Eggs and Cholesterol

[jbran23]

I have never really read the nutrition info on the side of the egg carton past the protein part until yesterday at the grocery store. Holy shit! There is 71% of your daily alotment of cholesterol IN ONE EGG?!? Now Im gonna assume the majority, if not all of it, is in the yolk but still. I have 4 whites and 2 wholes in my scrambled eggs in the morning and usually about 4 or 5 whole hardboiled later on in the day. Thats a shit load of cholesterol isnt it? Should I be worried about this?

[HawaiianPride.]

Pubmed came out with a study earlier this year regarding egg yolk cholesterol concentrations possibly being able to be decreased linearly by antioxidant vitamin supplementation (specifically E and C). I'll see if I can dig it up.

[jbran23]

Pubmed came out with a study earlier this year regarding egg yolk cholesterol concentrations possibly being able to be decreased linearly by antioxidant vitamin supplementation (specifically E and C). I'll see if I can dig it up.

Thanks bro. Would love to read it.

[Steve.O]

i was just about to write almost the exact thread before i saw this. as of right now ive been eating 4 whole eggs in mornin and 6 at night time. i knew eggs were sposed to be bad for cholestral but ive heard off numerous ppl that its over rated so i knida turnd a blind eye to it. so id realy like to know this question too. is ten whole eggs way to much per day?

[baseline_9]

Well i had been eating 6-8 whole eggs per day for a few years

Got my bloodwork done and my cholesterol levels were fine

Personally i wouldnt worrie at all

I woild worrie about taking in too much fat before worrieing about the cholesterol in eggs. If that makes sence

Ie. "shit, thats a lot of fat in 12 whole eggs" and not. "shit, am i taking in too much cholesterol"

[Damienm05]

I woild worrie about taking in too much fat before worrieing about the cholesterol in eggs. If that makes sence

Sugar too! Dietary cholesterol is nothing compared to the effect generally unhealthy lower-cholesterol foods have on cholesterol levels. Make sense?

[baseline_9]

Sugar too! Dietary cholesterol is nothing compared to the effect generally unhealthy lower-cholesterol foods have on cholesterol levels. Make sense?

If you mean the effect on bad cholesterol that 'junk' foods cause vs the effect of whole foods high in cholesterol, then yeh i get ya LOL

[Damienm05]

If you mean the effect on bad cholesterol that 'junk' foods cause vs the effect of whole foods high in cholesterol, then yeh i get ya LOL

Yes, yes.

[peachfuzz]

There is much more to having high cholesterol then eating cholesterol. Eggs contain choline which improves cholesterol ratio and the digestion of eggs produce natural ACE inhibitors which can lower blood pressure as well.

[irwin99]

this is strange as i was just on to ask the same question regarding cholesterol.

on the subject how would anyone advise on yolks and whites? i usually eat 6 whole eggs (raw) in the morning, would this be better if i added more whites and less yolk due to less cholesterol and fat??

[peachfuzz]

cook your eggs to increase bioavailabilty and yes less yolks more whites. I usually do about a 3:1 ratio of whites to whole egg.

[digismash]

read this

http://articles.elitefts.com/article...uscle-or-both/

[irwin99]

cook your eggs to increase bioavailabilty and yes less yolks more whites. I usually do about a 3:1 ratio of whites to whole egg.

i thought the raw uncooked eggs were better digested and used by the body than when they are cooked??

otherwise i would be cooking the bloody things...

[stevey_6t9]

iveeaten 8 whole eggs a day for 3 years and my cholestrol results were great, even 2 docs said the were very good.

dietary cholestrol hass little effect on serum cholestrol levels, rather lifestyle factrs such as smoking, obesity, inactivity affect them alot.

[jbran23]

i thought the raw uncooked eggs were better digested and used by the body than when they are cooked??

otherwise i would be cooking the bloody things...

Sorry Irwin but you have been waisting alot of protein. Cook em up!

iveeaten 8 whole eggs a day for 3 years and my cholestrol results were great, even 2 docs said the were very good.

dietary cholestrol hass little effect on serum cholestrol levels, rather lifestyle factrs such as smoking, obesity, inactivity affect them alot.

Thats good to hear Stevey. I wont sweat it too much then. I can go eat my eggs this morning with no worries.

[Baseball_Player85]

Great thread. I have been debating going back to regular eggs with something like a 3:1 ratio (whites to yolks) because I don't like the egg beaters.

[peachfuzz]

i thought the raw uncooked eggs were better digested and used by the body than when they are cooked??

otherwise i would be cooking the bloody things...

leave the thinking to those of us that are equiped to do so properly

Great thread. I have been debating going back to regular eggs with something like a 3:1 ratio (whites to yolks) because I don't like the egg beaters.

Egg beaters = no bueno. go for real eggs.