Eggs? Eat ALL the Eggs?

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  • kickers19
    kickers19 Posts: 63 Member
    I eat two eggs every morning, and I feel full longer, more energy then if I were to cereal or bread... I've found nothing wrong with them!
  • I used to eat 2-3 regular eggs every day for over a year straight (and a couple times a week for all the years prior). My cholesteral and general bloodwork always came back fantastic.
  • donabow
    donabow Posts: 4 Member
    I'm surprised to see that many people still don't understand that the cholesterol in your food DOESN'T go to your arteries... healthy fats are good for your body and your heart... saturated fat is your friend! I eat at least a dozen a week. It's trans fats, processed foods, and sugar-laden junk that's bad for you. Not wholesome eggs. Eat the whole darn thing.

    EXACTLY.........couldnt have said it better myself
  • EccentricDad
    EccentricDad Posts: 875 Member
    I eat one whole egg en 3 egg whites breakfast. Excellent source of protein to start your mornings! You avoid the extra cholesterol with the egg whites. I use real eggs, not processed egg beaters.

    I do the quoted as well, it's just cheaper to buy real eggs though so that's why I wanted to know the real story on eggs. The yolks are full of choline and I want ALL the choline. But I can't has the choline if I am fearing the cholesterol.

    I eat 1 egg a day and 2 to 3 egg equivalent in whites but I'd rather just eat 4 eggs in the morning... Just trying to figure out the safety of it.
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    The problem with high cholesterol comes when people don't do anything to stop the cause of the inflammation and the body sends more and more cholesterol which then builds up and causes problems. Cholesterol is not the problem, inflammatory causers are! Cholesterol is just our misunderstood friend with very good intentions

    And how am I supposed to know what "inflammation" is causing my spike in cholesterol? What about the people who are genetically prone to high cholesterol? Where is that "inflammation" coming from? Sorry but I don't buy that. What you eat, how much you weigh, activity level, family history . . . . this is what increases your cholesterol levels not some mythical "inflammation".

    While one does have to be cognizant of their total cholesterol numbers it's the LDL's and Triglycerides that you really need to pay close attention to. My total cholesterol is high however all my other numbers -- HDL, LDL, Tri's -- are all quite low.

    Inflammation is far from myth. Ever hear of arthritis? It's classified as an inflammatory disorder. Additionally, "high-grade" systemic inflammation "accelerates vascular risk" in people with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Low-grade systemic inflammation has also been linked with Type 2 Diabetes in that it can be predictive of other the other warning signs of T2D.

    http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/108/24/2957.short
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16472046

    Perhaps the supposedly healthy foods that you're eating aren't so healthy for you?
  • EccentricDad
    EccentricDad Posts: 875 Member
    I will not eat ALL the eggs anymore than I will clean ALL THE THINGS!

    Hey girl, I see how you've been catching on to my meme references and I think you're awesome. :flowerforyou:
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    I eat one whole egg en 3 egg whites breakfast. Excellent source of protein to start your mornings! You avoid the extra cholesterol with the egg whites. I use real eggs, not processed egg beaters.

    I do the quoted as well, it's just cheaper to buy real eggs though so that's why I wanted to know the real story on eggs. The yolks are full of choline and I want ALL the choline. But I can't has the choline if I am fearing the cholesterol.

    I eat 1 egg a day and 2 to 3 egg equivalent in whites but I'd rather just eat 4 eggs in the morning... Just trying to figure out the safety of it.

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  • EccentricDad
    EccentricDad Posts: 875 Member
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    OP, you could save us from about 90% of your threads if you just used that last function.

    Nah, it's more fun being OP and wasting your time. Trololololololol.
  • safe. unless you have heart disease of course.
  • Wabbit05
    Wabbit05 Posts: 434 Member
    Just had two hard boiled eggs for a mid morning snack :)
  • wrevhn
    wrevhn Posts: 864 Member
    I eat EB eggs, I think its lower in cholest, but either way, prob should not live on yolks. I personally eat anywhere from 1 - 3 a day if you include eggs in recipes and etc.

    I guess, if you start having health issues, go to a doc, they can tell you.
  • EccentricDad
    EccentricDad Posts: 875 Member

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    BADASS! Any deets on it? Do you take it?
  • AUPerry
    AUPerry Posts: 166
    Last I heard, it's good cholesterol. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Eggs are really good for you.

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    BADASS! Any deets on it? Do you take it?

    or you could save your money and eat the whole damn egg.
  • EccentricDad
    EccentricDad Posts: 875 Member
    God, I never considered how many eggs are in every day processed foods an yet here we go eating it for many years as a child up to adulthood... I guess that solves it then, eggs are safe. No sarcasm either, that validates the safety of it. Eggs are in EVERYTHING that is baked and I'm still alive and kickin'. Thanks :flowerforyou:
  • I eat 5 ALL eggs every morning last 2 years...
  • EccentricDad
    EccentricDad Posts: 875 Member

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    BADASS! Any deets on it? Do you take it?

    or you could save your money and eat the whole damn egg.

