Egg whites...blah
Sorry if a similar topic has been done already. Currently I mix a whole large egg with two large egg whites, which is alright. But if I want to save more calories for later and just use egg whites, does anybody have good ideas they use on making them more tasty without adding back all the calories I'm trying to avoid by taking out all the yolks completely? I remember trying scrambled egg whites before and not liking them
I would suggest that you do not eliminate the yolks from your diet. How about 1 yolk with your egg whites & use the other yolks for your hair.
Interesting way of not wasting of yolks...I might try that, thanks! Do you just put yolks in your hair by itself, and how long is enough to leave it in? I've heard of ppl doing that before, but never tried it.
I wash my hair first then apply the egg yolk conditioner (the recipe is in the link). While it stays on I do my regular showering stuff. It stays on for about 5 minutes then rinse it off.
I mix in some salsa, and then cook them in one tsp of olive oil, it makes them incredible.
I do the salsa, too. I also add other spices & herbs (both fresh and/or dried), as well as different raw veggies, depending on what flavors I'm craving. Sometimes, toward the end, I will add some lowfat cottage cheese, which turns out quite tasty - I do this when I'm having eggs as part of lunch or dinner.
you can use the yolk on your face as a moisturizing mask. you can save a bit of the whites to tighten your pores also. it gives you a temporary 'facelift' effect. just google egg yolk or egg whites mask.
but hey, if you're worried about calories and also worried about wasting the yolks, get some egg substitute like egg beaters or something. 0 fat, 0 cholestrol. 30 calories roughly 1 large egg, loaded with minerals too. Not always the most economically efficient solution, but if you happen to catch them on sale, you can freeze the cartons.
Sometimes I like to buy some soft or silken tofu and beat them up until they are little chunks and then mix it in with my egg whites. Then i'll scramble the tofu/egg white mix or make an omlette with it
I remain committed to usually throwing the yolks away. I often eat 4-6 eggwhites cooked in 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil (but if you are worried about the calories in evoo you can use evoo cooking spray and spray your pan lightly if necessary). Anyway, I add black pepper to taste and granulated garlic...and 2 tablespoons of lean bacon bits (60 calories). I also when the egg white/bacon bit omelet is cooked, add 1/4th cup of nonfat shredded cheddar cheese (45 calories). Sometimes I place that omelet onto a Flatout light whole wheat wrap (90) and roll it up. A bit of salsa or picante will add some additional flavor.
1 whole large egg + 2 large egg whites = roughly 104 cals... 2 whole large eggs = 140 cals.
So you're only 'saving' about 40 cals - the equivalent of a teaspoon of oil - but you're wasting all the goodness of two perfectly good egg yolks. The yolk provides a natural antioxidant called 'lecithin' which actually helps reduce cholesterol, did you know that? Plus the yolk also contains the iron in an egg.... quite useful as well.
I don't know why there is such a 'yolk-phobia' on these boards except to assume that it has to do with the marketing campaign for products such as 'Eggbeaters'. LOL!
Make an omelet with them. You can add:
- A little bit of salt and pepper
- Peas
- Broccoli
- Spinach
- Chopped onions
- 1 slice of 2% American cheese (29 cal)
Cook it using a non-stick skillet and some PAM spray. Good luck!
Go crazy with condiments. I always add salt & pepper + one or more of the following: dill, paprika, cinnamon, cayenne, garlic powder, garlic salt, celery salt... etc.
I'm with the yolk eaters - if you're eating a few to several eggs a week (vs several eggs a day), why not eat the yolk, particularly if you don't much like the taste of plain whites? I'd rather eat a single whole egg than a bunch of whites, and when combined with something else, say a slice of ham, some whole wheat bread and a little cheese, it's a satisfying meal.
I do like the idea of cottage cheese in scrambled eggs - I'll have to give that a try.
I like egg yolks too but I find too many is overkill. If I want to add more protein to my meal without adding too many calories, I'll just eat the whites. I know there's nothing wrong with egg yolks.
