eggs

foxyforce
foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
edited September 22 in Food and Nutrition
I eat eggs every day...should I be concerned about the cholesterol?
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  • DHalaby73
    DHalaby73 Posts: 980 Member
    If there whole eggs yes...I did that and ended up with my cholesterol being higher then it should be..If you eat just the whites thats better for you..
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    If there whole eggs yes...I did that and ended up with my cholesterol being higher then it should be..If you eat just the whites thats better for you..

    I always felt like it was such a waste of food to throw out the yolks :(
  • mccorml
    mccorml Posts: 622 Member
    you could maybe do one yolk for every two eggs also the fats in eggs are very good for you
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    you could maybe do one yolk for every two eggs also the fats in eggs are very good for you

    maybe I will just start buying those egg beater boxes...if they sell them in whites. I have read mixed reviews saying that the cholesterol in eggs really isn't as bad as other kinds of cholesterol...but there is too much info and I really don't care to sift through it. What I want to know: good or bad.
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
    Nutrishop carries Eggs International. It is just egg whites, so no cholesterol worries.
  • Teresa652
    Teresa652 Posts: 217 Member
    We buy the egg beaters for recipes and making omelets and we enjoy them. I eat a lot of eggs and I haven't had any issues with cholestrol. I would suggest talking to a doctor if you are overly concerened about it.
  • MayaPapaya64
    MayaPapaya64 Posts: 53
    I know this isn't necessarily weight loss related, but it IS health related, from a public health perspective. How much do you know about the egg industry? In my line of work I've learned a LOT about it, and it's really really bad. From an animal rights perspective, egg laying hens are the worst treated - they are trapped in cages that are so small they can hardly turn around or spread their wings. The cages are stacked on top of each other so often there's lots of poop all over the hens and cages. It's nasty. That's why we've had those huge egg recalls. The big egg farms also often use undocumented immigrant labor. Oh, and the chicken manure is kept in these nasty HUGE lagoons of crap, which is extremely harmful to the environment.

    So really, from any perspective - even if you don't care about animal welfare, the industry is bad news.

    If you must eat them, please try to get some at your local farmers market and learn where they are coming from, or at the VERY VERY least go free range. Seriously.
  • skylersnanna
    skylersnanna Posts: 88
    I've been eating eggs yep even the yolk nearly every day for about 8 years and I have never had a cholesterol problem ever
  • MayaPapaya64
    MayaPapaya64 Posts: 53
    PS - when you bake, try using either apple sauce or bananas to replace the egg. Or, if you don't like that, Ener-G makes this stuff called Egg Replacer, which is a pretty perfect substitute.

    And tofu scrambles are not so bad as an omelet replacer - seriously! Also NO CHOLESTEROL AT ALL!!!
  • BoresEasily
    BoresEasily Posts: 582
    There's been loads of research on the subject in recent years and everything seems to point to food cholesterol not affecting blood cholesterol. So unless you already have high cholesterol or a history of it in your family you don't need to worry about it.
  • catcrazy
    catcrazy Posts: 1,740 Member
    If you don't already have a problem you should be fine but read for yourself or just google "eggs and cholesterol" I have several a week, my cholesterol is a very healthy 3.7 (UK readings differ from US) despite being several stone overweight. I rarely eat red meat tho and its even rarer for me to eat process meat products


    http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/asksam/healthydiet/eggsandpulsesq/

    http://www.nhs.uk/news/2009/02February/Pages/Eggsafety.aspx

    http://www.nowpublic.com/health/study-further-unscrambles-egg-cholesterol-myth
  • LotusF1ower
    LotusF1ower Posts: 1,259 Member
    If there whole eggs yes...I did that and ended up with my cholesterol being higher then it should be..If you eat just the whites thats better for you..

    I always felt like it was such a waste of food to throw out the yolks :(

    That's because it is a damned waste, all the goodness is in the yolk.

    Regarding the cholesterol, it is not a blanket cast iron fact across the board that eating all the egg will send your cholesterol through the roof or even higher.

    Eggs are full of goodness, that is the whole egg, not just the whites. In fact, if you just eat the whites, you are getting next to nothing when it comes to nutrients so it is entirely up to you.

    Website below is from a certified nutritionist and if you read it you will see that by eating the whole thing, certain processes are put into place.

