Is it safe to eat 2 eggs everyday?

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb01068.x/abstract
http://journals.lww.com/co-clinicalnutrition/Abstract/2012/03000/Rethinking_dietary_cholesterol.6.aspx
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-3010.2008.01735.x/abstract
http://advances.nutrition.org/content/3/5/711.full.pdf

From the conclusion in the last link:

The current epidemiological evidence indicates that dietary cholesterol (at current intakes) does not increase the risk of heart disease in healthy individuals. Clinical studies have shown that two thirds or more of the population do not have a considerable increase in plasma cholesterol after a dietary cholesterol challenge for extended periods of time, whereas in those who do respond, both LDL-C and HDL-
C increase, and therefore they maintain their LDL-C/HDL-C ratio. Many countries have issued dietary guidelines that do not have recommendations for dietary cholesterol. Given that eggs are a good source of many nutrients, there is a growing awareness about how consumers can incorporate eggs into a healthy diet that meets current food-based dietary recommendations. Thus, there may be a need to reconsider the recommendations for dietary cholesterol for healthy populations.

If you are otherwise healthy, I think 2 eggs a day is perfectly fine.

And you are lucky enough not to be in the 1/3 of the population that did not have those same results.

Isn't that why most sensible people get an annual physical with blood work done, including a lipid profile? So that if you are in that 1/3 of the population, it gets caught and you can make the adjustments before you have any issues?

Yes

A unhealthy LDL/HDL ratio is not the only thing that can raise your risk of heart disease.

Edit: typo

No argument here with that statement, but I'm wondering what it has to do with a discussion regarding whether or not it's healthy to eat 2 eggs a day? Are you suggesting that there's some other method at work here other than cholesterol that makes eating eggs a heart disease risk? If so, please share?

PLEASE don't stop eating the yolks. Yes, there's cholesterol, but the cholesterol in eggs won't impact your cholesterol or give you issues with it. All the awesome nutrients are in the yolk and you should be eating them; the whites are just pure protein. I know there are differing opinions, but that's because yolks have been demonized for so long that it's ingrained in people's minds. Don't let outdated food thoughts impact how you eat - eggs are incredibly healthy. I usually eat 1-2 every day.

I read in some articles to eat 3-4 eggs per week. A few months ago I was eating 2 eggs a day. 2 eggs is more than 100% of the recommended daily cholesterol. I switched to the egg whites that are sold in the containers. Still lots of protein and filling.

Everyone. Stop eating eggs. They are bad for you.


*hoping everyone stops eating them so the price drops back down to $1 dozen*


Thank you for your cooperation. :happy:


Seriously. I eat about a dozen a week and have noticed the price has doubled in the past few years. How expensive are eggs near you? On avg about $1.80 - $2.40 a dozen here for XL Eggs (non organic)

about 1.3 to 1.8 bahraini dinars for 30. the fancy ones like omega 3 eggs are at least 4 dinars for 6 (i.e. ridiculously expensive, I'll stick to regular eggs and get my omega 3s from cheaper sources!!)

btw the ones I get are naturally fed and free range and cost 1.6 dinars when I bought 30 yesterday

that's about 3 dollars 45 to 4 dollars 77 for 30.

It's especially stupid to spend money on *good* eggs -- real, pastured, organic eggs -- and then toss the yolks. Most of the benefits of high-quality eggs are going to be seen in the yolks more than the whites. The good fats, the omega-3s, the vitamin A., the lutein.... all are in the yolk, and you're throwing it away with every egg yolk you reject.

why wouldn't it be?

yep, i like green eggs and ham.

I have had high cholesterol in the past.

For the last two months I have been eating very clean and I also have 3 eggs scrambled cooked in olive oil for breakfast nearly every day. Next Friday I have a physical and I am sure my doctor will want a full blood work done. So in about 2 weeks time I should have the results.

I am very interested in seeing the results after eating eggs for breakfast nearly everyday . If my cholesterol numbers are bad then the eggs will be the first to go.

No, centenarians never ate eggs. People that say 1 egg a day is fine but eating 2 will increase risk are thinking illogically.....the obvious answer is don't eat any and you eliminate that risk......wasn't that easy and logical.

Lets face it, it's the 300 or 400mg's in the eggs that will kill us and not the 35,000 or 40,000mg's we have naturally circulating in our body and any given time....those damn pesky eggs that have that big bulls eye for the nutritionally challenged to target, easy peasy.

What if the risk is not caused by cholesterol but by something else? I'll admit I haven't read a lot of egg research because I don't care for eggs enough to eat them often. But of the research I've seen that tied eggs to increased incidence of heart disease, it didn't specifically tie cholesterol to the same risk.

