why do some people only eat the egg whites, not the whole eg

rml_16

Wow!!! Way to get way off subject from the OP's question!

Oh and I have been enjoying a huge omelet while I was reading all of this, and yes it had all the yummy goodness of the yolk in it!!!

P.S. My wife raises chickens, and you can still eat the egg after it has been fertilized, you just have to get them out of the nest and in the fridge within a reasonable amount of time. If you have ever been around chickens, or stayed awake in biology, you know the hen will lay for about a week to 10 days before she starts sitting, the fertilized egg doesn't start forming a chick until the temperature is raised and kept constant by the hen sitting. Oh and I think someone already said it, nothing against a vegetarian, but if we as a people only ate plants, how long do you think it would take before the human race was overwhelmed with all the animals? Someone knew what he was doing when he created all this! Just sayin'!

Kind of like the way the human race has overwhelmed everything else.

Maybe someone needs to start eating us.

otr12

The type of fat you eat does matter, in a huge way. Replacing healthy egg fats with extremely unhealthy cheese fats (cheese is FULL of sugars too) is doing much much much more harm than good.

Thanks for the advise. You're right. The milk that cheese is made from does have sugar and evil fat in it. I found your other comments very informative as well. I will have to stop my strength training immediately as I do not want to experience the negative side effect of being muscular.

I am 5'5" and weight 184 pounds. How many calories do you suggest I eat a day so I can lose over 3 pounds a week like you?

Kalrez

Kind of like the way the human race has overwhelmed everything else.

Maybe someone needs to start eating us.

There are tons of kids who are clogging up family services and orphanages. Refer back to BBQ covered babies. Could be a huge market. Win-win all around, really.

I prefer a low & slow cooking method. I don't really have a preference between dry rubs or saucy BBQ, though.

rml_16

Kind of like the way the human race has overwhelmed everything else.

Maybe someone needs to start eating us.

There are tons of kids who are clogging up family services and orphanages. Refer back to BBQ covered babies. Could be a huge market. Win-win all around, really.

I prefer a low & slow cooking method. I don't really have a preference between dry rubs or saucy BBQ, though.

If only we were the first to think of this, we could be rich. But I guess we have to give credit to the writers of A Modest Proposal and Soilent Green. :-)

And -- OTR -- I ain't giving up my cheese, either. Someone will have to pry it out of my cold, dead hand! lol

jeffpettis

Wow!!! Way to get way off subject from the OP's question!

Oh and I have been enjoying a huge omelet while I was reading all of this, and yes it had all the yummy goodness of the yolk in it!!!

P.S. My wife raises chickens, and you can still eat the egg after it has been fertilized, you just have to get them out of the nest and in the fridge within a reasonable amount of time. If you have ever been around chickens, or stayed awake in biology, you know the hen will lay for about a week to 10 days before she starts sitting, the fertilized egg doesn't start forming a chick until the temperature is raised and kept constant by the hen sitting. Oh and I think someone already said it, nothing against a vegetarian, but if we as a people only ate plants, how long do you think it would take before the human race was overwhelmed with all the animals? Someone knew what he was doing when he created all this! Just sayin'!

Kind of like the way the human race has overwhelmed everything else.

Maybe someone needs to start eating us.

LOL!!! Again... WOW!!!

c2sky

I have about 4 eggs a day with the yolks to help get my protein and fat in for weightlifting. A lot of the data about food consumption and its effects on the body is outdated and only continued on due to the general lack of public knowledge on the subject. Example here would be Coconut Oil. It was pretty much public enemy number 1 when it was found to have caused higher cholesterol in rabbits. But it turns out that oil was partially hydrogenated purposefully to increase the rabbits cholesterol for testing. 10 years later Coconut Oil has actually become a health food with many benefits over standard oils.

With that said here is an article on a recent egg study: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7882850.stm

Most RD's are required to "study" all the latest studies, and they have very credible resources to back up their recommendations. I'm a personal trainer, and I have to stay up on all the latest exercise information, but it always amazes me that people think they know more because they heard it or read it on a study. Science evolves, and yes sometimes things are found new, but I will rely on my RD"s PERSONAL recommendations for me. In the same way, I hope my clients rely on the PERSONAL recommendations I make for them.

That's like saying doctors are required to "study" all of the latest drugs that are on the market, when in truth many just go with what has worked for years. As a PT you probably see this everyday. Your clients who have had other PT's in the past have wild exercises that had them squatting on a ball or other things that run more chances of risk than benefit. Then there is the constant debate between 3x8, 5/3/1, 5x5 etc. for muscle development that every trainer has his/her own opinion of. Many RD's as well as PT's (and people in general) have a way in there head that is "Right" and everything else is not. It really depends on who taught them. Learn eggs are bad, you will always think eggs are bad or at least hold some degree of skepticism towards them.
My post was really just to show that things change and we never know the full story, especially if we don't look into it ourselves and just go off hearsay. For me eating the entire egg works with my life style and has no visible negative effects on my cholesterol. From this I can validate my PERSONAL claim that eating eggs is beneficial to me and provides me with nutrients that allow me to progress my healthy & fit lifestyle. Although if my cholesterol had gone up in recent months I might be tooting a different horn & change my PERSONAL recommendations.

Like I said in an earlier post on this thread, I don't have a problem with people who want to eat the whole egg. We raise chickens. But I trust my RD more than heresay, blogs, and news reports. I'm always learning, and I don't know everything, but I think eggs are a pretty basic thing to keep up on, and if my RD tells me to limit it to 2, I will do that. And I don't eat a lot of processed foods, and I when I bake, I usually put in egg whites. If I want more fat, I much prefer to get it in almonds, avacados, or salmon. I was just sharing what my RD said, and she is very up to date, and very respected. Actually, I hired 2 RD's, so I could get a second opinion.