I like to mix up my egg intake, so for example one day with a yolk, (e.g. a fried egg with PAM olive oil spray), and the next time I have eggs, it's an all white omelet with salsa.

I need to see the yolk every once in while to remind myself that CC is a lifestyle change and not just a fad calorie counting diet. :)

I like to mix one whole egg with two egg whites; I get some of the goodness of the yolk, as well as the yellow color that it just doesn't seem right without, and reduce the calorie total by about half an egg.

Regina, I do the same thing.  Plus adding some additional egg whites gives more volume to whatever egg dish I am making...usually a veggie stuffed omelet. :)

Am I correct though assuming, that if I am not really having eggs most of the week or for so many days and then having 1 or 2 poached ones for breakie and a nice omelette (2 whole eggs) with veggies is just fine???

I love eggs but do savour on them on weekends mostly or with veggies as dinner.

Love how filling they are without actually feeling full.

"Some wrongly switched to egg whites to avoid the cholesterol. But, research has shown dietary consumption of cholesterol has little to do with a person’s blood cholesterol level, a major determinant of your risk of heart disease."

I am surprised they even mentioned this fact in this article about food has little to do with your cholesterol level.  I hear the opposite all the time.  Eggs are a big part of my low carb diet.  I probably eat a minimum 14 a week.  No problems with my cholestrol levels either.

I have some recipes that call for egg whites only.  What can I do with the yolks?

I freeze yolks and thaw them out later when I need them for certain recipes or when i want to add more yolk to anything.

Forgot to add this. You can always cook egg yolks and add it to a dog's food to help their coating get shiny. Also you can mix it into your garden soil, provides lots of minerals and vitamins to the soil. I think you can even add it to compost.

 

Original Post by: gcousins

"Some wrongly switched to egg whites to avoid the cholesterol. But, research has shown dietary consumption of cholesterol has little to do with a person’s blood cholesterol level, a major determinant of your risk of heart disease."

I am surprised they even mentioned this fact in this article about food has little to do with your cholesterol level.  I hear the opposite all the time.  Eggs are a big part of my low carb diet.  I probably eat a minimum 14 a week.  No problems with my cholestrol levels either.

There's no question about how many I eat. 2 with some sort of fatty meat such as sausage or bacon and one with a salad for dinner. 21 per week at least. And my last lipid panel was that I someone half my age!

Eat all the eggs you want and if you fry use real butter or coconut oil. Lard is better if you can find it.

Lard is better? I heard its the worse. But that was years ago. Maybe I need to re-research it again. I was told the trans-fat was terrible from that but I never got any info to back that up.

 

thanks

 

I love eggs and couldn't live without them or their maker, the chicken. GB them.

I like to make frittatas with cut up blanched asparagus and grate a little asiago cheese over it, then broil last 1 minute! Make in an iron skillet. Divine! Serve with sliced tomatoes. A great meal for b, l, or d.

PS: calories for 2 TB grated/shredded Asiago: 28. Not terrible:)

Original Post by: David_Burke

Original Post by: gcousins

"Some wrongly switched to egg whites to avoid the cholesterol. But, research has shown dietary consumption of cholesterol has little to do with a person’s blood cholesterol level, a major determinant of your risk of heart disease."

I am surprised they even mentioned this fact in this article about food has little to do with your cholesterol level.  I hear the opposite all the time.  Eggs are a big part of my low carb diet.  I probably eat a minimum 14 a week.  No problems with my cholestrol levels either.

There's no question about how many I eat. 2 with some sort of fatty meat such as sausage or bacon and one with a salad for dinner. 21 per week at least. And my last lipid panel was that I someone half my age!

Eat all the eggs you want and if you fry use real butter or coconut oil. Lard is better if you can find it.

David, you need to stop telling people to do this.  This is very irresponsible.  Some people's metabolism cannot process that much fat &/or cholesterol. 

I would highly recommend to people if they want to eat this way to make sure your healthcare provider know this, and can follow up with the correct tests to make certain your body can handle that type of load.  I have witness patients doing what you're doing because "it works for them" and landed themselves in the hospital with their triglycerides well over 3000 and their LDL well over 250.

Ang

This from The Milk Book by Wm. Campbell Douglas, MD:

" The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine had a report on eggs and cholesterol. A group of New Guinea natives, whose diet is exceedingly low in cholesterol, were fed eggs to measure the cholesterol raising effects of eggs. They figured the serum cholesterol levels would be blown off the charts. The eggs had no significant effect on the blood cholesterol.

Another study done by the American Cancer Society revealed that non-egg users had a higher death rate from heart attacks and strokes than egg users. This was a very large (and so convincing) study involving over 800,000 people"

Original Post by: anginwi

Original Post by: David_Burke

Original Post by: gcousins

"Some wrongly switched to egg whites to avoid the cholesterol. But, research has shown dietary consumption of cholesterol has little to do with a person’s blood cholesterol level, a major determinant of your risk of heart disease."

I am surprised they even mentioned this fact in this article about food has little to do with your cholesterol level.  I hear the opposite all the time.  Eggs are a big part of my low carb diet.  I probably eat a minimum 14 a week.  No problems with my cholestrol levels either.

There's no question about how many I eat. 2 with some sort of fatty meat such as sausage or bacon and one with a salad for dinner. 21 per week at least. And my last lipid panel was that I someone half my age!