Then why don't you read the research and you wouldn't have to ask nonsensical mystery questions? What else would the risk be tied to in regard to eggs?? Other than the cholesterol question, which has been thoroughly addressed by both the research and answers in this thread, the high nutritional value of eggs is pretty well estabished. Have you considered educating yourself before you post?

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^^^^ This! Read the research and links already posted.

Do you know that there has never been any research that established a link between high cholesterol and heart attack/disease? Read the Frammington study (longest on going study). Look at the THINCS link too- even the physicians and scientists state that cholesterol isn't the issue. That the lipoproteins carrying it and systemic inflammation is the problem.

Less than half of all heart attack patients have cholesterol problems- over half have cholesterol levels well within government guidelines.

Just by way of helpful correction, I believe you meant The Framingham Heart Study. It is sponsored by the American Heart Association and has been conducted continously since 1947. It has yet to find any causal link between dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol.

Some people seem to be rather sensitive to dietary cholesterol, some people aren't. For me, I'm not sensitive to dietary cholesterol, so I have no problem eating all the yolks. And by saying I KNOW I'm not sensitive, I mean for more than a decade I've had full fasted cholesterol panels performed almost every three months, and I spent significant portions of that time trying dietary strategies. Basically for me, the toast or even oatmeal were more problematic than eggs. But thats for me with rather rigorous testing in place. We'll probably never REALLY know the truth, because there is no way to perform true long term randomized studies on large numbers of people. They just don't let us lock up large numbers of humans and control every aspect of their lives so we can actually figure these things out. The best thing we have is long term self reports. And self reports are remarkably inaccurate, and at best show correlation not causation. Even if the numbers trend to showing more eggs are bad, what ELSE goes along with those peoples situations? Your best bet if you are concerned is to have frequent monitoring. That way you can see how dietary factors effect you. But altogether, two eggs as part of a healthy balanced approach with plenty of fruits and vegetables is probably a heck of alot better for most anyone than swapping out real eggs for fake eggs as part of a diet full of other fake foods.

No, centenarians never ate eggs. People that say 1 egg a day is fine but eating 2 will increase risk are thinking illogically.....the obvious answer is don't eat any and you eliminate that risk......wasn't that easy and logical.

Lets face it, it's the 300 or 400mg's in the eggs that will kill us and not the 35,000 or 40,000mg's we have naturally circulating in our body and any given time....those damn pesky eggs that have that big bulls eye for the nutritionally challenged to target, easy peasy.

What if the risk is not caused by cholesterol but by something else? I'll admit I haven't read a lot of egg research because I don't care for eggs enough to eat them often. But of the research I've seen that tied eggs to increased incidence of heart disease, it didn't specifically tie cholesterol to the same risk.

Lets see, over the last 30 years going back to the low fat diet era it was either cholesterol and saturated fat that was seen as the problem. If it's not cholesterol then it's saturated fat. The argument against saturated fat is that it raises LDL cholesterol, simple, and people don't have to think or even research because "they" say so, so it must be true or maybe your talking about trptophan, selenium, iodine, b vitamins, vitamin D, or phosphorus in eggs that are harmful. Maybe it's the cloline in eggs being so prevalent are causing the problem, nah, that can't be right..........it's probably that 1.5g's of saturated fat in an egg, yeah that's the guy, it will kill us all. But wait, there's more saturated fat in a serving of salmon or almost the same as an oz of almonds, and an avocado has twice as much saturated fat as an egg. lol.

Or that it's neither and actually not caused by cholesterol or saturated fat. That systemic inflammation and lipids are the cause.

The Framington Heart Study followed the dietary habits of 15,000 participants over three generations. The longest most comprehensive epidemiological assessment in medical history (started I'm 1948). Dr Castelli summarised this issue "serum cholesterol is not a strong risk for coronary heart disease)". It found that there is no correlation between dietary cholesterol intake and blood cholesterol levels. Framington residents who ate the most cholesterol, saturated fat, and total calories actually weighed the least and were the most physically active.

UK recommendations are that eggs aren't restricted. As long as your keeping a healthy calorie intake and eating other foods for other nutrients you should be fine unless you have a medical contraindication).

(I work in Public Health and this is the advice we give).

The only way it wouldn't be safe is 1) you let them go bad on the counter top the night before; 2) your doctor said you shouldn't; or 3) you are allergic to eggs.

The nutrition you get from 2 eggs, as consumed within a healthy, balanced diet, is worth the little extra cholesterol.

Eggs can stay on the counter top for a long time! The whites are very antibiotic. You could even remove a part of the shell of an uncooked and they'd stay fresh for a while.