    You have no idea how deficient people are of choline do you? An egg has like 23% of your daily requirement. A supplement is ideal if you're not eating 5 eggs a day.
  • EccentricDad
    EccentricDad Posts: 875 Member
    I eat 5 ALL eggs every morning last 2 years...

    And I trust bloodwork cholesterol (HDL/LDL) came back fine? Because that's my concern.
  • Rays_Wife
    Rays_Wife Posts: 1,173 Member
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    OP, you could save us from about 90% of your threads if you just used that last function.

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  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    Cholesterol is not the problem, inflammatory causers are! Cholesterol is just our misunderstood friend with very good intentions :wink:

    Cholesterols. Very misunderstood creatures they are. But what would cause the inflammation? Underlining celiac or something like that? Or are you saying something else that would cause the disease? And knowing inflammation isn't a bad thing, why is there so many anti-inflammatory meds on the market? Not trying to argue, just trying to understand because I don't know and it's like trying to find out the answers.

    You might be interested in the body of research that suggests that humans are, by and large, actually gluten sensitive, and even a good portion of those who don't have "full-blown" Celiac might actually be causing low-grade immune responses by eating grains.

    Inflammation, in and of itself, isn't a bad thing, the problem is chronic, systemic inflammation. Inflammation, like stress, is meant to be an acute, short-term response to external stimuli in order to protect the organism. But when the faucets are on high all the time, and your body is constantly flooded with cholesterol, cortisol, adrenaline, etc. then the systems that generate those hormones/chemicals start burning out, and/or the systems designed to regulate/flush out those hormones/chemicals when they're no longer needed get overwhelmed, resulting in an excess and build-up. This ends up causing (or contributing to) things like arthritis, leaky gut (a typical comorbid of Celiac before going gluten free), Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease, etc.

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    BADASS! Any deets on it? Do you take it?

    or you could save your money and eat the whole damn egg.

    You have no idea how deficient people are of choline do you? An egg has like 10% of your daily requirement. A supplement is ideal if you're not eating 10 eggs a day.

    well eat 10 eggs a day then. You might find this interesting --yes it's a case study but hey--you could eat 10 eggs ;)

    http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/eggs.html
  • I eat 5 ALL eggs every morning last 2 years...

    And I trust bloodwork cholesterol (HDL/LDL) came back fine? Because that's my concern.
    Yes.
    My blood test is perfect.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member

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    BADASS! Any deets on it? Do you take it?

    I do not take it as I don't fear egg yolks, but I do generally trust the company save their ArA debacle
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member

    I honestly laughed at this video because most of the vitamins in the vegetables that he says you should be eating instead of egg yolks are fat soluble...
  • PhilyPhresh
    PhilyPhresh Posts: 600 Member
    The problem with high cholesterol comes when people don't do anything to stop the cause of the inflammation and the body sends more and more cholesterol which then builds up and causes problems. Cholesterol is not the problem, inflammatory causers are! Cholesterol is just our misunderstood friend with very good intentions

    And how am I supposed to know what "inflammation" is causing my spike in cholesterol? What about the people who are genetically prone to high cholesterol? Where is that "inflammation" coming from? Sorry but I don't buy that. What you eat, how much you weigh, activity level, family history . . . . this is what increases your cholesterol levels not some mythical "inflammation".

    While one does have to be cognizant of their total cholesterol numbers it's the LDL's and Triglycerides that you really need to pay close attention to. My total cholesterol is high however all my other numbers -- HDL, LDL, Tri's -- are all quite low.

    Inflammation is far from myth. Ever hear of arthritis? It's classified as an inflammatory disorder. Additionally, "high-grade" systemic inflammation "accelerates vascular risk" in people with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Low-grade systemic inflammation has also been linked with Type 2 Diabetes in that it can be predictive of other the other warning signs of T2D.

    http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/108/24/2957.short
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16472046

    Perhaps the supposedly healthy foods that you're eating aren't so healthy for you?

    That last line is totally why I stay away from this topic on this forum... and why I say I am lazy! lol, but thanks for helping me out where my lack of time to type things out left off. You seem to be going the same place I was with that...
  • barkin43
    barkin43 Posts: 508 Member
    They just had this on the news this morning. They said if you do not have any health issues with eggs, you can eat up to 6 eggs a week but it all depends on how you make them. You can eat all the egg white you want because the bad stuff is in the yolk. Come to think of it, I hardly eat eggs....hmmmm.

    "bad stuff"? There's nothing "bad" in an egg yolk. The yolk is actually where all the good stuff is. The fat and vitamins and some of the protein. I eat at least a dozen a week and my lipids are awesome.

    Thank you, sjohnny! I agree the yolk is best! If I couldn't eat the yolk, I'd just give up eggs! There are even some "experts" who claim that the whites are not that good for you, that they're poisonous even. Don't know about that. I just happen to like them stirred up with the yolks and then sop up the residue with my toast when the eggs are gone.