How many eggs is too many eggs?
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i would keep an eye on cholesterol. 35 whole eggs sounds like a lot, and i also remember that one whole egg is about half your daily recommended cholesterol intake.
interesting. I didn't know eggs had soo much cholesterol in them. Maybe i'l cut out the yolks and get my fats elsewhere. Just not tinned fish!
All the nutrition of an egg is in the yolk.. eggs get a bad wrap because of their cholesterol but the health benefit of eggs increasingly out weighs the risk. Where our concern needs to be is not in the purity of 35 nutritious eggs but in processed meats, fast foods, etc. My cholesterol was high, when I was fat, and I never ate an egg. Now I eat lots of eggs and my cholesterol is perfect.0 -
i would keep an eye on cholesterol. 35 whole eggs sounds like a lot, and i also remember that one whole egg is about half your daily recommended cholesterol intake.
interesting. I didn't know eggs had soo much cholesterol in them. Maybe i'l cut out the yolks and get my fats elsewhere. Just not tinned fish!
Recent studies on Cholesteral in eggs has found that they do not affect overall blood cholesteral. The corelation between fat and cholesterol is focused mainly on Hydrogenated trans fats. Also called Saturated Trans fats. Like shortening but not lard. Processed grains even whole can havde more of an effect on the bodies forming of non health (LDL) cholesteral. These have been reported in many health journals over the last couple of years. Although with 35 eggs a week that seems like a lot of fat intake. But some body builders are known to swallow a dozen raw eggs at a time.0 -
Here's a short summary by Harvard Medical School regarding Facts vs. Myths about eggs and cholesterol. http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/egg-nutrition
Even if there was a significant connection between dietary cholesterol from eggs and blood lipid cholesterol, it only matters if you believe in the lipid hypothesis. In my view, anything that is still just a hypothesis, 150 years after it was proposed, is junk science.0 -
Thanks for all the great answers.0
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I eat 4 large egg whites pretty much everyday - and buying organic & cage free gets a bit expensive - lol. Loving these summer months when I can buy them at farmer's markets. They are my main source of protein, too.0
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i agree that eggs get a bad rep, but they do have some cholesteral, but they also have some good stuff in them! i make about half a dozen hard boiled eggs a week, and love them.
but they do have some bad stuff, and while an egg or even two a day isn't bad, well, 35 a week might have some repercussions.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cholesterol/HQ00608/0 -
I have eggs almost every single day!0
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Stop when you haven't been to the toilet for three weeks!0
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I eat 4 large egg whites pretty much everyday - and buying organic & cage free gets a bit expensive - lol. Loving these summer months when I can buy them at farmer's markets. They are my main source of protein, too.
I always try and get local farmers egg too. Makes me feel like im doing my bit.0 -
Stop when you haven't been to the toilet for three weeks!
Christ i think i'd be a bit worried if that happened. No problems there.0 -
Just saw a news report last night and they were saying around 1-2 a day is fine. However, other schools of thoughts say more is ok, but I hope you have no history of cholesterol issues in your family, you might check with your doctor and have him do a cholesterol check, if it's fine then you are not doing yourself any harm.0
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I recommend doing more egg whites than the yolks itself. This morning for breakfast I had 4 large egg whites mixed with one large egg. That's a good amount of protein to calorie/fat ratio.0
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I eat 3 whole eggs everyday, my Cholesterol has dropped from way to high to perfect since I have been doing it, I wouldn't worry too much about that. I would get a blood test if your worried and then check again in 3 months.0
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Mmm ... eggs. I eat 4 whole hard-boiled eggs every day. :flowerforyou:0
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I eat a lot of eggs at the moment, around 35 a week and wondered how many of you use eggs as a large part of your protein intake. Am i eating eating too many and can this be bad for me?
I eat about the same amount. 5-6 per day most days.
My lipid profile is better now than it has been in a long time.0 -
The great egg debate.....lol
I would only see an issue if you have existing healthy problems as egg yolk has been linked to cholesterol issues. I am not a doctor though.0 -
I don't know but LOOK AT YOUR BODY! You look AMAZING!0
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My 16 year old son is a bean pole and can eat what he wants. He has been known to eat 10 scrambled eggs in one sitting0
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I eat two whole eggs a day. Usually hard boiled or over-easy, drenched in rooster sauce. yum!0
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Great article! I like how they mention that the research was funded by the egg industry but then they point out that the results are in line with other studies that were not funded by the egg industry.0
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