Eggs? Yay or nay?

It's good cholesterol, so eat away. I usually eat 4-5 boiled eggs in one sitting and need to do it more often.

Please explain the difference between "good" and "bad" dietary cholesterol.

Check this out : http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-interpret-cholesterol-test-results/#axzz1hCELZIKq

Dietary cholesterol =/= blood cholesterol.

I think I will boil some eggs when I get home. Yum!

This video explains it all: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/08/earlyshow/health/main7329038.shtml --- enough said!

If you don't want to watch the video, the site summarize it as well....

(CBS) If you like eggs, this is good news: A new government study finds they're actually 14 percent lower in cholesterol and 64 percent higher in vitamin D than previously thought.

Registered Dietitian Cynthia Sass stopped by the "The Early Show" Tuesday to explain what this may mean for your health.

What caused this change in cholesterol and vitamin D levels?

Sass, the author of "Cinch!: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds, and Lose Inches," told "Early Show" co-anchor Chris Wragge the saying "You are what you eat" applies to chickens too: Healthier feed results in healthier eggs.

But she pointed out, "One large egg is still 185 milligrams of cholesterol, which is almost the maximum amount recommended for someone with heart disease. So you can't go crazy, but the good news is that that extra vitamin D can be very beneficial."

The yolk is considered by many the bad part of the egg, but Sass explained that there is nutritional value in it: "It's not just the vitamin D. There's also a really important nutrient called choline -- about 90 percent of us are short on this. It's been linked to a reduced level of inflammation in the body."

"One egg has about 25 percent of the choline we need for the whole day," she said.

"About 200 studies over the past 25 years have looked at the link between eggs and heart disease and found that it's not the cholesterol, but saturated fat that ups the risk of heart disease. An egg happens to be relatively high in cholesterol, but very low in saturated fat, and that's why foods like eggs and shell fish have been re-categorized as 'not so bad for you,"' she added.

And, according to one published study, Sass said, eggs can help you lose weight: "When an egg was added to a low-calorie breakfast, overweight dieters lost 65 percent more weight than when they had the same number of calories from carbohydrates."

How should you have your eggs?

"You don't want to have them with bacon and white bread with butter. Have it with whole grains, produce and natural nut butters. When you combine one whole egg as a lean protein with those other healthy foods, it really helps to balance out that cholesterol, because cholesterol is only found with animal foods. So when you pair it with plant-based foods, your total cholesterol in that meal is quite low."

Odd that this is even a debated topic.

(Though the "eggs help you lose weight" argument is pretty silly, when in actuality, all they are trying to say is that quality protein is good for you)

I eat up to 10 egg whites & 4 whole eggs in a day.

Confusingly I had a weightloss leaflet from my specialists nurse saying no eggs on it! My response was heck no, I love eggs too much. I don't eat them as much as I used to, but we still go through a box of 15 a week between 2 of us.

Eggs are very beneficial and studies show they help you lose weight.

I have to say that I believe this is true!! I have 1 egg each day for lunch with real bacon bits and a 1/2 slice of turkey with a 1/2 piece of cheese each day with 8 oz. of oj and 1 slice of toast with jelly. I was just telling my hubby the other day that I swear it has helped me to lose weight quicker. Just about everytime I jump on the scale it shows weight lose. I'm going to start buying local eggs next week too. Oh and I've been doing this for the last few mos. at least.

Give it a try..What have you got to lose.

eggs are fine to eat. theres a reason they're called the incredible edible egg. If you have a predisposition for high cholesterol then go more towardthe egg whites since its the yolk that has the cholesterol. the positive effects outweigh the negatives in this case

I have been eating boiled egg and toast as a healthy meal option, but I've read in some places that you're only supposed to have one egg a week due to it's levels of cholesterol? Yet when I attempt to do more in-depth research, I read things that say this isn't true.

Now I'm confused and turning to you for advice. What do you think about this?

The b.s. on eggs being bad for your cholesterol has prevented too many people from taking advantage of a cheap, versatile source of protein. My 79 y.o. father has eaten two eggs for breakfast, cooked in Crisco sunny side up, for over 50 years and has no issues with his cholesterol.

I searched this yesterday. If you have high cholesteral, stay away from egg yolks.

I remember Gary Taubes pointing out that the link between dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol is tenuous, at best.

Anyway, our lipid profiles are a function of a number of variables - stress being one of them. You are probably more likely to get higher cholesterol worrying about your egg consumpton, than you would from the egg yolk