Eat all the eggs you want and if you fry use real butter or coconut oil. Lard is better if you can find it.

David, you need to stop telling people to do this.  This is very irresponsible.  Some people's metabolism cannot process that much fat &/or cholesterol. 

I would highly recommend to people if they want to eat this way to make sure your healthcare provider know this, and can follow up with the correct tests to make certain your body can handle that type of load.  I have witness patients doing what you're doing because "it works for them" and landed themselves in the hospital with their triglycerides well over 3000 and their LDL well over 250.

Ang

As I said my last lipid panel was for someone half my age. And since I also do a monthly at home lipid test, I got a pretty good idea what I can eat.

Besides, as the author stated, food does not raise cholesterol. About 85% of measurable cholesterol is produced from our bodies. And the trigs you reference are a byproduct of the bodies inability to process high carbs, not high fat.

I want to discuss irresponsible diets, let's discuss the standard carb heavy western diet that has lead to the pandemic explosion of diabetes. The fact that this diet is pushed as healthy is what is irresponsible.

Knock it off.  You are not an expert on how lipids are metabolized in every human body.  You are being misleading by the ignorance you're showing.  YOUR lipid panel is squeaky clean - great job, but  that is NOT how everybody handles that kind of dietary intake.  I'm not pushing a specific diet here, so I'm not going to get led into a discussion with you about a "standard carb heavy western diet".  Quite frankly I find it steriotypical.  People need to be cautious about jumping into a diet such as you lead.  And telling them to expect the same results you have experienced are ridiculous claims. 

Write a book about it.

Firsof all, there are numerous studies that show the benefit of dropping to a low carb diet, see above posts for example.

Second which diet program am I promoting? Atkins? South Beach? I don't promote any diet other than a diet low in carbs. Yes if you eat high carbs AND high fat you are screwing your body. However, a ketogenic based diet has been used for decades to treat all sorts of conditions and inflammatory illnesses.

Further, countries are beginning to drop the carb laden diet and are beginning to promote a low carb diet for their citizens. These nations I feel are ahead of the curve is trying to stop the spread of metabolic illnesses.

So before you say my claims are false, ask Mr. Google what he has to say.

Your claims are from your experience.  YOU are not representative of all human life (thank goodness).  If you were, everyone would be on the your "miracle plan" that works for all. 

And in case you haven't found any, I'll tell you that I've found some fairly erroneous information on Mr. Google (not Dr. Google)...it's the net - anyone can pretty much put anything on there. 

A grain of salt people...no one's view on this site is gospel.  Opinions are great but don't get so preachy.

Heal thyself.

In reading all of this banter back & forth, it seems that it is you  ang who is getting a little preachy & not letting david express his opinion for the last 3 hours.  He was simply stating what works for him. 

Original Post by: cholub1

In reading all of this banter back & forth, it seems that it is you  ang who is getting a little preachy & not letting david express his opinion for the last 3 hours.  He was simply stating what works for him. 

Thank you.

And it's not just me that this plan works for. But because we date go against the "grain" (pun intended) we are vilified and labeled as promoting an unhealthy way of eating. Sorry, but I ate this way growing up on a farm and am now going back to it 20 years later.

If you don't want to listen, that your choice, but the idea of a one size fits all carb based diet is preposterous.

My apologies if preachiness is what was read into my responses. 

My full intentions was to remind people that this is not a one size fits all lifestyle.

Original Post by: bamosbor

I like to mix up my egg intake, so for example one day with a yolk, (e.g. a fried egg with PAM olive oil spray), and the next time I have eggs, it's an all white omelet with salsa.

I need to see the yolk every once in while to remind myself that CC is a lifestyle change and not just a fad calorie counting diet. :)

1) You wrote:  "This leaves the nutritional value of the yolk out, which includes about 6 grams of protein..." 

But I was under the impression that the protein in an egg comes from the whites.  Is this not true?  If so, why eat the whites at all?!

 

2) What about all the recent studies that point to eggs being a major contribution to prostate cancer in men?  My question, is it the yolks or the whites...or both? :(

 

I eat about 6 egg whites a day!!

My last post was directed to carolyn_r, the author of the original article.

Please correct this article

"Aside from choosing the earliest sell-by date for freshness,"

You want to chose the latest sell-by date (and therefore most recently packaged).

lucky  me i   have never had any heath  problems dont now  and probaly never will.im still very young  and fit not middleged  yet

Original Post by: liseey02

Please correct this article

"Aside from choosing the earliest sell-by date for freshness,"

You want to chose the latest sell-by date (and therefore most recently packaged).

Thanks for that catch! Change has been made.

I do the same thing and I add organic mushrooms and onion - very tasty

Every morning I eat 2 eggs scrambled with 1 cup chopped fresh spinach, 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper and 1/2 tsp of extra virgin olive oil.  I love it! Sometimes I add a mushroom if I happen to have them. But eggs, spinach and the hot red pepper is the best for me. Simple. Easy.

make Hollandaise  use the egg yolks with a bit of lemon juice and (if you want fat free) cornstarch. If you are low carb use butter. Mix Yolks juice and butter together and use quick 20 second bursts on the microwave stir and continue the short bursts until it is thick and creamy.