Poll: Are Eggs Back on the Menu For You?
"The ingrained misconception linking egg consumption to high blood cholesterol and heart disease must be corrected. "
British researchers are encouraging people to stop worrying about egg consumption. We've spent years debating whether eggs are healthy or not - and finally there seems to be a push toward the "eggs are okay" theory.
Previous recommendations were anything from two to four eggs per week.
We recommend that eggs can be eaten as part of a balanced diet. There is cholesterol present in eggs but this does not usually make a great contribution to your level of blood cholesterol.If you need to reduce your blood cholesterol level it is more important that you cut down on the amount of saturated fat in your diet from foods like fatty meat, full fat dairy products, cakes, biscuits and pastries. (from the Times)
How Many Eggs Do You Eat Per Week?
Written By J. Foster
Eggs are great! I know that I have read studies that have shown that people that eat an egg for breakfast tend to eat fewer calories throughout the day than those that do not. I guess bc they are filling.
Every sunday, I make hard boiled eggs for the week, and that's what I eat for breakfast, with a slice of wheat toast and a glass of milk or juice. I guess the yolks do have some cholesterol, but isn't it the good cholesterol? Sometimes I ditch the yolk, sometimes I eat it. I couldn't live without eggs!
ReplyI love eggs and eat 2-3 eggs every day. Fried, over easy, scrambled, boiled, omelets, they're all wonderful. And I find the yolk the best part.
ReplyEggs were never "off" the menu for me. I do sometimes eat only one yolk and add a few whites, but generally I eat a couple of eggs per week, depending on my mood. They're a great source of protein and they're almost nutritionally complete. I figure, if they're good enough to feed a bird for a few weeks, they've got to be pretty healthy.
ReplyEgg white omelettes for breakfast almost every morning! Occasionally we throw in a yolk or two, but we do generally skip them so I guess we're victims of the anti-egg propaganda.
ReplySwitch to whole eggs. The yolk contains a load of nutrition. If you're uncertain about whether a food is good or not, just ask yourself: "Is this a *whole* food?". If the answer is yes, then go for it :)
The "eggs raise cholesterol" claim was failed from the start (see my comment below)
ReplyI never gave up eggs, even with elevated cholesterol for years (Metabolic Syndrome), I just like em for breakfast. I didn't find my cholesterol went down the period I gave them up, so why bother? I enjoy them and they offer great quality protein. Also, I hate to cook, and eggs are FAST and EASY. That's three plusses. Oh, wait, four. Not expensive, considering you get six meals' worth of protein in a dozen.
I do alternate whole eggs with egg whites, as I prefer omelettes with just the whites, but eggs are on my weekly grocery list. Always. And organic, cage free/free-roaming ones at that.
ReplyI love eggs. I work at 6am most mornings and just can't get up early enough to eat a good sit down breakfast, so I take 3 or 4 hard boiled eggs to work and eat them shartly after I get there, because I like to start my day with protein. And I can hard boil a whole dozen for the week on sundays.
Replyaccording to some articles dietary cholesterol does not directly affects the level of blood cholesterol, for the latter is produced by liver...
ReplyExcellent point. Thus the reason I never worried about cholersterol in food.
ReplyI have always eaten eggs. Love everything you can do with them especially love hard boiled and dippy yum
ReplyEven thought I seldom eat them, eggs have never been taken off my list. But I found something interesting the other day showing that: the eggs of Free-range chickens have 10% less fat, 40% more vitamin A and 400% more omega-3's. (http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/pasture/)
ReplyI eat four eggs for breakfast when I have the time, and a large slice of quiche for lunch. I'm pescatarian (that is, ovo-lacto-vegetarian + fish) and low-carb. Before I went pescatarian/low-carb, I had slightly high triglycerides, slightly high bad cholesterol and slightly low good cholerstol...and I'm only 22. Since I switched, my numbers are PERFECT.
...so I tend to think eggs aren't a problem.
ReplyEggs never were off the menu... and have never impacted my cholesterol levels... but I do buy certified free range organic eggs, because of the animal cruelty issues in a lot of commercial eggs.
ReplyI've never stopped eating eggs. I love them! Omelettes and huevos rancheros are two of my favorites. And inspired by a local restaurant, I've really gotten into fried egg sandwiches. At home, I make them with whole wheat toast and light olive oil-based mayo.
ReplyIs there a way to cook them that is healthier than others, or should I just avoid cookng them in butter?
ReplyIf you don't want to use butter you can get the olive or canola oil-based butter flavored pan spray. Emeril makes a good one. That said, if you have a good stick-free pan, it only takes a small amount of butter to cook eggs. And it tastes better, too! :)
ReplyI scramble eggs in a nonstick pan with no butter, oil or spray. It works great!
