Eggs and cholesterol - Good or bad?

[chicknlegs]

A poll - is the cholesterol in eggs good or bad?
Does it help reduce bad cholesterol or is it adding to it?
With all the information going around which is conflicting, does it make you concerned about eating eggs as a part of your bodybuilding diet?
How many eggs do you eat per day??

 

[thelion2005]

No effect. I am eating 3 real eggs a day with 144 Tot Chol.
The nutrients are terrific.

 

[Ghede]

What you eat has almost ZERO effect on your serum chol. levels unless you are geneticly predisposed to have high chol. levels.

If you are at risk for high chol. levels, watch what you eat. if not, add some sausage to those damn eggs and LIVE!

 

[SgtSlaughter]

^^^ What Ghede said


My .02 cents: Don't believe the media, do your own research.

My research has made me come to the conclusion eating 2 dozen eggs a day will NOT do anything to clog my cardiac tissue.

(whole eggs aren't in my diet right now though... i'm just saying)

 

[chicknlegs]

So far 80% think eggs are the goods. How many do you guys eat per day on your current diet? I am at 5 whole eggs per morning at the moment...

 

[SgtSlaughter]

current diet: too lazy to hardboil them... *note to self, do that on the weekends* Just liquid egg whites right now.

If I was bulking and started getting in whole eggs daily... prolly 12+ per day spread out of course and within range on my macro levels.

 

[chicknlegs]

Don't forget - whole eggs are a good source of fats which is good on a high-fat cutting diet!

 

[wolfman87]

so are eating hardboiled eggs good for gaining weight cause i desperatly need to or should i stay away from them all together?

 

[chicknlegs]

so are eating hardboiled eggs good for gaining weight cause i desperatly need to or should i stay away from them all together?

You get good amount of quality protein and good fats with no carbs - so yeah, I think they are good for adding lean mass.
If you are after 'bulk' and don't care if its muscle or fat, a protein powder with weight gainer is easier to stomach and less effort in the kitchen...

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Don't forget - whole eggs are a good source of fats which is good on a high-fat cutting diet!

I know

Getting my good fats from other sources right now, but thanks for the reminder i need to get some whole eggs daily in.

Wolfman: Eat a shitload of good WHOLE food (screw weight gainers, just my opinion though) and train your ass off. Saw ur thread... sry no time to form a quality reply there yet time to get my 8 hours sleep (deff. minimum 8 hours sleep especially when bulking).

 

[wolfman87]

i need to start getting 8 in every night also. on the weekends i get 10 to 11 lol.

 

[Ghede]

I know

Getting my good fats from other sources right now, but thanks for the reminder i need to get some whole eggs daily in.

Wolfman: Eat a shitload of good WHOLE food (screw weight gainers, just my opinion though) and train your ass off. Saw ur thread... sry no time to form a quality reply there yet time to get my 8 hours sleep (deff. minimum 8 hours sleep especially when bulking).

no time for a quality reply: you just summed my life up in one sentence... YIKES!



This week is pretty typical, sadly, up by 4:15am and in bed by 11:00pm... hmmmm... that's not gettin' me my 8 solid... no wonder i am a cranky cunt and a half...








Sarge says a mouthload: eat whole food where ever possible. Its just BETTER.

 

[36drew]

Eggs are a terrific food. They increase testosterone production and more closely resemble a human protein than any other whole food source.

As for the cholesterol issue, it is sort of old news and has been debunked.

 

[chicknlegs]

36drew: I agree - it has been proven false, but you wouldn't believe the amount of people I work with who think that I am setting myself up for a heart-attack. Yet they are the dumbass fuckers that get McDonalds drive-through for breakfast on the way to work.
For some reason, people think bodybuilding and eating eggs, meat, rice etc. is actually BAD for you - all those people who are content to stay AVERAGE.

 

[devcon]

Can't agree totally with Sarge on the dozen a day real eggs. I'm sure you get your levels checked and eating real whole food in its natural unmodified state is definately the way to go, but a dozen eggs or more, even when dispersed throughout the day, have more than a total of 75g fat - 25g being saturated and over 3000mg of cholesterol. Yes your body does produce the cholesterol it needs and can produce it all, but it also absorbs cholesterol you intake so even if you do not have a genetic predilection, this is still a large amount to be taking in. This in conjunction with the saturated fat intake does add up + other foods/fats throughout the day will make fat intake quite high which leads to high blood cholesterol levels.

When you're younger your body doesn't produce high levels so getting it checked will give a heads up if it's affecting you in an adverse way or not as time goes on.

Eggs not only taste great, but there are so many ways to enjoy them: poached, boiled, skirred-baked, deviled(my fav), good old fashioned scrambled and overeasy, etc.

 

[gjohnson5]

One thing I do is I scramble or fry my eggs in 100% orgain extra virgin coconut oil instead of seed oils such as rape seed which are believed to be linked with health problems. Infact I only fry stuff in organic extra virgin cocnut oil

I generally don't do flax seed oil either. I just sprinkle ground flax seed on what I'm eating.

But no the cholesterol in eggs will do virtually nothing to your serum cholesterol

 

[devcon]

As for the cholesterol issue, it is sort of old news and has been debunked.

But no the cholesterol in eggs will do virtually nothing to your serum cholesterol

It MAY or MAY NOT affect your levels, but saturated fat from a dozen a day + other fat intake WILL affect your cholesterol.

 

[jackalan996]

In my opinion, egg is not harmful for human health. In fact it have many benefit for the healthy body,,,
it maintain the blood pressure,
it provide energy to the heart tissues,
it minimize cholesterol level,,,