2 Eggs every morning?

O.P.H

I've read the stickies and actually kinda asked this question before but does anyone think there is anything wrong with eating 2 eggs everyday with your breakfast?

ApeXaviour

Nope, question is, how do you prepare them?

Poached, "sunny-side up", soft or hard boiled is better as it keeps the yolk intact. This is favourable since it stops lipid and cholesterol peroxides (pro-oxidants) forming under the combination of heat and exposure to air.

Though scrambled the occasional now and then (if like me you love it) won't do much harm

NotMe

I hope not. I've been eating 2-4 eggs for breakfast every morning for the last 12 years or so.

BossArky

Recently I have had 3 boiled eggs after a work out, every few days. If I stop posting you'll know something is up

slemons

Whole organic eggs are one of the greatest foods on earth. Eat away.
Watch how you prepare them though.
Scrambled isnt so good as it oxidises the yolk. Apparently this isnt the best idea. Dont fry unless you have oil with a high smoke point like coconut oil.
Preferably boiled, or even raw.

The chances of getting sick from a raw organic egg is up there with getting hit by flying monkey.

Note: About Organic. Organic just means the chicken was fed with organic food. So this could mean anything. Look for eggs from chickens allowed to 'roam free'.

We have our own hens. Its sweet! And ducks too. Duck eggs are yummy!

BaZmO*

I have a 3 egg omelette for my breakfast every morning. Don't think I could stomach them boiled and if I had them scrambled I'd just put butter in them.

Canis Lupus

Quickly fried eggs (just touch of oil) on toast (salt pepper and oregano on top, used to put garlic but that used to get me in trouble with the GF)and a cup of tea are a staple of mine after I go for a jog in the morning. Nothing else fills the empty hole in my stomach after exercising on empty like eggs on toast.

God.... I want fried eggs on toast now.

Bu11et_Proof

I read before that its the yolks that have the cholesterol in them ? Can you anyone shed any light on this, I'm eating 4 egg whites and 1 yolk scambled most mornings,

O.P.H

When I say 2 or 3 eggs I am also talking about the yolk, so thats alot yolk over the week, is it still ok

ApeXaviour

In terms of egg yolk and cholesterol, I'm just gonna be lazy and quote myself from this thread: (sorry if this seems cocky, but it's 3 am)

ApeXaviour wrote: »

Eggs are fantastic, it's like a lump of protein with a tasty middle that's jam packed with micronutrients. 2 a day isn't enough
Buy free-range, these hens eat insects etc which results in a higher % DHA in their eggs.
Once you've a decent intake of unsaturated fat, preferably from olive oil or nuts, then you've little to worry about cholesterol-wise from eggs.


http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Egg_Yolk.html

ApeXaviour wrote: »

Dietary cholesterol contributes very little to blood serum cholesterol. There is a connection but it is weak. And studies seem to suggest that when it does manage to lower blood cholesterol a little, it only really lowers total cholesterol as opposed to giving you a more favourable blood lipid profile: i.e. triglyceride/HDL ratio, or "good"-LDL/"bad"-LDL (yes there's more than one type of LDL now, it's all very confusing.)

If you're worried about cholesterol, then your main adversary is excess insulin, this being caused by sugar and excess high-density carbohydrates (white bread blah blah glycemic index etc). Excess insulin triggers cholesterol and triglyceride production in your liver, this making up the majority of your blood cholesterol. This problem grows exponentially as people become insulin resistant, and their pancreas has to really pump out heaps of insulin to make sure the cells respond.

The protein in eggs also triggers glucagon, insulin's counterpart. Providing extra protection against these blood sugar/insulin spikes.

Forgive me if I put little faith in lobbyist controlled official guidelines like the USDA's Food Pyramid and pay attention to the sidelined honest scientists. Of course everything in moderation, in my opinion though 3-4 eggs a day is still within the realms of moderation. And if someone is eating eggs instead of white bread or rice, then I say more power to them. They'll be healthier as a result.


Here is a very interesting article on this aspect of the cholesterol myth by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD. I wholly recommend a glance to see the logic of this. If you're worried that in spite of education, this man is still some sort of crackpot trying to sell books etc. (which honestly I'd suspect too). I can assure you he's nothing of the sort:
He is/was:
-Honoured by the Skrabanek Award 1999 given by Trinity College of Dublin, Ireland for original contributions in the field of medical scepticism.
-Honoured by the 2007 LEO Prize for Independent Thinking
-A member of the free panel of the Journal of the Swedish Medical Association (Läkartidningen)
-A member of International Science Oversight Board
-A member of International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL)

And here are a couple of books, I must admit not to have read them yet (both by entirely different authors though I assure you.
The Cholesterol Myths: Exposing the Fallacy That Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease
and
The Myths of Cholesterol: Dispelling the Fear and Creating Real Heart Health

If you are gonna eat that many eggs, leaving the yolk intact when you cook is a lot better (i.e. not scrambled or omeletted). Stops you oxidising all the unstable fats in it. They're great before they're oxidised, not the best after.