Egg whites- why are they recommended?

If you don't have a cholestrol problem, I see no point to this....

My hubby has to watch his, so he doesn't too many of them....

I don't see the point in eating egg whites only unless you're a fitness model or a professional body builder and you're on one of those strict high protein and zero everything else diets.
The fats in eggs are good! They won't make you fat, and you need healthy fats to be healthy. So eat the whole thing - much nicer and much more nutritious! Also eggs help lower cholesterol.

I have been checking out diets and they all recommend egg whites, when you use 4 egg whites to do an omelette it's got the same calories than 1 egg, so i don't see much point.. does anyone know?

Yolk is high in cholesterol...My doctor recommended that I really watch my cholesterol because everything else is top notch...but if I didn't eat right and workout the way I do...I would have high cholesterol.....

For me, I can eat more volume with fewer calories. If you add up the 1 egg and 4 egg whites for an omelet and compare it to 5 whole eggs.. there is a BIG difference in calories. I'd rather be full and have the bonus of saving cals for other meals.

Isn't your cholesterol level mostly produced by your own body, rather than consuming cholesterol itself?
At least that's what i've read of late.

I use all the egg - I'm loathe to waste food for one thing in a world where millions are going hungry.

I have been checking out diets and they all recommend egg whites, when you use 4 egg whites to do an omelette it's got the same calories than 1 egg, so i don't see much point.. does anyone know?

all diets recommend egg whites? uh...no. anyway, for me, this is a waste and old info. For those that buy those cartons of egg whites only, thats just more processing done to your food. Eat the whole egg.

I eat eggs for a low calorie protein. I don't like the yolks, so end up with just egg whites.

This is the only good reason.

For those saying they won't eat yolks because of the cholesterol in them, egg yolks will help LOWER your cholesterol levels. You are getting bad advice. Don't trust everything your doctor says! Question everything.
Cholesterol is essential to many of your biological processes, and your liver makes it. When you eat animal fats/animal cholesterol, like from egg yolks, it can even slow down your liver's production of cholesterol, which is good. 80% of the cholesterol in your body is made in your liver and directed by your lifestyle (smoking for example) and only 20% is from food. Cholesterol from animal fats will not increase the amount of bad cholesterol in your body.

I probably didn't explain this very clearly - do a google of egg cholesterol myths and you'll find something better explained!

I hate wasting the yolk but I don't really like the carton of egg whites. If I ate the whole egg would get too many calories and the purpose for me is to get as much protein as I can. I have at least 1 yolk and get the rest of my fats from almonds, olive oil, avocados, fish oil.

I used to eat whole eggs (only in omelet form or scrambled, never with the runny yolk --eww!) before, but now and for the longest time it's egg whites only. Why? Because I like it that way. I do not currently have and have never had cholesterol issues, nothing like that. But for me, I figure that long term, egg whites might just be a bit healthier, I like they are lower calories too.

My choice. To each their own.

I don't like the taste of the yolk and I don't like scrambled eggs - so it is fried egg whites for me. I do save the yolks for when I make flan. YUM. Talk about high fat and protein.

I have been checking out diets and they all recommend egg whites, when you use 4 egg whites to do an omelette it's got the same calories than 1 egg, so i don't see much point.. does anyone know?

SO Egg yolks carry all the eggs fat, cholesterol and any other nutrition the egg may carry. From what I have read chickens that are free range and feed only natural foods their egg yolks can carry omega fats (good fats) and some other vitamins, But chickens that are caged up and feed hormonally alter fed have only the eggs they produce have no nutritional value in the yolk. So if you do not have cholesterol problems and buy free range cage free eggs then eat the whole egg, but if you just buy the store eggs then I would de-yolk the eggs just to get any crap that may have transferred from the chickens diet out.

But by your own statement, you'd be throwing away the nutrition. Why would you do that?

Eh. Most of the time I just do a whole egg. I don't see a reason not to-it's not like I have more than one at once, unless I'm cooking them for breakfast...and the ones I eat are only 70 cals each, so why not?

I bought a carton of egg whites for the first time last week. I pour some into my frying pan and make a very plain "omelet" and then put that on my sandwich with avocado and a little bit of cheese - I want to cut back somewhere with the fat so egg whites made most sense to me

It depends on the type of diet you are doing. On a low carb diet you eat the whole egg, on a low fat you eat only the white. There are a lot of food myths about fat that are exploded in the best books about eating low carb. I recommend "Livibg Low Carb" by Jonny Bowden. Fat isn't the prblem in our diet - sugar is the real killer. I'd advise anyone to read the research low carb eating as it's far healthier.