To eat egg yolks or not?!

Acg67 · February 2013

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.

Tom Noughton is now a science writer? He isn't very well suited for science writing when he gets basic things wrong

taso42 · February 2013

Eat it. Maybe not one per day but eat it!

i think 3-4 per day is the sweet spot

0atmeal_queen · February 2013

EAT THE EGG YOLKS.

You could eat eggs everyday if you wanted, My sister's paleo, eat's them everyday and guess what, she's fine.

Egg yolks aren't evil.

odusgolp · February 2013

Don't waste them. Even if you really don't want to eat them (I would, though), use them and let other people eat it.

Use leftover egg yolk and make lemon curd, pastry cream, hollandaise, creme brulee, key lime pie, etc.
The options are endless.

It won't hinder your weight loss to eat the yolks.

Please note: I am trying to be helpful. My post is not meant to be rude and/or negative in any way.

REPORTED ANYHOW!!!!

God, you're so mean!

Victoria2448 · February 2013

I eat both depending on what other ingredients I put in my omelettes.

I am apt to eat more yolks if they are cage free and have the opprotunity to roam and eat bugs etc...the eggs taste and look so much healthier.

BrettPGH · February 2013

This question again. You can always use the search option in the forums. Just eat the yolk, it's less waste. Plus there are tons of vitamins and minerals in the yolk that you don't get in the white.

Don't tell me what I can't do

John?

BinaryPulsar · February 2013

I also wouldn't like the taste of eggs without the yoke.

DrBroPHD · February 2013

This question again. You can always use the search option in the forums. Just eat the yolk, it's less waste. Plus there are tons of vitamins and minerals in the yolk that you don't get in the white.

Don't tell me what I can't do

John?

Nice catch

wikitbikit · February 2013

Eat them. They are high in cholesterol, but it is a very small percentage of people who are negatively affected by dietary cholesterol.

marywilsoncline · February 2013

Its a natural food folks, eat them as God intended

trainguy917 · February 2013

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 easily eat a dozen (or more) a week. My weight is dropping off, my blood pressure is dropping, my resting heart rate is in the fifties, and my cholesterol numbers are improving. Stay within your calories and work out hard and egg yolks will never hurt you.

vicrandom · February 2013

I eat ten to twelve yolks a week and my cholesterol is AWESOME. Try this one weird old trick: buy the highest quality eggs you can find (pasture raised; or failing that, free range omega3 enhanced).
Of course, I'm really big so eggs don't really make or break me calorie-wise; if I was having to cut down for fat grams or calories maybe eggs would be an issue. I would also cut back if I were buying regular factory-produced eggs, because a) they taste like blah and b) I doubt the fat/cholesterol profile is nearly as good; as it is, eggs are probably the biggest portion of my omega 3 intake. Sometimes I skip eggs a day or two a week just so I don't get paranoid about developing an allergy or forget that there are, in fact, other things you can eat for breakfast.

ArroganceInStep · February 2013

I'll add liquid egg whites to a lot of different things to up the protein count (tuna, chicken, sammiches, etc) without changing the taste too much. If I'm actually eating eggs though, I'll eat the whole egg and not waste the tasty part.

caedo007 · February 2013

This wiki article will give you the break down en.wikipedia . org/wiki/Egg_yolk#Composition_of_chicken_egg_yolk

In general what I do is purchase the egg whites in a carton from Trader Joes, then I just add in one whole egg. This gives it better taste and adds in some vitamins without overdoing the fat and cholesterol and does not waste egg yolks.

0atmeal_queen · February 2013

jk the egg yolks will kill you.

god how dare you even think about eating them.

HeidiMightyRawr · February 2013

I eat them.

1) I like them.
2) I couldn't separate the egg yolks from the whites even if I wanted to.

Fats are not bad for you as part of a balanced diet. I had 3 whole eggs this morning

Yukongil · February 2013

Mother nature cries when you throw out the egg yolk

this is my main concern. So whenever the store has a sale on egg whites in the cartons, I'll load up and freeze what I don't immediately use, then do the one egg, to one or two egg whites combo. Can't stand to waste the yolk otherwise.

moustache_flavored_lube · February 2013

Eat them.

Dietary cholesterol has no impact on your blood (syrum) cholesterol levels

Yolks contain more than 90% of the calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6, folate, and B12, and panthothenic acid of the egg. In addition, the yolks contain ALL of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K in the egg, as well as ALL of the essential fatty acids (EFAs).

Egg whites alone do not contain the full profile of essential ammino acids. So they are not a complete protein unless the egg is consumed whole

HealthWoke0ish · February 2013

My dogs also get the yolks when I decide on whites only. They are happy puppies.

Haha. Good ol' dogs. Always willing to jump on that 'yolk grenade' for us.

LiftAllThePizzas · February 2013

I am against chicken abortions - i dont believe in eating eggs

But tree and vine and other plant abortions are ok?

moustache_flavored_lube · February 2013

I am against chicken abortions - i dont believe in eating eggs

Quick they need you back at the drum circle

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JackieA47 · February 2013

wow you guys have been amazing, thank you so much! Man, I love this site

think I know what I'll do, carry on as normal! Maybe add extra egg whites in to bump up the volume of an omelette without necessarily adding too many calories. Plus, I'd be completely useless at separating them, I mean, I make enough mess when cracking them open. Thanks again everyone for taking the time to respond, you all rock!!