven wrong at some point.

wannakimmy

Eggs are good, in fact I just put some to boil... lol

izzane

nope if you make it healty there is no problem and the egg whites is the best way to go if you want to loose weight. some weeks i eat up to 10 eggs and other weeks just one, it depends on my menu for the week that i want to follow, i like changing my diet every week or so.

JoRocka

Eat all the eggs!

this.

I was eating upwards of a 10-12 A DAY.

go for it.

mekkzy888

I was a little concerned about this too as I've been eating egg whites at least once a day for protein and giving the spare yolks to my dog as she loves them and I've heard they're very good for a shiny coat! ;p Nice to know eggs don't actually deserve their bad reputation.

neanderthin

Eggs are VERY good for you. Good source of protein, and low in calories. They wont make your cholesterol bad. Studies have been debunked. Honestly you shouldn't even listen to half of these studies, as most of them are proven wrong at some point.

Most studies are correct, but as far as studies on eggs go, the studies that show the cholesterol as being beneficial have been around for decades, they're just interpreted differently with more recent understanding of cholesterol and lipids in general. Don't get me wrong, there's many studies today that still show eggs to be deleterious to our health because sometimes studies are to support a bias and the data is skewed to show that bias. That's why you really need to read many studies for the same thing, so you understand and be aware their may be some of that at play.

F00LofaT00K

I eat sooooo many eggs and I get bloodwork done annually at the doctor. Everything is always perfect. I'm pretty convinced cholesterol problems are more genetic and less the foods we eat. Kind of like diabetics should limit their carbs, people with high cholesterol should limit their cholesterol. But I'm not a doctor and I could very well be wrong. . .in which case my cholesterol will be terrible within a few years, I'm sure of it.

serrazee

Not to beat a dead horse here, but eggs are WONDERFUL! The old adage about cholesterol is outdated research, and not backed with most recent studies. See another article here, just to reiterate the point haha: http://www.livescience.com/39353-eggs-dont-deserve-bad-reputation.html

I eat 2 eggs every morning, have been since 2010. I've also lost about 25 pounds since then too, and eggs certainly keep me full and not hungry come lunchtime. Whenever I have anything else for breakfast, I'm starving and ready to pig out!

Eat more eggs!

extra_medium

Most of the calories come from the yolk, but I see no reason not to eat whole eggs. As others said, if it fits in your calories, go for it. I have them every day.

The only reason I do it is when I want to up my protein without costing too many calories/fat. Egg whites are great for this.

Cathalain

Thank you all so much for the responses. I'm relieved to know that my belief about the high cholesterol content is misinformation - but I guess it was powerful misinformation, because a lot of people that I know STILL believe it! That must have been one hell of a report.

I don't tend to eat egg yolks because I don't like the taste of them, not because of the nutritional content. I'll maybe give it another go, though. I do love deviled eggs, but then you're adding bad things like mayonnaise, heh. But I'll pretty much eat them any old way. I just had a huge egg white omelette with what had to be a whole pound of mushrooms (which is my other vice - I LOVE mushrooms!!!!). If I were only allowed to eat one thing for the rest of my life, it would probably be an egg white omelette with mushrooms.

Thanks! I feel much relieved. I'll have to go steam up some hard boiled eggs for next week!