    The yolk is where all the minerals are and eggs are an excellent source of food.

    http://www.truthaboutabs.com/whole-eggs-or-egg-whites.html
  • BoresEasily
    BoresEasily Posts: 582
    If you don't already have a problem you should be fine but read for yourself or just google "eggs and cholesterol" I have several a week, my cholesterol is a very healthy 3.7 (UK readings differ from US) despite being several stone overweight. I rarely eat red meat tho and its even rarer for me to eat process meat products


    http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/asksam/healthydiet/eggsandpulsesq/

    http://www.nhs.uk/news/2009/02February/Pages/Eggsafety.aspx

    http://www.nowpublic.com/health/study-further-unscrambles-egg-cholesterol-myth

    The third link. A few years back when I was at my healthiest at least until now. I would actually eat an omelette or two a day and I did lose inches but i didn't think anything of it at the time. And I never ever ate egg whites and my cholesterol was fine. My blood pressure was excellent. These days I eat a 3-4 egg omelette a day and I've consistently lost inches and according to my last check-up, weight as well. Do your research, there's a lot of information on HDL and LDL cholesterol and the truth behind it. I would never recommend an egg to someone with diabetes or high blood cholesterol but if you're otherwise healthy, go for it.
  • BoresEasily
    BoresEasily Posts: 582
    Here are a couple of links to check out.

    http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Cholesterol-Rich-Foods-Raise-Blood-Cholesterol.html

    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-full-story/index.html
  • VikkiLynn
    VikkiLynn Posts: 14
    Can you tell me where you found the site to do that?----(To have a cartoon pic made of a before and after pic of yourself?.... That is so awesome! Thanks
    -Vikki
  • wriglucy
    wriglucy Posts: 1,064 Member
    I buy the egg beaters, Walmart has a store brand that's cheaper, but it's the same thing. All the good stuff for you is in the whites, not the yellow part. The yellow part has all the fat and cholesterol. Also, I don't know if you have pets, but when I did buy regular eggs, I would cook up just the yolks for the dogs...they love it, and it makes their coats nice!
  • catcrazy
    catcrazy Posts: 1,740 Member


    The third link. A few years back when I was at my healthiest at least until now. I would actually eat an omelette or two a day and I did lose inches but i didn't think anything of it at the time. And I never ever ate egg whites and my cholesterol was fine. My blood pressure was excellent. These days I eat a 3-4 egg omelette a day and I've consistently lost inches and according to my last check-up, weight as well. Do your research, there's a lot of information on HDL and LDL cholesterol and the truth behind it. I would never recommend an egg to someone with diabetes or high blood cholesterol but if you're otherwise healthy, go for it.

    My weight loss had been going great until 5 weeks ago when i had a static, then a 2lb loss then 3 statics on the trot. I didn't think i'd really changed anything, calories were still the same and the only change was that i'd reduced my egg consumption. Didn't really think it could be that tho thought it was just a plateau and maybe it was but this past week I've eaten a lot of eggs, had lots in and hate wasting food. I weighed in on Sunday to be greeted with my 3rd static but on Tuesday i was 3lb down and another 1lb today. Maybe its coincidence but I'm gonna keep eating those eggs for a while and then stop again to see if my weight loss stalls.
  • catcrazy
    catcrazy Posts: 1,740 Member
    I buy the egg beaters, Walmart has a store brand that's cheaper, but it's the same thing. All the good stuff for you is in the whites, not the yellow part. The yellow part has all the fat and cholesterol. Also, I don't know if you have pets, but when I did buy regular eggs, I would cook up just the yolks for the dogs...they love it, and it makes their coats nice!

    most of the good stuff is in the yolks but the whole egg is better for you overall

    nutrition data, scroll down for the vitamin and mineral tables

    egg white ..... http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/112/2

    egg yolk ...... http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/113/2

    whole egg ... http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/111/2
  • npryor100
    npryor100 Posts: 99 Member
    I use one egg, one egg white when I make eggs for breakfast after seeing on the MFP nutrition tools that scrambling 2 eggs for breakfast got me very close to using my entire cholesteral allotment for the WHOLE DAY just at breakfast.

    While yes, not all fat is bad fat and not all cholesterol is bad cholesteral....to stay within my calorie goal and nutritional goals, I opted to only have one whole egg for breakfast.

    I did the math and it is cheaper for me per serving to throw away the yolk on 1/2 the eggs in a carton than to use the egg white/egg beaters.

    I think also in terms of my mentality toward food, one of my biggest lessons has been learning that throwing away food is not always a bad thing. I no longer feel bad throwing crap in the garbage that I used to throw in my stomach just because I didn't want it to "go to waste."
  • wiggleroom
    wiggleroom Posts: 322 Member
    BoresEasily is correct -- dietary cholesterol actually does not affect your body's cholesterol levels. High cholesterol comes from high fat consumption and genetics.

    Eggs are fantastic -- God's perfect little packages of protein! And as another poster said (sorry - can't recall the name) -- eating eggs (real ones! Whole ones!) has been shown to contribute to weight loss. Especially when eaten in the morning (protein in the a.m. is key to starting your body off right for the day).
  • bethvandenberg
    bethvandenberg Posts: 1,496 Member
    How's your cholesterol to begin with? If you don't have issues I wouldn't worry. My whole family has issues with it but I don't seem to at least not yet. :) I eat eggs and it doesn't seem to be a problem. I too feel horrible about the wasting so sometimes I do separate them and scramble the yolks up for my chickens. lol. I decided that I would try having some chickens around to lay some eggs after the last recall. It's been 6 mo and the dang birds aren't laying. One of these days I'll have fresh eggs. lol.

