Eggs: good or bad? Well, neither. Eggs were once vilified for their high cholesterol content and thought to be a major contributor to heart disease. In fact, it’s not the cholesterol in food that’s the major culprit, it’s saturated and trans fats (which our bodies convert to artery-clogging cholesterol). So it’s more likely that the heart risk from those big, traditional breakfasts was due to eggs cooked in gobs of butter—which is high in saturated fat—more than the eggs themselves. Experts now recognize that eggs contain healthy nutrients and are generally considered safe if you limit yourself to no more than one a day, and you reduce cholesterol from other sources, such as meat. (You should consume no more than 300 milligrams of cholesterol per day, and one egg contains 213 milligrams.)
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I never believed that eggs were bad for you as indicated by many medical people and organizations. I believe the present day advice is too stringent on limitations placed on egg consumption. Perhaps they realized their original “eggs are bad” was so foolish that they don’t dare admit it and they are easing slowly out of that original position so we won’t notice.
Everything in moderation. Was happy to hear Eggland’s Best eggs have higher protein and less cholesterol and fat that others. How do you do that? Are you going to be at the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim?
As a vegetarian Hindu, I have tried to treat my body as a temple, and maintain a veg diet. But restrictions against eggs are silly and unhealthy. We can drink the products of animals, such as cow milk and goat milk (for cheese) but not chicken eggs?
I have found dozens of wonderful recipes that incorporate eggs into my diet and maintain my vegetarianism, while maybe sliding away from my strict Hindu spirituality, I am sure any deity who cares for me knows I am doing my best in this society for maintaining my health – and eggs provide a uniquely healthy capsule.
PPearson
Well if you know how to cook our egg without using oils or fat or butter if you boil it only it will never harm us it is an essential source of Protein
Okay I never like my breakfast only with my boiled egg even if I am following a diet I always take my egg each morning with one peace of whole wheat bread and one cup of milk is it a balanced meal or not I hope so
i don’t like eating boiled egg, i like it when it is fried with vegetable oil or butter, and i take it together with wheat bread, rice and indomie. i hope it a balance.
It all comes down to how the chicken was raised. If it was given a poor diet and fed chemicals, we eat that as well; it doesn’t just go away. Some foods are just silly to pay the premium for organic, but if there’s one food you should, it’s eggs.
To cook an egg that is similar to a fried egg but healthier, heat the pan to medium heat, put in a small amoung of extra virgin olive oil and tilt pan to coat. Immediately drop the egg or eggs into the pan and then quickly taje an upside down glass lid with a tablespoon or two of water in the lid and turn it over onto the eggs, creating a steam bath for the top of the eggs. When the water hits the pan, it turns into steam and cooks the top of the eggs. When the top of the egg yolk gets a white film on it, the eggs are done with a runny yolk but cooked whites and can be eaten like fried eggs. This gives you healthy olive oil, but less fat that if you used butter or bacon grease and of course dramatically less saturated fat and you get good fats you need and that balance out any saturated fat in the eggs. You don’t need a lot of olive oil to do this. Remove the eggs with a spatula, leaving behind any remaining water.
Many cities are passing ordinances allowing families to raise 3 or so hens…I can tell you from my own experience of having hens for just about two years now, that it is a wonderful experience…and yes the eggs are higher in protein, Vitamin D, and lower in cholesterol – be allowed to see the sunshine and eat bugs makes all the difference instead of cramped quarters inhaling ammonia
About 4-5 mornings per week, I have 2 fried eggs (virtually no oil in a teflon pan) and two “brown and serve” sausages. I also add whole eggs to meatloaf, hamburger, crabcake, and other meat-mixes, as well as homemade breads and doughs. My cholesterol is measured every 3 months in blood tests. It’s always an awesome 128-157 (137 in January) with great HDL, LDL, and ratios. Based on my father’s awful dietary habits and low cholesterol, I admit I’m probably genetically inclined to low cholesterol, but if eggs were the culprit many had claimed, I should have been overwhelmed.
Dietary cholesterol is not the whole story. The body produces its own cholesterol in the liver. The need to reduce dietary cholesterol is more important if one’s body produces too much. Gall stones are almost pure cholesterol backed up in the gall bladder.
There are two varieties of eggs: Fertilised and non-fertilised. Fertilised may contain two yolk. Non-fertilised cannot become chicken. Am I right?
both fertilized and nonfertilized egg may contain two yolk otherwise you are right,i think.
ya now a day eggs r consider as veg.food.if extract
milk from cow & gots which consider as a veg.food then why not eggs too.
We raise our own eggs and it has been proven that free-range eggs are 45% lower in cholesterol than confined chickens. Also, I make and peel hard boiled eggs all the time from eggs I go out to the nest box and collect and cook! The key is 8 minutes in salted water once water starts to boil; immediately from heat and rinse with cold water in pan. Leave others in cold water while peeling your eggs. Also start by cracking your pointed end of the egg first and work around, breaking that membrane inside the egg! Easy peeling!