How bad are eggs?

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  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
    God made the eggs,,,,,,,,,,so there.

    Actually chickens made the eggs.
  • bostonwolf
    bostonwolf Posts: 3,038 Member
    eggs are my go to breakfast food, to get calories in protein to start my day, the problem is im kind of worried that i eat too many of them. maybe 4-6 days a week (give or take) ill have eggs, and ill eat 4-6 of them (seems like alot i know)

    so anywhere from 16-36 a week (id have to say around 25 is the average) what i normally eat.

    now ive lost 110 lbs this year since February, and this is a consistent thing, but ofcourse as i get thinner im worried about my heart health, etc. I dont wanna be thin then have all these issue so im wondering if maybe i should stop eating them and find something else or trim back a bit, or just keep pace. Any good insight is welcome

    So you think eggs are worse for you than carrying 110lbs?

    I buy eggs by the five dozen and generally eat 4 whole jumbo eggs every morning for breakfast. My bloodwork is perfect.

    Why would eggs worry you about your heart? Dietary cholesterol in no way effects your blood cholesterol readings.

    A few bits of reading for you

    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/definitive-guide-to-the-primal-eating-plan/#axzz3FBkBGLRP

    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cholesterol/#axzz3FBkj8hyA

    If it's not broke, don't fix it.
  • bostonwolf
    bostonwolf Posts: 3,038 Member
    But guys...Dat is a lot of eggs per week! 25-30 eggs? I guess if your MFP buddies say it's okay, it's okay.

    I eat four a morning every single day. Works for me. I'm down 30 lbs with probably another 50 to go. It's relatively low calorie and keeps me filled for at least 3.5 hours.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    But guys...Dat is a lot of eggs per week! 25-30 eggs? I guess if your MFP buddies say it's okay, it's okay.

    I eat four a morning every single day. Works for me. I'm down 30 lbs with probably another 50 to go. It's relatively low calorie and keeps me filled for at least 3.5 hours.

    True. I actually eat the same thing all the time so I shouldn't talk. Congrats! May I ask, do you fry them every day? with oil?
  • JVClubs
    JVClubs Posts: 139 Member
    i scramble my eggs, but i use the pam spray on a non stick frypan, wow maybe i was wrong, i was worried i was eating way too many and i was in danger smh.
  • mizztanjo
    mizztanjo Posts: 153 Member
    I love eggs! Only reason there is any concern about eggs is because of the Cholesterol in the yolk. But eggs in a whole are very healthy! I consider it a staple food in my diet! You should try 2 eggs & 2 tbsp cottage cheese scrambled together...yum!
  • msmi1970
    msmi1970 Posts: 60 Member
    nope..eggs made the chicken :smile:
  • msmi1970
    msmi1970 Posts: 60 Member
    If you are worried about cholesterol/fat intake you can always eliminate a few yolks. I usually have 3 egg whites in the morning in an omelet and cook up the yolks for my dog. It's 16 cal, 3.6g protein, 0.1g fat per egg white.

    but the yolk is the best part..:smile:
  • Navtendon
    Navtendon Posts: 168
    If you are worried about cholesterol/fat intake you can always eliminate a few yolks. I usually have 3 egg whites in the morning in an omelet and cook up the yolks for my dog. It's 16 cal, 3.6g protein, 0.1g fat per egg white.

    but the yolk is the best part..:smile:

    And the most nutritious.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,286 Member
    If you are worried about cholesterol/fat intake you can always eliminate a few yolks. I usually have 3 egg whites in the morning in an omelet and cook up the yolks for my dog. It's 16 cal, 3.6g protein, 0.1g fat per egg white.

    ^^^ This is great advice. Depending on where I am with my macros I'll eat whole eggs. If I've already met my healthy fat goals for the day I just remove the yolk and eat the whites.

    Here's what the Harvard School of Public Health has to say about eggs & cholesterol:


    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/eggs/
    Just keep in mind that Harvard is bias towards a plant diet.

    And...? Harvard provides both pros and cons in their discussion and links to the studies that have been done (both good and bad). Hard to find a more unbiased opinion than one providing science from both sides of the fence...?
    Really? I found those studies quite bias...........they actually weren't really studies but more about association in regards to lifestyle......epidemiology, which has never ever drawn any conclusive proof for anything. Now if you want to post double and triple blind random control trials, that might mean something.
  • ell_23
    ell_23 Posts: 103
    Eggs aren't bad at all. Not high in calories, good for you.

    Even the British Heart Foundation have published an on article basically confirming the cholesterol thing is a bit of a myth.

    They basically say much of the excess cholesterol in our bodies is actually produced by eating too much saturated fat rather than eating too much cholesterol.

    So making eggs without oil, basically, is absolutely fine. No matter how many you eat. Frying eggs or cooking them in oil is an obvious no.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    How bad are eggs?

    Oh good grief....will the 80's ever go away?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    How bad are eggs?

    Oh good grief....will the 80's ever go away?

    I hope not completely.

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