    Good luck with your research and decision.
  • CeeRawr89
    CeeRawr89 Posts: 328 Member
    If there whole eggs yes...I did that and ended up with my cholesterol being higher then it should be..If you eat just the whites thats better for you..

    I always felt like it was such a waste of food to throw out the yolks :(

    Your problem would be easier if you had a baby to feed the yolks to.
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    Eating dietary cholesterol does not give you more cholesterol in your body. Consuming saturated fat does.
    I got this from a book called Power Eating and one of the authors is a nutritionist.
  • firedragon064
    firedragon064 Posts: 1,082 Member
    Egg are good food you.
    Yolk is a good food for the brain.
    I only eat free range chicken.
  • shaggy22
    shaggy22 Posts: 32
    You do not need to worry about cholesterol from egg yolks.

    When people initially started to see links from heart disease to high blood cholesterol they just started pointing at anything containing cholesterol and saying that it is dangerous.

    That is like seeing a piece of wood on fire realising that you have wood in your house at home and running home screaming "my house is on fire".

    Seriously, it is a bit maddening to see this old voodoo science still being perpetuated.

    This just in ... the earth goes around the sun ...
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    There's been loads of research on the subject in recent years and everything seems to point to food cholesterol not affecting blood cholesterol. So unless you already have high cholesterol or a history of it in your family you don't need to worry about it.

    Not everything. :flowerforyou:

    Quite a few recent studies that I have seen have stated just the opposite, and that's what makes finding "truth" difficult. I posted a couple of related topics a couple of weeks ago if you care to dig them up, one in particular had a poster list recent studies with links and/or documentation so I can look it up and these all stated that dietary cholesterol DOES affect blood cholesterol levels.

    I reduced my cholesterol a couple of years ago through cutting out egg yolks, limiting red meat, and eating more fish, oatmeal, and Shakeology (yes, that product that so many people around here love to bash).

    This past year, I eased up on my diet and started eating egg yolks more often, more red meat, and eating less fish and oatmeal. Exercise and the rest of my diet stayed relatively the same. And my cholesterol went up.

    I am reverting back to eating whites only, red meat only once a week, having fish 3 times a week, and either oatmeal or Shakeology for breakfast each day. I will go back to the doctor around June, and I expect to see a change for the better in cholesterol.

    So, no matter which side of the fence is "correct," I would simply use caution and do as suggested above: buy some egg beaters, or similar egg white product, and eat all you want. Also, the occasional yolk shouldn't hurt either.
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    There's been loads of research on the subject in recent years and everything seems to point to food cholesterol not affecting blood cholesterol. So unless you already have high cholesterol or a history of it in your family you don't need to worry about it.

    Not everything. :flowerforyou:

    Quite a few recent studies that I have seen have stated just the opposite, and that's what makes finding "truth" difficult. I posted a couple of related topics a couple of weeks ago if you care to dig them up, one in particular had a poster list recent studies with links and/or documentation so I can look it up and these all stated that dietary cholesterol DOES affect blood cholesterol levels.

    I reduced my cholesterol a couple of years ago through cutting out egg yolks, limiting red meat, and eating more fish, oatmeal, and Shakeology (yes, that product that so many people around here love to bash).

    This past year, I eased up on my diet and started eating egg yolks more often, more red meat, and eating less fish and oatmeal. Exercise and the rest of my diet stayed relatively the same. And my cholesterol went up.

    I am reverting back to eating whites only, red meat only once a week, having fish 3 times a week, and either oatmeal or Shakeology for breakfast each day. I will go back to the doctor around June, and I expect to see a change for the better in cholesterol.

    So, no matter which side of the fence is "correct," I would simply use caution and do as suggested above: buy some egg beaters, or similar egg white product, and eat all you want. Also, the occasional yolk shouldn't hurt either.
    Sp possibly yours might be genetic. I eat 3 eggs a day almost without fail. Had my cholesterol checked a couple of months ago...perfectly healthy. At my unhealthiest, when I could have cared less what I ate (and believe me 95% was bad), my cholesterol was normal. Given the studies I have ready in addition to my personal proof, I would say it is genetic. For more empirical evidence, just ask people who have lowered their cholesterol and still have to take meds for treatment.
  • modernfemme
    modernfemme Posts: 454 Member
    If you must eat them, please try to get some at your local farmers market and learn where they are coming from, or at the VERY VERY least go free range. Seriously.

    And make sure it says free range. Cage free isn't the same thing.
  • seemichellerun
    seemichellerun Posts: 219
    I eat 3 eggs every day for breakfast (2 whites one whole). I have zero cholesterol problems.


    **also, if you want to make a more conscious egg purchase: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-sweet-beet/brown-vs-white-eggs-egg-facts_b_794565.html#s203358
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    No offense to the peeps concerned with how chickens are treated (because I don't care how chickens are treated), but as an FYI in regards to free range eggs, those eggs are higher in CLA, which is a good thing.
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