To eat egg yolks or not?!

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  • 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: 4,141 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.
  • Thruen
    Thruen Posts: 80 Member
    Don't eat. The yolk contains all the bad fats of the egg, the whites are high protein for very few cals.
  • Thruen
    Thruen Posts: 80 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Ey1ch2Koc

    Here's a vid about the subject.
  • kimmianne89
    kimmianne89 Posts: 428 Member
    I don't have a cholesterol problem so I don't worry about it.
    Generally I have 2 eggs, 2 or 3 times a week, either poached or in an omlette.

    Though if I need more protein that day I add extra egg whites :)
  • SuperScrabbleGirl
    SuperScrabbleGirl Posts: 310 Member
    I am against chicken abortions - i dont believe in eating eggs
    Eggs are chicken periods, no chicken abortions.
  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 Member
    I am against chicken abortions - i dont believe in eating eggs
    Eggs are chicken periods, no chicken abortions.

    I love chicken period. 2 whites to one yolk for me.
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 Member
    Get it down ya! Can't beat a bit of dippy eggs :smile:
  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 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.

    HaHa, busted.
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 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.

    HaHa, busted.

    Pahahahahaha x
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 9,872 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Ey1ch2Koc

    Here's a vid about the subject.
    lol
  • symonspatrick
    symonspatrick Posts: 213 Member
    Yes eat the whole egg. Most of the nutrition is in the yolks. Fats don't make people fat, too many calories make people fat. And you need healthy fats in your diet to be healthy and eggs have healthy fats in them.

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