Cholestrol in Eggs

brendanlawlor

Hello, I am a new poster.

I was told a few years back that there is cholestrol in eggs. I wained myself off eggs over a 6 month period and havn't had one since Christmas in 2008. I was talking to my friend Tommy yesterday and he said some people on here argue that the cholestrol in eggs is good cholestrol.

I'm not too sure who to believe but eggs were a bit part of my life up to December 2008 and I wouldnt mind eating them again because they are gorgeous with toast.

Thanks,
Brendan Lawlor

EileenG

Eat your eggs. Even the RTE "experts" are now telling everyone that eggs are full of "smart fats". The truth is, the idea that your body sucks the cholesterol out of food and smears it round your arteries is so much nonsense. Your body have a very well balanced mechanism for regulating how much cholesterol you have in your blood (we won't even mention the idea that blood cholesterol levels are bad) and if you eat a diet with very little dietery cholesterol, your liver will make more to keep your levels stable.

brendanlawlor

Thanks very much for the reply.

So is it ok to eat 2 or 3 eggs every day? I think that I will give up butter instead and take up eating egss again,

Thanks

EileenG

Yes, 2 or 3 eggs a day is fine. So is butter! See, there's good news. The bad news is you have to stop eating rice cakes.

CerebralCortex

EileenG wrote: »

Yes, 2 or 3 eggs a day is fine. So is butter! See, there's good news. The bad news is you have to stop eating rice cakes.

That's great news!!!

Frogdog

Butter and eggs are great for you, they're full of good fats.

The toast I'd be more worried about if I were you.

nice_guy80

EileenG wrote: »

Yes, 2 or 3 eggs a day is fine. So is butter! See, there's good news. The bad news is you have to stop eating rice cakes.

why no rice cakes???

slowburner

EileenG wrote: »

Eat your eggs. Even the RTE "experts" are now telling everyone that eggs are full of "smart fats". The truth is, the idea that your body sucks the cholesterol out of food and smears it round your arteries is so much nonsense. Your body have a very well balanced mechanism for regulating how much cholesterol you have in your blood (we won't even mention the idea that blood cholesterol levels are bad) and if you eat a diet with very little dietery cholesterol, your liver will make more to keep your levels stable.

Fabulous news.
Is it true that free range, organic eggs contain omega 3 fats?

EileenG

nice_guy80 wrote: »

why no rice cakes???

In spite of tasting like you are eating beer coaster, they have an unbelievably high GI, and turn to sugar in your body even faster than table sugar does. If you must eat rice, wild rice is the one to go for. Rice cakes are processed muck.

EileenG

slowburner wrote: »

Fabulous news.
Is it true that free range, organic eggs contain omega 3 fats?

Some do, but it's not the best source, that's still oily fish, and to a lesser extend, flaxseed and some nuts.

slowburner

I had a dirty great plate of scrambled eggs cooked in butter for my tea to celebrate the good news.:p
There seem to be hints of an anti white bread campaign - is this something I should educate myself about?

EileenG

I think so. When you say "processed food", most people think of biscuits or takeaway, but white bread is an extremely processed food, one with a very high gi, and one that a lot of people have trouble digesting.

If you don't believe me, when did you ever meet anyone who grew their own wheat and managed to turn it into bread? It takes a lot of machinery and processes to turn (foreign) wheat into bread.

If you want to add something to bulk out your scrambled eggs, I'd suggest some vegetables, mushroom and peppers and tomatoes, perhaps, they are all quick to cook and are a much better use of your calories then bread.

howtomake

EileenG wrote: »

Some do, but it's not the best source, that's still oily fish, and to a lesser extend, flaxseed and some nuts.

Yeah and for some of these Omega rich eggs, I believe some just feed the chickens salmon, farmed salmon that are fed on corn, thus by the time it gets in our mouth, the omega 3 is less than it should be. Not all feed chickens like that but it makes you wonder.

Oh yeah and I eat eggs every single day, people at work make fun of me. They are just so versatile.

cork_buoy

Didn't know that butter was 'good'. I found that this post was interesting

I'm 30 and Eggs are a daily part of my diet. I eat 6 eggs a day. 3 in the morning, 3 in the evening and have been doing so for some time. I find that they are great for muscle recovery after exercise - loads of high quality protein. I find confusing regarding how many eggs you can safely consume because there are so many conflicting recommendations. Apparently oats are a great food for lowering cholesterol. I eat about 300g of throughout the day and my cholesterol was very low when last checked (earlier this year). So maybe it's more about balance.

Disclosure: I am not a qualified health professional.

EileenG

I don't think they even feed the chicken salmon, it's more likely flaxseed.

howtomake

Down to Earth in Dublin definitely have flaxseed omega eggs. Sorry I was just reminded about the program we saw (by our little know it all in the house), it is fish meal they are actually fed.

slowburner

Just as an aside; I remember seeing a woman in England some years ago - she was 113 years of age and ate nothing but eggs from her own chickens and home grown vegetables.:)

El_Dangeroso

The chickens are fed flaxseed which converts to the more usable long chain omega 3 that we find in fish.

The best is true pastured eggs (where the chickens have access to foraging land, not just a small door to a small outside concrete area like which is all that is required for the 'free range' label), then omega 3 eggs.

DoneDL

There was some research done years ago ( I cannot remember which US university research facility) which showed cholestral in eggs but eggs have an inbuilt enzyme which counteracts the cholestral. So the two a day max is nonsense.

Roger Marbles

Is all this discussion not completely irrelevant though.

Neither saturated fat, dietary cholesterol nor reductions in serum cholesterol levels have been should to be beneficial. In the case where reductions in serum cholesterol levels reduced heart disease, the overall mortality rate does not change statistically.

Indeed cholesterol plays very important roles in our body.

If you have time, read Anthony Colpo's book or something by Malcom McKendrick or Uffe Ravsknov and you will come to similar conclusions.

NotExactly

I'm sorry for resurrecting an old thread.

EileenG wrote: »

Yes, 2 or 3 eggs a day is fine.

Is ten eggs a day okay? I plan on taking the yoke out of about 3 of them.

EileenG

No health implications, but I reckon you are going to get so sick of eggs that you'll stop eating then altogether.