To eat egg yolks or not?!

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  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I am against chicken abortions - i dont believe in eating eggs

    Psst: It's an unfertilized egg, so it's not an abortion. It's more like what we women do every month. :laugh:
    Ours are fertilized, we have roosters. But when an egg is laid the embryo is a bunch of undifferentiated cells. It's not like it has organs or a nervous system or feelings.
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    Eat them! Fat is good for you. Try not to go over 70g per day but eating fat will not make you fat, too many carbs will! X
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
    Eat them. They're the things that give eggs flavor and they are a nutritional powerhouse.

    QFT

    They're the best bit!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I don't eat them because they taste gross.
  • Melo1966
    Melo1966 Posts: 881 Member
    There are more vitamins in the yolks I eat them, yum.
  • mike_gee15
    mike_gee15 Posts: 46
    eat the whole eggs! tasty! :D
  • princessage117
    princessage117 Posts: 171 Member
    Eat the yolk!
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    I often eat poached eggs for breakfast or sometimes lunch. When my personal trainer had a look through my food diary he suggested cutting out one of the yolks, as I only have a few more lbs left to lose now, and he thought it might help.

    So now I just poach 3 eggs, eat 1 yolk, and give the other yolks to my 2 children! They're 1 and 3 and don't really like the white. So nothing is wasted!

    He told me to replace the fat with things like nuts and seeds, and to aim for 35-40g of fat a day.
  • rachelgoutos
    rachelgoutos Posts: 57

    2 whites 1 yolk :happy:

    I do this too when I make egg salad, mix it up for color, consistency and the nutrients yet not too much cholesterol along with the other veggies I add in for crunch :happy:
  • Beastx10
    Beastx10 Posts: 97
    Eat the yolks.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Eat the whole egg. A large egg has only about 75 calories, and it loaded with good stuff. Just don't eat dozens every week.

    I can get through about 30 in a week sometimes. I've eaten nine or more in one day before now. I'm going through a phase of eating less egg currently, I've only eaten 3 today.

    I used to separate the yolks and eat things like egg white omelets but these days it's too much hassle plus egg yolks are full of healthy fats and fat soluble vitamins. One egg is just 75 cals. Egg white on its own is a good way to bump up your protein levels without "spending" too many calories, but unless I'm cutting and I'm close to running out of calories but still haven't eaten enough protein, it's not worth taking out the yolks. Better meal planning helps avoid the situation where 3 egg yolks would stop me from hitting my macros.
  • kitoi
    kitoi Posts: 16 Member
    Eat the yolks.

    Yolks are the best part
  • thedescentofhope
    thedescentofhope Posts: 118 Member
    I always eat the egg yolks, otherwise I'd be wasting food.


    This.
  • thedescentofhope
    thedescentofhope Posts: 118 Member
    I often eat poached eggs for breakfast or sometimes lunch. When my personal trainer had a look through my food diary he suggested cutting out one of the yolks, as I only have a few more lbs left to lose now, and he thought it might help.

    So now I just poach 3 eggs, eat 1 yolk, and give the other yolks to my 2 children! They're 1 and 3 and don't really like the white. So nothing is wasted!

    He told me to replace the fat with things like nuts and seeds, and to aim for 35-40g of fat a day.

    Nuts are fat..
  • jjrichard83
    jjrichard83 Posts: 483 Member
    That is not an "abortion". it was never going to be a chick. What is more correct term would be a chicken's period. Gross, but thats what it is...

    As for the yolks, eat them. There are micronutrients that work together, not apart.
  • jjrichard83
    jjrichard83 Posts: 483 Member
    I am against chicken abortions - i dont believe in eating eggs
    see my post above. - Not a chicken abortion - it's a chicken period.
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    For the love of god EAT THE YOLK!

    It's full of essential fatty acids and micronutrients that you need.

    And yes, it's a chicken's period not it's abortion.

    There's grosser things you could eat.
  • jjrichard83
    jjrichard83 Posts: 483 Member
    For the love of god EAT THE YOLK!

    It's full of essential fatty acids and micronutrients that you need.

