Eggs and cholesterol. Weird blood results.

Idiots, I see lots of misleading and harmful information in this thread. I'm not sure where to start.


The people doctor bashing are ignorant of the medical field. The numbers are set by the medical community to help communicate medical conditions on charts to coworkers across the field be it a Nurse, Doctor, Pharmacist or health insurance companies. Your doctor is only following protocol and informing you of your condition because he has a legal obligation to do so. If he doesn't tell you your numbers and something happens, he can be sued and maybe lose his license. So he has a legal obligation to inform you. Visit any other doctor and they will tell you the same.

Now, is your cholesterol level anything to be worried about? That is what you should have asked your doctor and he would have most likely said no since you are young. Normally, there has to be more than one risk factor involved for you to worry. Each risk factor raises your level of a heart attack in the next 10 years by a percentage, I believe it is 15? I don't remember. Age, smoking, HDL levels, diabetes, and obesity are all separate risk factors. The more you have, the higher your chances of having a heart attack in 10 years. Having a risk factor does not guarantee that you will have a heart attack, it only gives you an idea of your chances. I can't be clear on that enough. It does not guarantee a heart attack, it only raises your chances! If you had been obese, 30 pounds over weight, and high cholesterol then you should worry as those are two risk factors. If you are a smoker and have high cholesterol, then you can worry. Had you been over the age of 45 with high cholesterol, then you can worry. Low HDL and high cholesterol also counts as two risk factors, which is another way of saying horrible ratios. Get the idea?

The notion that medication can be the cause of high cholesterol, does not mean it is okay to have high cholesterol. That's a very dump assumption I see being made. High cholesterol is still a risk factor.

Is eating three eggs causing your cholesterols levels to rise? Most likely yes. I see idiots in this thread spreading harmful information on this subject. I can't stress enough how getting this type of information from the laymen on MFP, who does not have a clear accurate whole picture, can put your health in danger with you in the hospital. The idea that for every single man, women, and child on planet earth can eat as much whole eggs and red meat as they want without rising cholesterol levels is misleading and inaccurate information. There are people in this world who can not eat as much carbs as they want because they are diabetic, if the did, they'd be in the hospital. There are also people in this world who can not eat nuts, doing so would put them in the hospital. Just as there are people who must regulate their carbs, or those who can't eat nuts, there are people in this world who can not and should not constantly shove high cholesterol foods down their throats because they will see a constant rise in cholesterol levels. The idea that eating whole eggs doesn't raise cholesterol levels only applies for 80% of the population. The other 20% will see a constant rise and this is why the information is being misinterpreted and being very dangerously misleading.

How do you know if you fall within the 20%? Change your diet and get a lipid blood panel test.

You're spending a lot of time what idiots participants in this thread are. You're also talking a lot about what the doctor should have said. Then you blast "getting this information from laymen."

Are you a physician? Presumably you are not a "layman" because you just said getting this sort of info from a layman is stupid.

Idiots, I see lots of misleading and harmful information in this thread. I'm not sure where to start.


The doctor bashing people are ignorant of the medical field. The numbers are set by the medical community to help communicate medical conditions on charts to coworkers across the field be it a Nurse, Doctor, Pharmacist or health insurance companies. Your doctor is only following protocol and informing you of your condition because he has a legal obligation to do so. If he doesn't tell you your numbers and something happens, he can be sued and maybe lose his license. So he has a legal obligation to inform you. Visit any other doctor and they will tell you the same.

Is eating three eggs causing your cholesterols levels to rise? Most likely yes. I see idiots in this thread spreading harmful information on this subject. I can't stress enough how getting this type of information from the laymen on MFP, who does not have a clear accurate whole picture, can put your health in danger with you in the hospital. The idea that for every single man, women, and child on planet earth can eat as much whole eggs and red meat as they want without rising cholesterol levels is misleading and inaccurate information. There are people in this world who can not eat as much carbs as they want because they are diabetic, if the did, they'd be in the hospital. There are also people in this world who can not eat nuts, doing so would put them in the hospital. Just as there are people who must regulate their carbs, or those who can't eat nuts, there are people in this world who can not and should not constantly shove high cholesterol foods down their throats because they will see a constant rise in cholesterol levels. The idea that eating whole eggs doesn't raise cholesterol levels only applies for 80% of the population. The other 20% will see a constant rise and this is why the information is being misinterpreted and being very dangerously misleading.

Idiots, I see lots of misleading and harmful information in this thread. I'm not sure where to start.


The doctor bashing people are ignorant of the medical field. The numbers are set by the medical community to help communicate medical conditions on charts to coworkers across the field be it a Nurse, Doctor, Pharmacist or health insurance companies. Your doctor is only following protocol and informing you of your condition because he has a legal obligation to do so. If he doesn't tell you your numbers and something happens, he can be sued and maybe lose his license. So he has a legal obligation to inform you. Visit any other doctor and they will tell you the same.

