EGGS eek.

Love eggs, but mainly stick to duck eggs which are much richer, more filling, and yes, higher in fat, protein and probably cholesterol but have done me no harm. I have one everyday before bed. Cannot imagine ditching the yolk, most filling part for me.

our bodies synthesize all the cholesterol we need to survive - there is no necessity for dietary ingestion of cholesterol.

If you are worried, try a protein smoothie. I use brown rice protein because it doesn't taint the flavor, is less cholesterol and is also more privy to my Ovo-pescatarian diet (eggs and fish, no meat.) I agree with what I've seen listed above about the egg "myth," but also want to caution that while not EVERYONE gets a serious cholesterol problem with eggs, some people are more sensitive than others are to it and can develop problems if they over-do it. Like anything, I guess, moderation is the key.

Anyway, you can also eat nut butters like Justin's chocolate hazelnut or almond butter, and almond milk has some in it as well. And then of course you have beans! And quinoa, eggplant, loose nuts like what you find in trail mix, turkey bacon or turkey products, which are generally not terrible for ya. I like eating a banana with a single serving packet of Justin's chocolate hazelnut butter for a snack at work. It usually keeps me pretty full. Beet chips are pretty filling too.

Anyway, hope you find what you're lookin' for!

From my dietitian's mouth this week: "Dietary cholesterol is only responsible for 20% of your total cholesterol levels. Eggs are good for you."

It's not the 80's any more, thankfully :-).

Typically, I eat about 2 eggs a day and feel great. As long as you're generally healthy and eating a well balanced diet, you should be good.

^^^^^^Yep this.

The stuff about cholesterol is overblown scare mongering. As long as you have balanced diet it is fine.

our bodies synthesize all the cholesterol we need to survive - there is no necessity for dietary ingestion of cholesterol.

True but its actually about the balance of the rest of the diet, a no cholesterol diet high in all factors can result in high cholesterol in the body anyway.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Understanding_Cholesterol.htm

We need cholesterol to live. It has a bad rap and isn't this big scary thing we have all been led to believe.

Unless your cholesterol is already high then you have no need to worry about eating eggs.

Also, eat the white and the yolk, I absolutely cannot stand the idea of people just eating egg whites and wasting 50% of the protein that is in the yolk. No one needs to eat a 8 egg white omelet, it's just ridiculous.

I don't eat the yolk. I think they're yucky :sick:

I'll see your pathetic chicken eggs and raise you duck eggs. Even MORE cholesterol. Ha!

I'll see your pathetic chicken eggs and raise you duck eggs. Even MORE cholesterol. Ha!

I like a duck egg, but I raise you a goose egg - they are Loooveley! 'Keeper at my last place was also responsible for a large menagerie of ornamental waterfowl and would bring me the goose eggs to buy my silence because nobody else on the estate had twigged that the geese were ornamental and he managed their numbers....or indeed, that they laid eggs.....

I'll see your chicken egg, duck egg, and goose egg, and raise you an ostrich egg.

I'll see your chicken egg, duck egg, and goose egg, and raise you an ostrich egg.

If you could manage to eat one of those in one go i'd be impressed!!