    And yes, it's a chicken's period not it's abortion.

    There's grosser things you could eat.

    Much grosser things! I'm going to have a chicken period right now. All this talk made me hungry!
  • jsuaccounting
    jsuaccounting Posts: 189 Member
    I am starting to eat whole eggs - yolks and whites. The USDA has been feeding us a crock for most of our lives about how fat causes heart disease.

    Turns out fat is not the enemy.

    From Forbes: researchers recently discovered lost data from a 40-year-old study on heart disease, analyzed the lost data, and discovered … wait for it … the animal fats we’ve been consuming for hundreds of thousands of years appear to be better for our health than the chemically extracted vegetable oils we’ve only been consuming for the past 100 years.

    Or check out science writer Tom Noughton's site Fat Head: The Movie. He produced a documentary on fat findings.

    ^^^ My thoughts exactly. I have been losing for the last few weeks and I eat at least one egg per day. I do try to get either real pastured eggs or Omega 3 enriched eggs.
  • Fittreelol
    Fittreelol Posts: 2,535 Member
    I am against chicken abortions - i dont believe in eating eggs

    As other's have pointed out they're usually not fertilized,. Also don't you need a uterus for one? Don't think you can D&C a chicken. The image of a chicken in stirrups has me giggling now though.


    Oh right yolks. I figure if I pay for 4 bucks a dozen for pastured eggs it would be fiscally irresponsible for me to not eat them. Also vitamins etc.
  • lyndalpn
    lyndalpn Posts: 151 Member
    If you don't eat egss then don't eat them. But if you are going to eat them then eat the yolks. Eggs are a whole food and an excllent source of nutrition! And eating eggs almost every day has certainly not hampered my weight loss - I've lost 35kg (77lbs) in just under 7 months, even while eating egg yolks! hahah
  • MaximizedGains
    MaximizedGains Posts: 12
    It doesn't matter. Enjoy your eggs how you like them. As long as your overall diet is balanced, it doesn't matter what precise foods you eat.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    I often eat poached eggs for breakfast or sometimes lunch. When my personal trainer had a look through my food diary he suggested cutting out one of the yolks, as I only have a few more lbs left to lose now, and he thought it might help.

    So now I just poach 3 eggs, eat 1 yolk, and give the other yolks to my 2 children! They're 1 and 3 and don't really like the white. So nothing is wasted!

    He told me to replace the fat with things like nuts and seeds, and to aim for 35-40g of fat a day.

    Nuts are fat..

    Yes, 'good' fats! Not saturated fat. He would rather I had nuts/olive oil/avocado etc than egg yolk.
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    It's a yolk not a cake, just eat it, stop wasting good food.
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    It's a yolk not a cake, just eat it, stop wasting good food.

    Indeed.

    We did not get fat by eating too many fracking eggs.
  • SquidgySquidge
    SquidgySquidge Posts: 239 Member
    I always eat the yolk, I love eggs :)

    You can't beat dipping toast into runny soft boiled eggs with salt and pepper - mmmmmm!
  • ChristineS_51
    ChristineS_51 Posts: 872 Member
    http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/healthy-eating/food-and-nutrition-facts/Pages/egg-legumes-pulses-nuts-seeds.aspx

    Heart Foundation Australia article on eggs
  • turtlefitnessdad
    turtlefitnessdad Posts: 585 Member
    You can eat the yolk if you want, it does have the large majority of the nutrients. However if your concern is Choletorol then eating the yolk will send you over on your daily goals for sure. I like to use egg whites on my salad nearly every day so i don't eat the yolk. But it is not going to kill you if you do. I just choose not to as cholestorol is a big issue to me.
  • tcatcarson
    tcatcarson Posts: 227 Member
    I am against chicken abortions - i dont believe in eating eggs

    Apart from those 9 on Monday. Other than that you are rock solid.
  • Gjallarhorn
    Gjallarhorn Posts: 87
    Eat them. Unless you've had a bypass recently, and a medical doctor told you not to eat something that could put you back in a stretcher. Otherwise, eggs, yolk included have essential nutrients and, I mean, come on. Eggs. Delicious.

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