Cholesterol in eggs not being tracked?

Kirsty_UK
Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I just set my food diary to track cholesterol, and even on the day I had a 4 egg omelette it still says 0 cholesterol.

Why's that?

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  • SaraTonin
    SaraTonin Posts: 551 Member
    Someone didn't put it in all the nutrition info when they entered the eggs. You might try a different egg entry in search, and report the bad entry to MFP.
  • Kirsty_UK
    Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
    Could be it, but it's saying 0 on every day. Surely I've had some cholesterol?

    EDIT: scratch that, I see the chicken breast has shown cholesterol
  • SaraTonin
    SaraTonin Posts: 551 Member
    Yeah eggs have like 300% your daily value when you have the yolks...
  • Kirsty_UK
    Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
    Yup, I thought they had a lot which is why I wanted to look at the rest of my intake. But to be honest, if I have an omelette once every week or two, even with yolks in, I'm not going to fret the cholesterol when I get very little from anything else.
  • JillyCornwall
    JillyCornwall Posts: 376 Member
    we eat a full tray 2 1/2 doz free range eggs between two ff us each week, neither of us has tested for high cholesterol
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    Yeah eggs have like 300% your daily value when you have the yolks...

    Eggs have 185 mg of cholesterol each. About 60% of the recommended daily amount which is 300 mg. If you don't eat a diet high in cholesterol the rest of the day, and I doubt most of us do, you can easily eat one whole egg each day.
  • deathtaco
    deathtaco Posts: 237 Member
    http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Cholesterol-Rich-Foods-Raise-Blood-Cholesterol.html
    Cholesterol in the arteries is an inflammation response, not an effect of dietary cholesterol levels.

    Enjoy your eggs. :)
  • SaraTonin
    SaraTonin Posts: 551 Member
    Yeah eggs have like 300% your daily value when you have the yolks...

    Eggs have 185 mg of cholesterol each. About 60% of the recommended daily amount which is 300 mg. If you don't eat a diet high in cholesterol the rest of the day, and I doubt most of us do, you can easily eat one whole egg each day.

    I was going off of this link - http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/111/2 Didn't realize a serving is almost five eggs!!! That's how it was 300%.

    Eggs are still excellent for you! MFP should at least let you track it if you do have cholesterol problems though. I love eggs.
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