I'm eating 8 hard-boiled eggs as I type this, as I have started to do one weekend day per week.
This pertains specifically to the high cholesterol levels in eggs. I know old science has scared people away from eggs, but after reading up on eggs from sources such as mercola.com, I now don’t know who to believe. Not only have I read that they are not dangerous, but that they are good for you. Not only that, but eating them raw is supposedly beneficial as well.
The second question pertains to working out. Where do eggs fit in, if anywhere, in a lifter’s diet. Is it ok to eat a fat/protein (0 carb) breakfast one day a week as I do?
If you’re ‘cholesterol sensitive’ there may be implications from eating too many eggs, but otherwise you should be fine. One thing I would say is if you are going to have a diet rich in eggs take care with the eggs you buy. Cheap, battery-hen eggs will have been fed a high-fat, low quality diet and the eggs they produce will also be low in quality. If possible buy organic and from a local farmer or from a farmers market where you can actually ask about the feed quality given to the hens.
An average egg has about 210mg of cholesterol and the American Council for Science and Health recommends up to 300mg/day. Having said that though, many cholesterol problems stem from diets that are high in saturated fats, not high in cholesterol. And there’s now evidence to show that eggs have a phospholipid called phosphatidylcholine which has been linked to rendering the cholesterol unabsorbable so much of the cholesterol is not taken up by the body.
Eggs are a great source of protein obviously. If you want the benefits of the protein wihtout the problems, just eat the whites- they’re nothing but water and protein (about half the egg’s protein is contained in the white, the other half in the yolk). But also in the yolk you get vitamin B-12, vitamin E, riboflavin, folic acid, tryptophan, selenium, iodine, phosphorous, calcium, zinc, iron, and essential fatty acids.
[quote]Mark Anthony wrote:
I’m eating 8 hard-boiled eggs as I type this, as I have started to do one weekend day per week.
This pertains specifically to the high cholesterol levels in eggs. I know old science has scared people away from eggs, but after reading up on eggs from sources such as mercola.com, I now don’t know who to believe. Not only have I read that they are not dangerous, but that they are good for you. Not only that, but eating them raw is supposedly beneficial as well.
The second question pertains to working out. Where do eggs fit in, if anywhere, in a lifter’s diet. Is it ok to eat a fat/protein (0 carb) breakfast one day a week as I do?
So eggs, what’s the verdict? Arnold ate them raw.
Mark Anthony[/quote]
I eat eggs with every breakfast. Whether or not to eat an all protein and fat-zero carb breakfast depends on your goal. It probably isn’t a good idea to eat eggs raw because you might get sick, but the protein in eggs is good for you. I should say the amino acids are good for you; Egg albumin is the major proetin in eggs and is pretty much good mainly for supplying its constituent amino acids to your body. As far as cholesterol is concerned a lifter needs some in their diet, at least the good HDL cholesterol. It hekps with cell growth and test production from what I have heard about it. I hope this helps; Basically, I think eggs are really good for you and eat them everyday. I take six egg whites and one whole egg (or two, depending on how hungry I am)and make an omelette. That is my first breakfast protein source. Good luck with whatever you decide man.
There is nothing wrong with egg whites at all. All the fat and cholesterol are in the egg yolks. Egg yolks still aren’t bad for you, but I wouldn’t eat too many.
If the rest of your diet is good, I don’t see any issue with eggs. They are whole food, and people have been eating them since the beginning of time. They didn’t have issues.
If the rest of your diet is bad, then you may have problems with the eggs. However, since you are asking this question, I would assume you are in the clear.
I went into detail about this a while ago on another thread about “eggs being bad for you”.
Saying cholesterol gives you heart disease or clogs your arteries is like saying fat makes you fat.
First of all,cholesterol only sticks to your arteries if they are damaged,or already clogged.
A lot of the hydrogenated oils pasteurized/homogenization milk can damage your arteries.
If you have clean arteries,then cholesterol runs through like water in a river.