ReplyI have to disagree with you on the spray and canola oil... both are horrible options for a healthy diet. Butter is a much healthier option than the two, and besides, like you said: it tastes better.
ReplyOr if you're patient, you can poach eggs fairly easily. Simmer a pan of water and add a teaspoon of vinegar. Carefully crack an egg into a bowl and slide it into the water and let it cook a few minutes until the yolks are done.
ReplyAmanda, it really doesn't matter what you're using to cook them... as long as it's not something artificial like that spray butter stuff (or margarine.. another artificial food). Whenever I cook eggs (which is just abotu daily, in the colder months since that's when I increase my protein intake), I always use butter.
Dr. John Douillard (Author of The 3 Season Diet, Mind Body Sport, and also an osteopath and ayurvedic doctor) suggests to cook them sunny-side up (or whatever other way there is to cook them without frying up the yolk) since the yolk is where the nutrition is.
ReplyI tend to eat omelets 5 days a week. Different places make them with 2 or 3 eggs each. I don't have cholesterol problems. I'm vegetarian and find eggs an easy source of protein. They keep me going till lunch.
I prepare omelets at home, too, with many more vegetables, and use grapeseed oil in the pan. It has a higher heat resistance than olive oil (which I had used in the past) so the oil doesn't "burn" as quickly and become bad for you.
ReplyI try to eat at least a dozen eggs per week. Sometimes I will eat a dozen eggs in one day.
ReplyWell, since it's a poll...
No!
:-)
ReplyI eat 2-3 eggs a week, usually I'll have one scrambled with a strip of bacon, a shiitake, a handful of spinach, and some cheese on a whole grain piece of bread. Great for days when it'll be hours until my next meal. I occasionally put one in some pancakes.
ReplyYum, I love mushrooms in an omelet!
Onions, mushrooms, peppers (green, red, yellow, orange), tomato - it's a great way to get your veggies and protein.
ReplyEggs are superfood. They contain the best quality of protein and little fat. We all need some fat. And it is essentially packaged and stored without sodium, which makes foods last longer. Too much sodium is bad. There is too much sodium in american diet.
ReplyI've been on the Primal Blueprint from www.MarksDailyApple.com -- I call it the "Caveman Diet" to my friends.
Our ancestors survived for years and years eating natural, non-processed foods, including eggs, and since switching to this lifestyle I've felt great and dropped almost 4% body fat.
Just had an omelet with 3 eggs and an avocado before sitting down now!
ReplyI like one egg to three egg whites - better protein to fat ratio - it is easy to use the egg whites that come in a carton in the dairy section.
ReplyEggs do not raise cholesterol, period. In the book "Your Body Knows Best" by Ann Louise Gittleman (M.S.), it is revealed that the original study that was done that determined this was done with powdered egg yolks and not whole eggs (big difference!) and further, the study was sponsored by none other than... The Cereal Institute!
Stick with WHOLE foods and you will not go wrong. If you're unsure as to what exactly a "whole" food is, see my article: Understanding Whole Foods Nutrition (http://behealthynow.vox.com/library/post/understanding-whole-foods-nutrition.html)
Unfortunately, food is a business (see Marion Nestle's book "Food Politics") and one thing that's missing from a lot of studies done concerning food is who sponsored it and what the quality of the food was. It's easy to say that meats lead to colon cancer, but if the meats consumed were conventional meats loaded with sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate (preservatives) then of course it will lead to cancer since those two preservatives are known to cause cancer... get my point? ;)
ReplyI enjoy them and they offer great quality protein. Also, I hate to cook, and eggs are FAST and EASY. That's three plusses. Oh, wait, four. Not expensive, considering you get six meals' worth of protein in a dozen
ReplyI eat eggs a few times a week. I love how filling and they are an easy way to start my day out with protein. I would probably have them every morning for breakfast, except a couple of days a week I'm in too much of a hurry so I usually just have a smoothie instead.
ReplyI love, love, love eggs! I eat them every morning for brekkie, fried over easy, scrambled with veggies or baked! I even use them in my tuna salad and have them with spinach salad for lunch. Yummo! They are cheap, easy to fix and good for ya--whats not to love?
ReplyEggs are great! When I don't feel like making dinner but still want something that I know is good for me eggs are the best! I normally have an omlette or scrambled eggs for at least once a week for dinner. They are filling and healthier than grabbing fast food.
ReplyI eat at least 8 whites a day. Eggs don't scare me. Too many calories does though! I omit the yolk simply to save fat/calories for other things. Though I do add the yolk now and then 'cause they're good for you!! Egg salad and hard boiled eggs are favorites.
ReplyStill eating them, never stopped! Now I get free ones from my wife's parent's chickens...good stuff!
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