Egg Question

shabaity

i eat the yolks unless its a boiled egg and then its mostly just because i dont like the texture unless they just came off the stove top ugh i like over easy mixed into a bowl of grits or using toast to dunk or scrambled with cheese in it got to get the dairy in somewhere

Vansy

I do 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites. More food/protein, less calories. Since one whole egg is 70 calories and one egg white is 17 calories.

WendyTerry420

Why do some people only eat half their egg? I keep seeing comment after comment about eating just egg whites. Why wouldn't people eat the yolk too, when that's where most of the nutrients are? Is there a dietary reason that I am missing, or just a taste preference?

I can think of a few reasons. I don't necessarily agree with them/practice them myself:

1) Protein/calorie ratio
2) Food volume (you could make a pretty good sized meal with egg whites and just 1 yolk or two).
3) Cholesterol fears as pointed out above.

Personally, I eat the yolk. It's good for you.

I had forgotten about the cholesterol thing. It is interesting that people still believe that hooey.

As for 1&2, I'm just smh. I guess if that works for them. :noway:

For people with high cholesterol and/or heart problems it's not hooey. 1 egg yolk contains almost a day's worth of dietary cholesterol so for people who are trying to lower their LDL it's pretty important.

You missed DeadVim's post:

Dietary cholesterol does not raise blood serum cholesterol and 'high' blood serum cholesterol is not a good predictor for health issues anyway.

In fact, 'low' blood serum cholesterol can be seen to be as a risk factor for some diseases.

Or type "egg cholesterol" into a Google scholar search and read the studies for yourself. I can't believe there are still doctors out there telling people that eggs raise your cholesterol. Like I said before, I had forgotten all about that when it came out. If you are worried about your cholesterol levels, eliminate trans-fat and watch your saturated fats.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/egg-nutrition
http://www.naturalnews.com/025995_cholesterol_eggs_eating.html
http://www.healthiertalk.com/go-ahead-and-eat-yolk-0579

PinkEnvyx

I don’t because it makes since to me to leave out even small amounts of saturated fat and extra calories if is easy and there is egg whites sold separately now so nothing is thrown away.

Athijade

Why do some people only eat half their egg? I keep seeing comment after comment about eating just egg whites. Why wouldn't people eat the yolk too, when that's where most of the nutrients are? Is there a dietary reason that I am missing, or just a taste preference?

I can think of a few reasons. I don't necessarily agree with them/practice them myself:

1) Protein/calorie ratio
2) Food volume (you could make a pretty good sized meal with egg whites and just 1 yolk or two).
3) Cholesterol fears as pointed out above.

Personally, I eat the yolk. It's good for you.

I had forgotten about the cholesterol thing. It is interesting that people still believe that hooey.

As for 1&2, I'm just smh. I guess if that works for them. :noway:

For people with high cholesterol and/or heart problems it's not hooey. 1 egg yolk contains almost a day's worth of dietary cholesterol so for people who are trying to lower their LDL it's pretty important.

Dietary Cholesterol has little to no impact on blood serum cholesterol. There is no reason you need to be scared of an egg yolk even if you have high cholesterol numbers. My doctor has not warned me off of them nor has the nutritionist because they have actually kept up with the scientific community on this issue. In fact, I eat MORE eggs now and my numbers are getting better!

shierrarobin

For me, if I make a hard-boiled egg I won't eat the yolk because I don't like the dry consistency it has. I'll just eat the white and give the yolk to my mom. If I cook the egg any other way I'll usually eat the yolk. I'm sure there is some nutritional or medical reason others don't eat the yolk, but it's just taste preference for me.

tiggus

As pointed out the old cholesterol myth is a big reason, the other one is calories.

I've eaten just whites when I wanted to spend my calories on tastier alternatives. As someone pointed out you can buy cartons of just egg whites now so it is not wasteful, you can be sure the company selling those is using the yolks for some other product.

Right now I am on a keto diet and so eating lots of whole eggs, just depends what your goal is and how it fits into your diet.