I don't know why there is such a 'yolk-phobia' on these boards except to assume that it has to do with the marketing campaign for products such as 'Eggbeaters'. LOL!
The obvious answer as to why there are so many "yolk-phobia" people on these boards is that many medical doctors advise their patients to eat egg yolks sparingly or not at all, depending on certain health factors. Now, I can quote from many reputable sources to support this point of view, but since I have done so before, to no avail, I will only offer a couple. One can Google and find many sites where medical doctors and health sites in general advise people not to eat egg yolks or to eat them only occasionally. That is fact, whether all you egg yolk fanatics like to admit it or not.
That is not to say that everyone should be concerned about eating egg yolks, any more than everyone should be worried about consuming too much salt, or everyone should be worried about consuming too much saturated fat. It is to say that some people should be worried about eating egg yolks or eating them in excess, just as some people should be worried about eating too much salt or too much saturated fat.
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1) "Writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen say that whether or not you should eat the yolk of the egg depends on your cholesterol level...if your cholesterol level is high, you may be best off eating only the white or limiting consumption to two eggs per week, according to Oz and Roizen."
2) "Eat no more than one egg yolk a week. Cholesterol-free egg substitutes or two egg whites can often be substituted for one whole egg in recipes." --Disease Free, Hoffman and LeGro (Very well-written book with helpful health advice from over 300 doctors)
Nutritional Yeast, Tumeric, Parsley, or other herbs to up the flavor quotient.
Original Post by pilgrimdude:
I don't know why there is such a 'yolk-phobia' on these boards except to assume that it has to do with the marketing campaign for products such as 'Eggbeaters'. LOL!
The obvious answer as to why there are so many "yolk-phobia" people on these boards is that many medical doctors advise their patients to eat egg yolks sparingly or not at all, depending on certain health factors. Now, I can quote from many reputable sources to support this point of view, but since I have done so before, to no avail, I will only offer a couple. One can Google and find many sites where medical doctors and health sites in general advise people not to eat egg yolks or to eat them only occasionally. That is fact, whether all you egg yolk fanatics like to admit it or not.
That is not to say that everyone should be concerned about eating egg yolks, any more than everyone should be worried about consuming too much salt, or everyone should be worried about consuming too much saturated fat. It is to say that some people should be worried about eating egg yolks or eating them in excess, just as some people should be worried about eating too much salt or too much saturated fat.
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1) "Writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen say that whether or not you should eat the yolk of the egg depends on your cholesterol level...if your cholesterol level is high, you may be best off eating only the white or limiting consumption to two eggs per week, according to Oz and Roizen."
2) "Eat no more than one egg yolk a week. Cholesterol-free egg substitutes or two egg whites can often be substituted for one whole egg in recipes." --Disease Free, Hoffman and LeGro (Very well-written book with helpful health advice from over 300 doctors)
And yet, that information is both outdated and widely disputed. Whole eggs are shown to reduce bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol - which is great, because research shows healthier people have a better good to bad cholesterol ratio.
Dr. Agatson (of the South Beach Diet) has extensive research on the topic in his book if you want more information - or they have an extensive report on the world's healthiest foods website (which I'd link you to, but it won't let me copy/paste - how nice).
The first source I quoted from has a © date of 2009.
Trust me, I can find many doctors who will not recommend people with high cholesterol eat egg yolks.
South Beach Diet. I can find plenty of health experts that can quibble with the South Beach Diet, too.
However, let me state this. I absolutely hope you are correct about eating egg yolks is healthy for most people, because eggs are absolutely one of my favorite foods--eggs in baking, eggs in evoo, hard boiled eggs, eggs on breakfast pizza, etc, etc. etc.
I appreciate your response. I am going to continue to research the topic. But for now, I am going to err on the side of caution and eat primarily only egg whites, since I know that they are good for me, low in calories and high in protein. But, gosh, do I hope I am wrong and you are correct.
Health experts that quibble with the South Beach Diet? Really. That's funny... having read it 5 years ago, all I know is that every time I turn around, there's another "breakthrough" telling people to be healthy by taking on another aspect of the SBD.
