Egg Yolks as bad as Smoking!?

secretlobster

The study was of cardiovascular patients with a mean age of over 60...

MizCJ84

I almost had a heart attack reading this post! I find this hard to believe since the egg yolk is the most nutrient dense part of the egg. I will continue to eat my whole eggs for as long as I live. So delish

Wenchilada

I feel like the study authors do not know how to properly interpret their results.

I feel like the general public seems to be pretty bad at interpreting study results.

These two sentences pretty much sum up every study referenced in the news, ever.

homerjspartan

The healthiest thing is to remove the yoke and just eat the white. Then dry the yoke into a powder, roll it up, and smoke that muther f--ker. It is da bomb.

secretlobster

The healthiest thing is to remove the yoke and just eat the white. Then dry the yoke into a powder, roll it up, and smoke that muther f--ker. It is da bomb.

best post

foxfirekenzie

This just might be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
I'm gonna keep eating those beauties!

kalynn06

I didn't read the study, because I don't have access from home without buying it, but from the abstract, I'd say not to scream about the sky falling. It's a correlation study, and there doesn't seem to be much about other dietary factors. Because eggs were demonized for so long, a lot of older people who regularly ate 3 or more per week for a number of years may be more likely to have had less than ideal diets, exercise habits or other healthy lifestyle factors any of which could be confounding.

FuneralDiner

lololol

emilyrthompson

Yolks make me sick anyway. The smell and taste for some reason. If they are in hard boiled form they don't bother me though. I try and stay away though because of the cholesterol content. One whole egg puts me over my cholesterol for the day on MFP. HIgh cholesterol runs in my family

Abells

heart you for this

nataliexxxx

I dont believe this

Tann19

Being alive is bad for your health!

:devil: :drinker::smokin: :devil:

KaidaKantri

Everything will kill you.

^ This.

dlwyatt82

Some part of me wants to start up a "yoke / yolk" rant thread to go with all the "lose / loose" and "muscle weighs more than fat" threads. :laugh:

I crack up every time there's a religious discussion and someone tries to quote that "equally yoked" phrase, and writes it "equally yolked". God said, thou shalt throw the same number of eggs at each person!

Crochetluvr

I am going to die eventually anyway....I would rather die from eggs than smoking.

rextcat

i like my eggs fried in bacon grease:happy:

ErinBeth7

The study was of cardiovascular patients with a mean age of over 60...

Yea...I qualify.

BrieLP

Welp I'm doomed, I eat 2 eggs at least 4-5 times a week and I smoke....... go me...

stephensmith0929

if anyone beleives this then the yolks on you!!!! Ok i'm SORRY for that!!!!!

Lazygal53

Must be just Canadian eggs

gibsy

I feel like the study authors do not know how to properly interpret their results.

I haven't read the study but I suspect the problem isn't the study authors, but the health and science journalists don't know how to read studies. They want to make a splashy headline and often generalize scientific findings to the point of absurdity. Notice the language here, it says people with cardiovascular problems should eat less eggs. Not EVERYONE. I don't think it's controversial to suggest that people with high cholesterol might want to limit how much dietary cholesterol they consume. If your cholesterol is fine, this probably does not apply to you. Just guessing here, but either way we ought to always take science journalism with a grain of salt. They don't always represent scientific research properly.

dlwyatt82

Maybe the chickens in Canada all smoke.

Ge0rgiana

correlation <> causation

jcstanton

I seriously doubt the credibility of this. Did these people also eat foods high in HDL, which counteracts LDL? Or were they ONLY monitoring their egg consumption? Did they have an overall healthy diet? Or were they eating junk in tandem with eating eggs regularly? Did they exercise regularly? Or were they fairly sedentary? There are soooo many factors involved in coronary artery disease. It is absolutely LUDICROUS to say that ONE NATURAL food eaten regularly is almost as bad as smoking like a chimney.

Swissmiss

Cant be doing with just egg whites. I eat 2 or 3 whole eggs daily. I had high cholesterol just over 3 months ago when i started here and now its almost to a normal level. I had a fasting blood test last week at my diabetes doctor.

I LOVE your pic.

rlmadrid

The healthiest thing is to remove the yoke and just eat the white. Then dry the yoke into a powder, roll it up, and smoke that muther f--ker. It is da bomb.

You just won the thread.

darls25

When my Dad was in the Military he ate eggs every morning. He didn't have high cholesterol.

dirtydmvkid

3 or 4 PER WEEK? Well gee wilikers... I eat 3 or 4 about 4 times a week... :ohwell:

secretlobster

I want a shirt that says

Yolks don't kill people
*I* kill people

sofakingawesome69

No wonder all the non-smoking animals who eat Eggs are having all the Cardiac Issues. Someone should talk to them..