04-08-2014, 08:25 AM
Apparently the egg yolks causing excessive cholesterol in the body theory came from the fact that the only foods that contain cholesterol are animals (and fish) and therefore the only food that could be used to test whether (any) food causes cholesterol to rise was animals (and fish).
Poor old eggs (and prawns), which I presume contain more cholesterol than most other(animal) foods were subsequently labelled as being bad.
The fact is, and this has been known for a long time now, eating eggs (or prawns) or any other cholesterol containing food does not necessarily cause your cholesterol levels to rise.
Unfortunately, the experts, don't seem to make the distinction between good natural saturated fat and bad unnatural saturated fat.
The real culprit is trans fats and saturated fat that has been buggered about with, eg sausages, bacon, pastry, cakes or any other food that isn't natural but contains saturated fat.
Chicken skin, beef dripping or lamb fat are an excellent and natural source of good fat and energy. Obviously you need to watch the amount you eat but that goes for any source of calories.
As Eazy says, all the best bits in an egg are in the yolk. That's one of the reasons why I've never understood just eating the white!
ps forgot to add earlier, that caged hen eggs contain very little omega 3 and far too much omega 6 due to their unnatural diets. Avoid. It's likely that eggs with added omega 3 might also contain too much omega 6! Go for free range and organic if possible. It's likely that the excess of omega 6 is far worse for your ticker than the cholesterol in the eggs.
Poor old eggs (and prawns), which I presume contain more cholesterol than most other(animal) foods were subsequently labelled as being bad.
The fact is, and this has been known for a long time now, eating eggs (or prawns) or any other cholesterol containing food does not necessarily cause your cholesterol levels to rise.
Unfortunately, the experts, don't seem to make the distinction between good natural saturated fat and bad unnatural saturated fat.
The real culprit is trans fats and saturated fat that has been buggered about with, eg sausages, bacon, pastry, cakes or any other food that isn't natural but contains saturated fat.
Chicken skin, beef dripping or lamb fat are an excellent and natural source of good fat and energy. Obviously you need to watch the amount you eat but that goes for any source of calories.
As Eazy says, all the best bits in an egg are in the yolk. That's one of the reasons why I've never understood just eating the white!
ps forgot to add earlier, that caged hen eggs contain very little omega 3 and far too much omega 6 due to their unnatural diets. Avoid. It's likely that eggs with added omega 3 might also contain too much omega 6! Go for free range and organic if possible. It's likely that the excess of omega 6 is far worse for your ticker than the cholesterol in the eggs.