Nix trans fats? Check.
Focus on fiber? Check.
Whole grains? Check.
"Diet food" doesn't satiate you, and you should just eat whole foods? Check.
Sugar damages the heart just as much as saturated fat? Big fat double check.
I'm not sure what there is to dislike about the South Beach Diet. And don't give me the pig out on meat and you're still following it" line because that couldn't be further from the truth. I was a vegetarian for 6 months following the South Beach Diet and no where does it say to pig out on anything.
Original Post by hgielrehtaeh:
Health experts that quibble with the South Beach Diet? Really. That's funny... having read it 5 years ago, all I know is that every time I turn around, there's another "breakthrough" telling people to be healthy by taking on another aspect of the SBD.
I quit after finding a few dozen. Here are some at random. I am not taking a stand on the South Beach Diet, although I personally wouldn't advise anyone to follow it. Since millions do follow it, I'll let their doctors give them their opinions. However, you seem to have implied that there are not health experts who quibble with the South Beach Diet. There are, in fact, hundreds of health experts who quibble with it.
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"Now, I am writing to convey my dismay that a cardiologist would write a book in the hopes of winning popularity and sales, in spite of the clear and evident dangers it poses to heart patients. Unfortunately, Arthur Agatson, the author of the South Beach Diet offers advice that is potentially deadly and he makes one statement after another demonstrating a devastating ignorance of the science of human nutrition."----Joel Fuhrman, M. D. Hunterdon Medical Cente
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"Twelve Reasons to Avoid The South Beach Diet"--Emax Health.com
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"Dangers of the South Beach Diet" ---- JIa Tolentino
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"Dangers of the South Beach Diet" ---- AD, ArticleDoctor.com
Original Post by pilgrimdude:
Original Post by hgielrehtaeh:
Health experts that quibble with the South Beach Diet? Really. That's funny... having read it 5 years ago, all I know is that every time I turn around, there's another "breakthrough" telling people to be healthy by taking on another aspect of the SBD.
I quit after finding a few dozen. Here are some at random. I am not taking a stand on the South Beach Diet, although I personally wouldn't advise anyone to follow it. Since millions do follow it, I'll let their doctors give them their opinions. However, you seem to have implied that there are not health experts who quibble with the South Beach Diet. There are, in fact, hundreds of health experts who quibble with it.
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"Now, I am writing to convey my dismay that a cardiologist would write a book in the hopes of winning popularity and sales, in spite of the clear and evident dangers it poses to heart patients. Unfortunately, Arthur Agatson, the author of the South Beach Diet offers advice that is potentially deadly and he makes one statement after another demonstrating a devastating ignorance of the science of human nutrition."----Joel Fuhrman, M. D. Hunterdon Medical Cente
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"Twelve Reasons to Avoid The South Beach Diet"--Emax Health.com
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"Dangers of the South Beach Diet" ---- JIa Tolentino
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"Dangers of the South Beach Diet" ---- AD, ArticleDoctor.com
Dr. Furhman has a book out that competes with SBD. His only piont is "Too much meat" and like I said - I followed SBD 6 months as a vegetarian.
Dr. Mercola's article on Emax Health was full of false things (like SBD says to eat trans fats when that's like, the first big thing Dr. Agatsen advocates against), and the article went on to say that whole grains and fruits and vegetables are bad for you - is that what you believe? I sure don't!
The Tolentino synopsis says that you won't get enough fiber (I regularly got between 35 and 40 grams a day, which is high, especially for a woman), you don't eat carbs (you do), and that it's too low in calories (12-1500 is what CC+ recommends as a minimum, right? And you eat until saiety, so I'm not sure where he got that idea).
The article doctor article says the problem is with relapse. Well, all lifestyle changes have that risk, so I don't see what the point is but to drive up advertising on their site by having a top google hit.
I'm sorry, but I've yet to see any article or research that is based in reality or fact that can truly dispute the lifestyle laid out in SBD. You obviously haven't done your own research on topic or else you could quickly just name a few problems with it.
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