How many eggs is too many eggs?

HunterKiller_wechange
HunterKiller_wechange Posts: 369 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
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?
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  • valmb2
    valmb2 Posts: 41 Member
    I don't know, but I have chickens and I eat a lot too; egg whites though, not the yolks. Ewww, they freak me out.
  • mowu
    mowu Posts: 245 Member
    If it fits with your calories and your macros I don't think I've heard anything adverse about it (unlike fish in which case you could be setting yourself up for an increased intake of undesirable heavy metals due to it being accumulated)
  • KNarrainen
    KNarrainen Posts: 135 Member
    I don't see that it will harm you, but an average of 5 eggs a day does seem quite a lot, I would be sick of eggs pretty quickly.

    Maybe try mixing up with other sources of protein for variety?
  • Keiko385
    Keiko385 Posts: 514 Member
    Guess it would depend on your overall health. I am restricted to 2 per week
  • Baybbee123
    Baybbee123 Posts: 57 Member
    I actually heard on the radio just about 10 minutes ago that 1 egg consists of 1/3 of your cholesterol for the day :ohwell:

    Not sure if it's completely backed up by anything so I don't want to spread any untrue information - I haven't done the research on it, but it may be something you might want to check with your doctor about or do some research on? Eggs are delicious and great though!
  • myth4ever
    myth4ever Posts: 372
    It is my main source of protein.....egg whites that is.....I stop counting how many I use....but 35 is usually passed by Tuesday or Wednesday morning!
  • HunterKiller_wechange
    HunterKiller_wechange Posts: 369 Member
    hmm....well they are a very cheap form of protein. I normally eat white or eat the whole thing if im needed the fat content. I would eat more tinned fish but was eating soo much i almost started injecting it! Seriously though that stuff makes me wanna puke now. :sick:
  • grrrlface
    grrrlface Posts: 1,204 Member
    I eat 2 whole eggs a day.

    I think unless you have a problem with your cholesterol and have been told by a doctor to cut down your intake then there is nothing wrong with eating that many.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    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.
  • HunterKiller_wechange
    HunterKiller_wechange Posts: 369 Member
    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!
  • LowcarbNY
    LowcarbNY Posts: 546 Member
    "I can eat 50 eggs" Cool Hand Luke
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/7301/title/Reevaluating_Eggs_Cholesterol_Risks
  • Merc71
    Merc71 Posts: 412 Member
    Guess it would depend on your overall health. I am restricted to 2 per week

    I have read no more than 3 per week, but if it fits in your macros, I don't see an issue with it.
  • HunterKiller_wechange
    HunterKiller_wechange Posts: 369 Member
    It is my main source of protein.....egg whites that is.....I stop counting how many I use....but 35 is usually passed by Tuesday or Wednesday morning!

    Wow! But looking at the size of your muscles dude maybe i should eat more! :)
  • HunterKiller_wechange
    HunterKiller_wechange Posts: 369 Member
    http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/7301/title/Reevaluating_Eggs_Cholesterol_Risks

    thank you. You are a very helpfull cat. :smile:
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    if you have more than 2, you are deformed
  • Hezzietiger1
    Hezzietiger1 Posts: 1,256 Member
    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/are-eggs-really-as-bad-for-your-arteries-as-cigarettes/
  • deadbeatsummer
    deadbeatsummer Posts: 537 Member
    Wow 35 is a lot! My mummy used to say no more than 3 a week, but whatever works for you. :flowerforyou:

    as a rule of thumb I feel it makes sense to have everything in moderation...
  • peachyxoxoxo
    peachyxoxoxo Posts: 1,178 Member
    Eggs are a really great food nutritionally. The amount of cholesterol in eggs is nothing to worry about.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    It's too many if you'e always having sulfuric stinky egg farts and burps. :sick:
  • Hezzietiger1
    Hezzietiger1 Posts: 1,256 Member
    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. :)
  • wait_loss
    wait_loss Posts: 117 Member
    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.
  • Spartan_Maker
    Spartan_Maker Posts: 683 Member
    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.
  • HunterKiller_wechange
    HunterKiller_wechange Posts: 369 Member
    Thanks for all the great answers. :smile:
  • chelledawg14
    chelledawg14 Posts: 509 Member
    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.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    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/
  • Janet9906
    Janet9906 Posts: 546 Member
    I have eggs almost every single day!
  • mscandyfloss
    mscandyfloss Posts: 4
    Stop when you haven't been to the toilet for three weeks!
  • HunterKiller_wechange
    HunterKiller_wechange Posts: 369 Member
    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. :)
  • HunterKiller_wechange
    HunterKiller_wechange Posts: 369 Member
    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. :)
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