So are there any negatives to eating lots off eggs?
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Damn I feel like a hobo. The yolks of the eggs I buy are downright beige. I gotta upgrade to some better quality eggs.
[quote]MAF14 wrote:
[quote]sexyxe wrote:
I asked this in another egg thread - Do raw eggs have the same calorie count as cooked eggs? [/quote]
Cooking yolks can destroy some of the health benefits. Uncooked whites have less bioavailable protein.
Solution = Sunny side up[/quote]
Cooking apparently stops eggs from blocking absorption of B-12 (at least according to wikipedia…)
Once in a while my neighbor gives me duck eggs from his small farm (he has chickens too) Great tasting egg with that bright orange yolk you were talking about. Extremely tough shell though, I wouldn’t want to try and eat it!
[quote]MAF14 wrote:
^What do you feed them?[/quote]
Mostly let em scrounge. Also table scraps. They’re just as good as a pig in that regard. (Give them pretty much anything but egg or poultry products, cause they don’t seem to have much of a cannibalism inhibition. You don’t really want them to get the taste for eggs or each other… Also, real junky food can actually hurt them.)
If they’re not getting enough, usually during the winter, supplement them with layena or some other good quality feed and crushed oyster shells (calcium for the eggshells).
If you’re gonna do the whole free range thing, you gotta give them a pretty big area or rotate them. They’ll really tear up the land much faster than you’d think.
[quote]theBird wrote:
So are there any negatives to eating lots off eggs?
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I eat around 20 a day fairly often (Hard boiled from my college cafeteria) and I’m still ticking…
In fact, it could be placebo but I’d say there’s an increase in test, probably from all the evil scary cholesterol.
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[quote]MattPorter wrote:
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Off topic… Are you really Matt Porter?[/quote]
um…yes?
-Matt
I would deem excessive egg consumption “unhealthy” if you have high circulating levels of insulin due to excess carbohydrates in the diet.
Insulin will make the cholesterol a problem if the insulin is NOT under control. If you go on a very low carbs diet and use whole eggs as a staple most people blood work has gotten better in regard to cholesterol (hdl:ldl) and also triglycerides.
When the typical BB goes into the “mas building phase” and then eats tons of carbs + fats , thats when health becomes a concern.
Control your macro’s
-Matt
I tend to just throw in 4-6 raw eggs into the blender for breakfast along with whatever else I’m having, it varies. I might have more eggs later if I fancy. 20 eggs a day seems like a crazy amount! Do the people having that much not get sick of them?
[quote]The Rattler wrote:
I tend to just throw in 4-6 raw eggs into the blender for breakfast along with whatever else I’m having, it varies. I might have more eggs later if I fancy. 20 eggs a day seems like a crazy amount! Do the people having that much not get sick of them?[/quote]
Hard boil them, chew them up a bit, and swallow it down with milk. You’ll hardly even taste those nasty slimy things.
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[quote]MattPorter wrote:
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Off topic… Are you really Matt Porter?[/quote]
um…yes?
-Matt[/quote]
I didn’t mean any offense. Just wasn’t sure if it was really you or some one like a fan…
[quote]hastalles wrote:
[quote]The Rattler wrote:
I tend to just throw in 4-6 raw eggs into the blender for breakfast along with whatever else I’m having, it varies. I might have more eggs later if I fancy. 20 eggs a day seems like a crazy amount! Do the people having that much not get sick of them?[/quote]
Hard boil them, chew them up a bit, and swallow it down with milk. You’ll hardly even taste those nasty slimy things.
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i just scramble them 10 at a time, love the texture, add a little cheese, pepper and salt
[quote]MAF14 wrote:
[quote]MattPorter wrote:
[quote]MAF14 wrote:
[quote]MattPorter wrote:
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Off topic… Are you really Matt Porter?[/quote]
um…yes?
-Matt[/quote]
I didn’t mean any offense. Just wasn’t sure if it was really you or some one like a fan…[/quote]
LOL no worries man, I thought you were being sarcastic, I doubt I have fans.
I do like to help people and give them good guidance from experience.
-Matt
[quote]MattPorter wrote:
I would deem excessive egg consumption “unhealthy” if you have high circulating levels of insulin due to excess carbohydrates in the diet.
Insulin will make the cholesterol a problem if the insulin is NOT under control. If you go on a very low carbs diet and use whole eggs as a staple most people blood work has gotten better in regard to cholesterol (hdl:ldl) and also triglycerides.
When the typical BB goes into the “mas building phase” and then eats tons of carbs + fats , thats when health becomes a concern.
Control your macro’s
-Matt[/quote]
So Matt, to avoid the problems you mentioned, what type of macro breakdown do you find best for mass building?
[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
[quote]MattPorter wrote:
I would deem excessive egg consumption “unhealthy” if you have high circulating levels of insulin due to excess carbohydrates in the diet.
Insulin will make the cholesterol a problem if the insulin is NOT under control. If you go on a very low carbs diet and use whole eggs as a staple most people blood work has gotten better in regard to cholesterol (hdl:ldl) and also triglycerides.
When the typical BB goes into the “mas building phase” and then eats tons of carbs + fats , thats when health becomes a concern.
Control your macro’s
-Matt[/quote]
So Matt, to avoid the problems you mentioned, what type of macro breakdown do you find best for mass building? [/quote]
I think the biggest problem is eating high fat at the same time as high carb. So as long as you separate your carb based meals from fat based meals you should be alright… I think.
Hey just to be clear, all the protein is in the Egg white right. The yoke contains like 1g or less of the protein right fellas.
[quote]okage wrote:
Hey just to be clear, all the protein is in the Egg white right. The yoke contains like 1g or less of the protein right fellas.[/quote]
No.
Nearly half the protein is in the yolk.
When you hear about egg’s amazing amino acid profile, it’s the profile including the yolk. Egg white protein is O K, yolk is better.
Just as with most foods, eggs taste much better cooked in the oven. I will take some pics soon and give instructions.
“An egg yolk is a terrible thing to waste.”
-John Meadows
[quote]Tech-Junkie wrote:
Just as with most foods, eggs taste much better cooked in the oven. I will take some pics soon and give instructions. [/quote]
Sounds interesting!