eggs

lim abroad

Is having 2 boiled eggs for breakfast every morning unhealthy?

King of Kings

no it's not , it's actually quite good for you.

you get a good dose of protein and fats.

metamorphosis

+1 on the above.
Great source of protein and good fats
Don't be afrais of the yolks either. They help to lower your 'bad' cholestrol and contains Vit. D which is hard to come by in this country as vit d is mainly gotten through the sun!

Khannie

Recommended intake is no more than 1 per day on average I understand it. I'm just throwing it out there. I average about 2 - 3 per day myself.

metamorphosis

Khannie wrote: »

Recommended intake is no more than 1 per day on average I understand it. I'm just throwing it out there. I average about 2 - 3 per day myself.

Pity cos i could easily eat a 3 egg omlette every day. nyommers







or even better

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Khannie wrote: »

Recommended intake is no more than 1 per day on average I understand it. I'm just throwing it out there. I average about 2 - 3 per day myself.

Can't find the link I was looking for but there's some info here:
Basically:

New research from the University of Surrey shows that it is the consumption of saturated fats, rather than cholesterol in eggs, that leads to heart disease. "There is no recommended limit on egg consumption for most people," says the report.

Also:

Research published in 2008 showed that people who ate two eggs per day, while on a calorie-restricted diet, not only lost weight but also reduced their blood cholesterol levels.

Procasinator

The problem with all these research papers is that there are so many conflicting ones: who do you believe?

If you have the time/money, maybe checking your cholesterol regularly would be a good idea.

Saying that, 2 eggs will probably be fine, especially if you have a relatively healthy diet: there is so much other crap that causes problems that people don't even think about!

Personally, if I had eggs everyday I'd probably get sick of em. I love eggs, but I gotta mix it up a little.

d'Oracle

My take is that the anti-egg argument is based around the cholesterol-heart disease association, and the general fat misinformation.

If you believe the serum cholesterol thing, don't eat them.
I think it is a massive error in diagnosis, a case of mistaken identity, perpetuated by the statin industry, which implicates Eggs by association.

The fat thing is oversimplified and confusing.
When its explained properly, eggs don't look so bad.

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/eggs/

I think this guy is a bit clownish, but his nutrition stuff is compelling and well researched.

ragg

As far as I was aware, Eggs don't give you high cholesterol. They contain colesterol, but that doesn't mean the body holds on to it. Blood cholesterol is generally made by your liver, and is directly related to your body fat and your intake of processed fats like transfats, refind sugars, processed carbs etc.

I eat a lot of eggs, so maybe im just reading what i want to read, but my cholesterol is very low and has comedown since i cut out all the sugary carbs and "diet" foods and concentrated on eating whole, unprocessed foods.

corkcomp

people need to use some common sense when it comes to egg consumption, obviously an egg a day is okay for most people but that doesnt mean 3 or 4 whole eggs a day wont cause issues with cholesterol, whether it is the dietary cholesterol or sat fat content of eggs ... Dont get me wrong, I love eggs but they are an over rated protein source .. not many people know that 100g of oatbran has more protein than an egg

ragg

Cork comp, im not sure you need to limit yourself to 1 perday. i maybe have 12 - 15 perweek and i don't have high cholestorol.

d'Oracle

ragg wrote: »

As far as I was aware, Eggs don't give you high cholesterol. They contain colesterol, but that doesn't mean the body holds on to it. Blood cholesterol is generally made by your liver, and is directly related to your body fat and your intake of processed fats like transfats, refind sugars, processed carbs etc.

I eat a lot of eggs, so maybe im just reading what i want to read, but my cholesterol is very low and has comedown since i cut out all the sugary carbs and "diet" foods and concentrated on eating whole, unprocessed foods.

The Guide to cholesterol in that link I posted is good.
Its a simplified version of the many books and papers out there on the abhorrent cholesterol nonsense.

Basically Cholesterol is a really important part of your body systems.
It carries certain fats around the body. Analogous to how red blood cells carry oxygen.

High serum cholesterol is associated with heart disease, but not in the way a lot of doctors, and the mass media, think it is. Basically if you have an arterial lesion or inflamation, Cholesterol will be released to bring the fats to repair the vessel. A blockage forms when plaques form on these lesions. (not sure why)

The body will still try to fix the vessel and the result is lots of cholesterol bringing fats for the area. So there will be high serum cholesterol if there is an inflamed or damaged artery.

Put simply, High serum cholesterol is a consequence of heart disease not a cause.
The Manufacturers of Statins would prefer you to believe the other way round. So they can make drugs to inhibit production of cholesterol.
As per my analogy, its like making drugs to stop you developing red blood cells.

Bad Mojo.

Zamboni

ragg wrote: »

I maybe have 12 - 15 perweek and i don't have high cholestorol.

+1
Mine was 2.5mmol/L on last check and I eat tons of eggs because they are awesome.

Cholesterol is predominantly genetically determined.

Yapamillias

http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/138/2/272

According to this journal, an egg group took 3 eggs per day over 12 weeks. In the eggs eating groups HDL cholesterol increased. HDL is the good cholesterol which is benificial towards maintaining cardiovascular health. I think eggs got a bad rep cause people believed that because they increased cholesterol that this was bad. But they are eggs-cellent. :P

ragg

Zamboni wrote: »

+1
Mine was 2.5mmol/L on last check and I eat tons of eggs because they are awesome.

Cholesterol is predominantly genetically determined.

I think high cholesterol might be genetic in some, but it is possible to raise it through fault of your own.
I firmly believe that high cholesterol is caused by refind sugary carbs, processed foods and trans fats. I of course have no proof of this, other then my own experience, i was at 5% cut these out now im in or around 2%.

corkcomp

Zamboni wrote: »

+1
Mine was 2.5mmol/L on last check and I eat tons of eggs because they are awesome.

Cholesterol is predominantly genetically determined.

if your total cholesterol is that low i would be VERY concerned about your HDL levels (higher the better)

d'Oracle

Yapamillias wrote: »

HDL is the good cholesterol

There is no Good or bad cholesterol. One carries to the liver one carries from the liver.

If you do not have enough Ldl cholesterol, you will not be well.
Again, high ldl levels are not bad, they just can happen when bad stuff is happening.

Zamboni

corkcomp wrote: »

if your total cholesterol is that low i would be VERY concerned about your HDL levels (higher the better)

Aye. I would be too if my diet was crap and I didn't exercise

corkcomp

Zamboni wrote: »

Aye. I would be too if my diet was crap and I didn't exercise

thats my point!! good diet and high levels of exercise can push HDL levels well over the normal markers (this is a GOOD thing!!!) if your diet + exercise are good and you still have very low HDL I WOULD be worried ..