Is eating three eggs causing your cholesterols levels to rise? Most likely yes. I see idiots in this thread spreading harmful information on this subject. I can't stress enough how getting this type of information from the laymen on MFP, who does not have a clear accurate whole picture, can put your health in danger with you in the hospital. The idea that for every single man, women, and child on planet earth can eat as much whole eggs and red meat as they want without rising cholesterol levels is misleading and inaccurate information. There are people in this world who can not eat as much carbs as they want because they are diabetic, if the did, they'd be in the hospital. There are also people in this world who can not eat nuts, doing so would put them in the hospital. Just as there are people who must regulate their carbs, or those who can't eat nuts, there are people in this world who can not and should not constantly shove high cholesterol foods down their throats because they will see a constant rise in cholesterol levels. The idea that eating whole eggs doesn't raise cholesterol levels only applies for 80% of the population. The other 20% will see a constant rise and this is why the information is being misinterpreted and being very dangerously misleading.

There is something called evidence based practice in the medical field. We are taught to think for ourselves by taking new information based off of studies.
They have to meet criteria and BSN nurses have taken a basic class to interpret them.
1. who was the population
2. effects on the body.
3. Can the study be replicated?

Eggs for 20+ years have been found to improve serum cholesterol. I did a presentation on it for class. There is alot of old information circulating in the medical field that hasnt been updated. We are currently discussing why people are so reluctant to move onto evidence based practice. The magnet hospitals are the ones that are willing to do such a thing, but that is only in the hospital setting.

Another example of things changing is that they found that weight training offers cardioprotective effects along with blood sugar control over a period of time.
No one is bashing the doctor from what I saw, but from my personal experience some doctors look at the overall big picture rather than nit picking nutrition, same goes with nurses. They have lives and have to focus on other things, however seminars and changing education is key to getting doctors to change their views

Idiots, I see lots of misleading and harmful information in this thread. I'm not sure where to start.


The doctor bashing people are ignorant of the medical field. The numbers are set by the medical community to help communicate medical conditions on charts to coworkers across the field be it a Nurse, Doctor, Pharmacist or health insurance companies. Your doctor is only following protocol and informing you of your condition because he has a legal obligation to do so. If he doesn't tell you your numbers and something happens, he can be sued and maybe lose his license. So he has a legal obligation to inform you. Visit any other doctor and they will tell you the same.

Is eating three eggs causing your cholesterols levels to rise? Most likely yes. I see idiots in this thread spreading harmful information on this subject. I can't stress enough how getting this type of information from the laymen on MFP, who does not have a clear accurate whole picture, can put your health in danger with you in the hospital. The idea that for every single man, women, and child on planet earth can eat as much whole eggs and red meat as they want without rising cholesterol levels is misleading and inaccurate information. There are people in this world who can not eat as much carbs as they want because they are diabetic, if the did, they'd be in the hospital. There are also people in this world who can not eat nuts, doing so would put them in the hospital. Just as there are people who must regulate their carbs, or those who can't eat nuts, there are people in this world who can not and should not constantly shove high cholesterol foods down their throats because they will see a constant rise in cholesterol levels. The idea that eating whole eggs doesn't raise cholesterol levels only applies for 80% of the population. The other 20% will see a constant rise and this is why the information is being misinterpreted and being very dangerously misleading.

There is something called evidence based practice in the medical field. We are taught to think for ourselves by taking new information based off of studies.
They have to meet criteria and BSN nurses have taken a basic class to interpret them.
1. who was the population
2. effects on the body.
3. Can the study be replicated?

Eggs for 20+ years have been found to improve serum cholesterol. I did a presentation on it for class. There is alot of old information circulating in the medical field that hasnt been updated. We are currently discussing why people are so reluctant to move onto evidence based practice. The magnet hospitals are the ones that are willing to do such a thing, but that is only in the hospital setting.

Another example of things changing is that they found that weight training offers cardioprotective effects along with blood sugar control over a period of time.
No one is bashing the doctor from what I saw, but from my personal experience some doctors look at the overall big picture rather than nit picking nutrition, same goes with nurses. They have lives and have to focus on other things, however seminars and changing education is key to getting doctors to change their views

And you are misreading that information because it does not apply to every single human in the entire world. I am a prime example, eating 15 whole eggs a week and 2 pounds of red meat. Ended up with 260 LDL and 338 total cholesterol after a lipid panel test.

I was on a deficit at the time, ketogenic diet, and losing weight. I feel your research might be incomplete. I'm assuming you've heard of Lyle McDonald? There's a free link to his book on high fat diets below. That's one of the places where I got my information from that only 80% of the population can handle high fat diets, ketogenic in my case. I also have 5 pharmacist and a doctor in my family that i speak to with regularly, and they've all been taught that eggs can contribute to higher cholesterol levels.


http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CC8QFjAB&url=http://aaron.emascc.com/diet/ebooks/Lyle_McDonald_-_The_Ketogenic_Diet.pdf&ei=1pyCUoK8BeP72QWpooGgBQ&usg=AFQjCNG-v1Ej-_pi6zYzj65KNkuA2Oyeew&bvm=bv.56146854,d.b2I&cad=rjt

Good for you but you missed my point. It doesn't work the same for everyone and i wish i could eat as much whole eggs and red meat as I want but I can not. Assuming it is the same for next person is ignorant. The only sure fire way to know if it works is to get a lipid blood panel test, not information from MFP.


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Protein rich diets are no doubt going to put your liver under a lot of strain. If you have any questions just Google it. A couple of years ago, I was in a similar situation, and my gp was ready with the prescription. I panicked, and within a couple of months with some serious dietry changes my cholesterol showed up normal. If I can do it, anyone can. Good luck!