[quote]Professor X wrote:
I think “everything in moderation” is a good rule to follow in life. I also think that the biology of a bodybuilder who trains 6 days a week, has 2-3 times more muscle than average and has geared his body to run at a higher metabolic rate than that of a sedentary person will see slightly different effects from his eating habits than that of the people usually used for these studies.
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Very excellent point.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
andersons wrote:
Not cholesterol, but saturated fat has been shown to increase cholesterol levels. So if the eggs contain lots of saturated fat, 35 eggs per week, or 70 eggs per week, could conceivably have negative effects after enough time.
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Not sure why you’re addressing me. Nonetheless, based on the currently-available research, a diet high in saturated fat is associated with increased risk of mortality, heart disease, and colon cancer. I doubt that this data is the last word on saturated fat; there may be other mitigating factors. But heart disease and colon cancer rank among the top causes of death in the US. So I would check the saturated fat content of my brand of eggs before eating 10 per day every day.
Personally, I aim for saturated fat intake at 10% of total calories, and 1/3 of total fat. If I remember correctly, this was the recommendation of authors on this site as well. So, for example, if my daily total calorie intake is 3000, then I want no more than 30 grams of sat fat per day (number is slightly off because I’m rounding for simplicity). If I look at my egg label and see that 1 egg has 3 grams of fat, then if I eat 10 eggs, I can’t eat any more saturated fat that day. For me this is unrealistic, since there is sat fat in other foods in my diet.
Regarding your own experience, as a scientist I do not consider it a better indicator of future health risk than data for large numbers of subjects under carefully controlled conditions. Furthermore, long-term effects of your diet may not have manifested themselves. I know a person who has smoked for 30 years and does not have lung cancer, yet I do not consider smoking safe.
[quote]andersons wrote:
Professor X wrote:
andersons wrote:
Not cholesterol, but saturated fat has been shown to increase cholesterol levels. So if the eggs contain lots of saturated fat, 35 eggs per week, or 70 eggs per week, could conceivably have negative effects after enough time.
http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1103632&pageNo=1#1105509
Not sure why you’re addressing me. Nonetheless, based on the currently-available research, a diet high in saturated fat is associated with increased risk of mortality, heart disease, and colon cancer. I doubt that this data is the last word on saturated fat; there may be other mitigating factors. But heart disease and colon cancer rank among the top causes of death in the US. So I would check the saturated fat content of my brand of eggs before eating 10 per day every day.
Personally, I aim for saturated fat intake at 10% of total calories, and 1/3 of total fat. If I remember correctly, this was the recommendation of authors on this site as well. So, for example, if my daily total calorie intake is 3000, then I want no more than 30 grams of sat fat per day (number is slightly off because I’m rounding for simplicity). If I look at my egg label and see that 1 egg has 3 grams of fat, then if I eat 10 eggs, I can’t eat any more saturated fat that day. For me this is unrealistic, since there is sat fat in other foods in my diet.
Regarding your own experience, as a scientist I do not consider it a better indicator of future health risk than data for large numbers of subjects under carefully controlled conditions. Furthermore, long-term effects of your diet may not have manifested themselves. I know a person who has smoked for 30 years and does not have lung cancer, yet I do not consider smoking safe.[/quote]
Wow, looks like i’m on a fast road to death. Fat is about 60% of my calories with saturated being 1/2 of that!
Yikes 30% of my calories come from SATURATED FAT! Yet I feel awesome, i’m healthy (by doctors standards) and I will not change it for all the carbs in the world!
It’s ok though, all my ancestors (in old country europe) ate the exact same way and all lived to late 80’s to late 90’s. Maybe it’s because they (myself included) didn’t eat any CRAP. I rather eat natural saturated fat then processed grains, chips, cookies, pop, juice, crackers, low fat this and that.
Ah well, I guess I just like doing the opposite of the status quo.
Cheers – i’ve got some natural nitrate free, sugar and sodium free pork belly cooking on low eat…saturated fat heaven! 
thanks for all the help guys.
I’ve semi-convinced my parents with the info that i’v learned from here and although they still frown on it i guess they dont think its as big a issue as they thought
Anyway thanks again and by the way i did try to do a quick search on articles on eggs but couldnt find any so sorry if its a repeated/common question
thanks for all the help guys.
I’ve semi-convinced my parents with the info that i’v learned from here and although they still frown on it i guess they dont think its as big a issue as they thought
Anyway thanks again and by the way i did try to do a quick search on articles on eggs but couldnt find any so sorry if its a repeated/common question