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    So...are eggs good or bad today?

    Posts: 88 Member
    edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    I love my morning breakfast with eggs. What is the latest ruling? I've lost weight w/o them and my latest blood work was great. Can I add my morning eggs back into the menu w/o awakening the big bad C?

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    • Posts: 1,126 Member
      Use more egg whites than whole eggs. Cholesterol is in the yolks.
    • Posts: 112
      I use the egg substitute, although the sodium level on that is quite high :/
      There's no fat and 24 grams of protein in 1/4 a cup.
      Tastes great when you add a ton of veggies
    • Posts: 82
      http://www.egglandsbest.com/home.aspx
    • Posts: 1,801 Member
      http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/egg-nutrition

      http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cholesterol/HQ00608

      This is what the experts say
    • Posts: 860 Member
      My son loves eggs too, but his cholesterol is high.. so I fix him (occasionally, he doesn't eat them every day, maybe once a week) three egg whites and one yolk.
    • Posts: 141 Member
      eggs are always good! i don't care what they say...i could eat them every meal, every day! (hey! a poem!!)
    • Posts: 344
      since high cholesterol is mostly hereditary it will just depend on the person, if your blood work came back great then you should be fine. but i'd get your blood tested again after adding eggs back into your diet for a consistent period of time just to make sure :)
    • Posts: 1,494 Member
      They are good for you if you don't have any cholesterol problems.............I love my hard boiled eggs. Sometimes 2 a day
    • Posts: 630
      The work wonders for me. Full of protein, so keep me full until lunch. I started eating egg whites, but decided to just have one egg and eat the whole thing. I think that was a smart decision. The yolk has so much protein and really gives me a full feeling.
    • Posts: 560 Member
      Go for it. The majority of Cholesterol we synthesize in our liver and it doesn't come from dietary intake. So if your numbers are good a few eggs should be ok.
    • Posts: 1,257 Member
      I usually go two egg whites per egg with yolk.

      Keep in mind that eggs have HDL cholesterol which can be beneficial for "cleaning" out the bad LDL cholesterol. Not to mention that egg yolks are better for your eyes than carrots.

      Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
      -wtk
    • Posts: 1,658 Member
      Normally eggs are good. IF you have issues with cholesterol, then you may want to limit them a little. I use two egg whites and one whole egg to make my omelettes.
    • Posts: 524 Member
      I eat eggs, the whole egg. I can't be doing with poor reporting of whatever the lastest research is telling me what to eat and what not to eat. I don't allow myself to get uber mental over ever little thing I put in my body.
    • Posts: 1,054 Member
      High cholesterol isn't always mostly hereditary since myself and several people I know have high C and it didn't run in our families.

      I do 1 whole egg and usually some whites probably 3 days a week and it hasn't affected my cholesterol at all.
    • Posts: 1
      I've been treating patients for 20 years. I tell patients that it's the refined carbohydrates (sugar, corn syrup and flour) that contribute more. The evidence is in the Atkin's diet (which I rarely put people on). But the truth is I could have a patient come in with a cholesterol of 300 and (with eating only high fat, high cholesterol, high protein foods) the cholesterol would drop to 200 in a matter of weeks. That says it's about carbohydrates and not cholesterol which makes sense in our society. Sugar and white flour products are definitely the more over-consumed foods in our diet.
    • Posts: 411 Member
      I have high cholesterol as well...... correction..... I HAD high cholesterol as well. Exercise....exercise.....exercise! It's as contributing a factor, if not more, than food and heredity. Mine is only one opinion in a sea of opinions but I monitor my cholesterol on my food journal. Days that I have egg on my salad or in my tuna I just have to cut cholesterol on other meals. That's what I LOVE about this program. It has taught me not to focus in so much on one particular food's worth but on my diet as whole. If I want something and I think it's worth it, I just make sacrifices somewhere else to keep my numbers in line.
    • Posts: 524 Member
      I've been treating patients for 20 years. I tell patients that it's the refined carbohydrates (sugar, corn syrup and flour) that contribute more. The evidence is in the Atkin's diet (which I rarely put people on). But the truth is I could have a patient come in with a cholesterol of 300 and (with eating only high fat, high cholesterol, high protein foods) the cholesterol would drop to 200 in a matter of weeks. That says it's about carbohydrates and not cholesterol which makes sense in our society. Sugar and white flour products are definitely the more over-consumed foods in our diet.
      Can I ask what units you're using there, for the 200 and 300 Thanks :)
    • Posts: 16
      I think moderation is the key, Enjoy.
    • Posts: 66 Member
      I love my morning breakfast with eggs. What is the latest ruling? I've lost weight w/o them and my latest blood work was great. Can I add my morning eggs back into the menu w/o awakening the big bad C?

      i never stopepd eating eggs. a good scramble with mushrooms and onions and spinach, maybe some peppers and tomatoes is awesome. its when you start combining eggs with bacon and sausage and other bad foods that they become a problem.
    • Posts: 273 Member
      i love eggs! especially the yolks .. so eating just whites doesn't work for me.. i don't eat them every day anymore.. but i still eat like 2-6 eggs a week.. i have an inherited high cholesterol, but even in regular check ups the eggs don't seem to make it that much worse as long as i stick to that amount, and my weight loss is going well, too
    • Posts: 1,812 Member
      when i eat eggs , which is often , i eat the the whole egg. For one thing all the vitamins and nutrients are in the yolk, sure the white is protien which is good, but most of the good stuff is in the yolk ( what do you think feeds the baby chicken)
    • Posts: 34 Member
      Egg Whites
    • Posts: 1,357 Member
      I eat roughly 3 eggs / day. They rock.
    • Posts: 5,310 Member
      On the news this morning http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13386701
    • Posts: 1,722 Member
      http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cholesterol/

      read this it will tell you (just about) all you need to know about the big C
    • Posts: 260
      Good!!! Use mostly egg whites though lower fat content! However I like to mix a couple yolk with my egg whites!!!
    • Posts: 6,171 Member
      Eggs are fine. Maybe if you ate a dozen eggs everyday, that might not be so good. But 2-3 eggs a few days a week is not going to hurt you. And if you're worried, ask your doctor.
    • Posts: 280 Member
      Eggs are soooo good.

      I have 4 different recipies for scrammbled eggs, I cannot rate them highly enough, yum!
    • Posts: 237
      Eggs are never bad.
    • Posts: 5 Member
      http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cholesterol/

      read this it will tell you (just about) all you need to know about the big C

      This is a great link that everyone should read. If you like eggs eat eggs and skip the toast!
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