Egg Yolks as bad as Smoking!?

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  • lucylAnneMason
    lucylAnneMason Posts: 87
    Silly peoples, i don't even know how you can compare eating a egg to smoking =) too much of anything is bad for you =)
  • Wenchilada
    Wenchilada Posts: 472 Member
    If your egg yolks are smoking, it might be advisable to turn the heat off. Also, get some air freshener and vent out the place. That #@%! reeks.

    ETA: Suddenly I'm flashing back to a scene from a TV show or movie or something to that effect, probably in the 80s, where a short-order cook in a diner was making eggs, and his cigarette ash fell in the yolk. That had to be the heart-cloggingest meal ever.
  • xarge
    xarge Posts: 484 Member
    ****, I knew it. It's all about eggs and smoking. All of those patients moved their *kitten* off all through their lives but 3 eggs a week and bam!
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    OMG BE CAREFUL!!! IF YOU EVEN CONSUME ANYTHING..EVER.. YOU WILL GET FAT AND OR DIE!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Side note: I was trying to google for some other examples of specific research studies where the news outlets jump to sweeping conclusions, and was trying to think of other ways to phrase my search terms. Then this came up:

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    :laugh:

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  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    I'm too lazy to look at the link, but this is probably another one of those things people will change their minds about anyway. If you like egg yolks go ahead and eat them anyway.

    The reason I don't eat them has nothing to do with health, it's all about taste and texture.:sick:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    correlation <> causation

    Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner!

    :heart: :drinker: :flowerforyou: :smokin:
  • Damiilla
    Damiilla Posts: 66
    No way! As a vegetarian it would be slim chances for me without eggs!
  • avocado12
    avocado12 Posts: 197 Member
    Whatever next!
  • emmie0622
    emmie0622 Posts: 167 Member
    Totally agree with the study. I started eating eggs after I saw on the news they were not bad for your cholesterol and my cholesterol SKYROCKETED next time I had it checked. Went back down after stopping eating them. Eggbeaters for me. May not affect everyone this way but there is definite truth in it for some people.
  • dandaninc
    dandaninc Posts: 392
    :sad: but, but... I like eggs.

    I'm calling shenanigans.

    I AGREE!!!
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    No way! As a vegetarian it would be slim chances for me without eggs!

    am I reading this wrong?

    I didn't know vegetarians ate eggs..
  • nfgchick79
    nfgchick79 Posts: 89 Member
    No way! As a vegetarian it would be slim chances for me without eggs!

    am I reading this wrong?

    I didn't know vegetarians ate eggs..

    Vegans don't eat eggs. Vegetarians do. Generally speaking of course.
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    Being alive is bad for your health!

    :devil: :drinker::smile::smokin::cry: :devil:

    "Unstable condition, a symptom of life."
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    correlation <> causation

    This. there is also a correlation between the sales of ice cream and violent crime. I knew Ben and Jerry were up to something, dammit.
  • dlwyatt82
    dlwyatt82 Posts: 1,077 Member
    correlation <> causation

    This. there is also a correlation between the sales of ice cream and violent crime. I knew Ben and Jerry were up to something, dammit.

    If I had a million flavours, I'd kill a foo'!
  • alisiaendris
    alisiaendris Posts: 213 Member
    If this is really true, I will give up eggs today and take smoking back up! LOL!
  • reyopo
    reyopo Posts: 210 Member
    No way! As a vegetarian it would be slim chances for me without eggs!

    am I reading this wrong?

    I didn't know vegetarians ate eggs..

    Vegans don't eat eggs. Vegetarians do. Generally speaking of course.


    Because liquid chicken is not an animal. Uh -oh...did I say that out loud?
  • julepgirl
    julepgirl Posts: 55 Member
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  • raeleek
    raeleek Posts: 414 Member
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    :laugh:
  • Damiilla
    Damiilla Posts: 66
    No way! As a vegetarian it would be slim chances for me without eggs!

    am I reading this wrong?

    I didn't know vegetarians ate eggs..

    Vegans don't eat eggs. Vegetarians do. Generally speaking of course.


    Because liquid chicken is not an animal. Uh -oh...did I say that out loud?
    What? haha! Eggs you buy aren't fertilized so it's nothing like "liquid chicken".
  • Matt_Wild
    Matt_Wild Posts: 2,673 Member
    "I've heard that eating too many eggs can raise your cholesterol - how many can I eat?
    For most people there is currently no limit on the number of eggs that you can eat in a week. However, because the recommendation has changed over the years, it's often a common source of confusion.

    In the past a restriction on eggs was recommended because we thought that foods high in cholesterol (including liver, kidneys and shellfish, as well as eggs) could have an impact on cholesterol levels in the body.

    However, as research in this area has developed, so has our understanding of how foods that contain cholesterol affect people’s heart health.

    For most people, the amount of saturated fat they eat has much more of an impact on their cholesterol than eating foods that contain cholesterol, like eggs and shellfish. So unless you have been advised otherwise by your doctor or dietician, if you like eggs, they can be included as part of a balanced and varied diet.

    The UK's governing body on health disagrees.

    http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/conditions/high-cholesterol.aspx
  • _LilPowerHouse
    _LilPowerHouse Posts: 365 Member
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    Global warming is killing off the pirates? :frown:

    Either that or the lack of pirates is causing global warming.

    I think we need more pirates to save the planet
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
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    Global warming is killing off the pirates? :frown:

    Either that or the lack of pirates is causing global warming.

    I think we need more pirates to save the planet

    Maybe we should become pirates?
  • prov31jd
    prov31jd Posts: 153 Member
    Good grief -- another "so-called" scientific study . . . who financed it? What was the motive?

    Total BS, and then some!

    I eat two farm-fresh (range free, organic) eggs every single day, and have NEVER had even a remotely high cholesterol number.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I thought the bad reputation of egg yolks from the 80s was discredited about a decade ago???

    Yes and no. When the "news" that eggs were bad first hit the stands, it wasn't based on any study involving eggs. It was based on the notion at the time that dietary cholesterol caused high blood cholesterol and since eggs have a fairly high cholesterol count for their size, it was extrapolated that they must be bad. When further research showed that dietary cholesterol does not have a significant affect on blood cholesterol for most people, eggs were in the clear again.

    But little to none of the research that labelled eggs bad or good was actually involved eggs. There really hasn't been a lot of research on eggs.
  • mlegosz
    mlegosz Posts: 74 Member
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    For those wanting the full explanation of pirates & global warming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster#Pirates_and_global_warming

    I like that they cite Somalia as proof that pirates fight global warming.
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    Well that's annoying -__- I call bull, like everyone else.
  • patchesgizmo
    patchesgizmo Posts: 244 Member
    I think it just depends on how bad your cholesterol is. My cholesterol is 71, so I don't think I have too much too worry about in that aspect. I will continue to eat the whole egg.
  • Angie_Fritts
    Angie_Fritts Posts: 263 Member
    piratesarecool4.gif

    this cracked me up. :)

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