How many eggs should you consume daily

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  • nichalsont
    nichalsont Posts: 421 Member
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    Two per day for breakfast during the work week.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,160 Member
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    martinbaxter1 wrote: »
    I love eggs however have been told more than 3 are not good for you.

    Personally I would hold it to one dozen as @JoRocka noted above. I typically have about 4 but just learned about pickled eggs and with them just setting there ready to be eaten makes them hard to pass for snack. The smoked pickled eggs I had a couple weeks ago are still on my mind but I do not know where to get them locally. I got some red beet juice dyed ones at WalMart. 12 x 60 is a good chunk of daily calories. :)
  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
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    GaleHawkins wrote: »
    martinbaxter1 wrote: »
    I love eggs however have been told more than 3 are not good for you.

    Personally I would hold it to one dozen as @JoRocka noted above. I typically have about 4 but just learned about pickled eggs and with them just setting there ready to be eaten makes them hard to pass for snack. The smoked pickled eggs I had a couple weeks ago are still on my mind but I do not know where to get them locally. I got some red beet juice dyed ones at WalMart. 12 x 60 is a good chunk of daily calories. :)

    I love picked eggs! Haven't had them in years. Can't believe I didn't think of them for an easy snack. This girl needs to go shopping tomorrow! Thanks!!!
  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
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    OK so my 2-3 a day is probably going up, lol.
  • robs_ready
    robs_ready Posts: 1,488 Member
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    You probably don't want a scientific debate on the subject, but I eat some days 6 eggs a day.

    Eggs are one of the most nutritionally dense foods on the planet (the yolk part) and is a good protein source.
  • pmm3437
    pmm3437 Posts: 529 Member
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    I typically eat a 2-3 egg portion 6x a week of some form of omelet / scramble, but very rarely use egg in any other dishes I prepare, nor do I typically eat anything with egg in it when ordering ( exception pork fried rice ).

    I buy ~ dozen a week.
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
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    Maybe like two or theee because of the cholesterol in the yolks.
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
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    Depends on the day. Usually 1, sometimes 6.
  • EddieP50
    EddieP50 Posts: 192 Member
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    I use products like EggBeaters because it is fat and cholesterol free
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,594 Member
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    EddieP50 wrote: »
    I use products like EggBeaters because it is fat and cholesterol free

    And tastes rubbery which I realized when I started eating the yolks.

    I eat an egg and 2 tablespoons of egg whites every night.
  • trjjoy
    trjjoy Posts: 666 Member
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    I eat 3 eggs per day most of the time. My stats are great.
  • lisawinning4losing
    lisawinning4losing Posts: 726 Member
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    CollieFit wrote: »
    British Medical Journal --- "Higher consumption of eggs (up to one egg per day) is not associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease or stroke."

    http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.e8539

    And a bit more on the whole cholesterol myth debate:
    http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/75/2/333.full

    Research is now showing that refined carbs rather than natural animal fat are the real culprit. Refined carbs increase inflammation, which damages the heart and arteries. It damages the entire body, in fact, and speeds up the aging process. That's what inflammation does. Also causes pain and arthritis and all that other fun stuff. We're now at a turning point in history in which the average life span is decreasing rather than increasing, largely due to the widespread consumption of processed foods. Past generations didn't limit their intake of foods such as butter and eggs. Eat all the eggs you want. Skip the bread.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2869506/
  • lisawinning4losing
    lisawinning4losing Posts: 726 Member
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    My day today includes three whole eggs and four strips of regular uncured bacon.
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,337 Member
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    Assuming we're not talking about Easter eggs in which the answer is unlimited!

    http://remedydaily.com/2016/02/26/the-health-benefits-of-eating-eggs/?src=lil_49767&t=syn
  • myfitnesspale3
    myfitnesspale3 Posts: 276 Member
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    I have no limit on whole eggs at all. IMO dietary cholesterol has a negligible effect on longterm blood cholesterol - SUGAR causes high cholesterol production in the liver. I love me some eggs. EggBeaters are a quite a clever scheme to remove the good parts of eggs and sell them separately to food manufacturers.

    Maybe I'll choke on my 3 eggs a day when I get my 2years high-fat-diet bloodwork testing back, but I'm guessing NOT.
  • melissa6771
    melissa6771 Posts: 894 Member
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    I have been having 2 eggs every morning, this morning I had one egg and 4 egg whites. 129 cal, 4 fat, 20 protein. Now that I can get eggs at a decent price, I will go back to the one whole egg with at least 3 egg whites mixed in. At least one yolk is good because it has some fat and a lot of the vitamins and nutrients
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    glassyo wrote: »
    EddieP50 wrote: »
    I use products like EggBeaters because it is fat and cholesterol free

    And tastes rubbery which I realized when I started eating the yolks.

    I eat an egg and 2 tablespoons of egg whites every night.

    I usually do a ratio - 4 full eggs to like 5 or 6 whites.

    Or 3/4. Takes away from the whole 'to many egg whites' flavor and texture.
  • johnwelk
    johnwelk Posts: 396 Member
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    lisawinning4losing wrote: »

    Research is now showing that refined carbs rather than natural animal fat are the real culprit. Refined carbs increase inflammation, which damages the heart and arteries. It damages the entire body, in fact, and speeds up the aging process. That's what inflammation does. Also causes pain and arthritis and all that other fun stuff. We're now at a turning point in history in which the average life span is decreasing rather than increasing, largely due to the widespread consumption of processed foods.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2869506/

    Do you actually have any evidence to back up anything in this statement?

    You are way over simplifying inflammation. It is a rather complex process. Saying it is all bad is flat out wrong. When you get a cut or an infection you will have in inflammatory response by the immune system. Yes, some inflammation is bad, but some is also good.

    Exercise causes inflammation, should we not exercise.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12690937

    Research has shown inflammation to be protective, and yes I know this is a mice study, but I'm trying to show that inflammation is way more nuanced than you make it out to be.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21892182

    Any citation for this assertion:
    lisawinning4losing wrote: »
    We're now at a turning point in history in which the average life span is decreasing rather than increasing, largely due to the widespread consumption of processed foods

    Because it's completely incorrect.
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/publication/global-health-and-aging/living-longer

    The whole issue with carbohydrates is also more nuanced than you make it out to be. The cite you poseted is actually commentary of this study:
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20375186
    Feel free to have a look at the conclusion.

    Here is another citation that basically says the opposite of what your claiming:
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22378225
    And yes I understand that it looks at male smokers with diabetes but the point I'm making is that dietary advice is complex, it's not just carbohydrates bad, fat good. So yeah, eat all the eggs you want, but enjoy your bread also.
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
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    IMO, I would follow the advice to eat up to one egg a day.

    johnwelk wrote: »
    lisawinning4losing wrote: »

    Research is now showing that refined carbs rather than natural animal fat are the real culprit. Refined carbs increase inflammation, which damages the heart and arteries. It damages the entire body, in fact, and speeds up the aging process. That's what inflammation does. Also causes pain and arthritis and all that other fun stuff. We're now at a turning point in history in which the average life span is decreasing rather than increasing, largely due to the widespread consumption of processed foods.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2869506/
    Exercise causes inflammation, should we not exercise.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12690937

    Research has shown inflammation to be protective, and yes I know this is a mice study, but I'm trying to show that inflammation is way more nuanced than you make it out to be.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21892182
    Research has shown that endurance athletes are at risk for some health problems due to exercise. In other words, there is a limit as to how much exercise one should do.

    Also, I don't think one can extrapolate the results of that mice study in relation to inflammation caused by a poor diet.

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