Thursday, November 04, 2004
"First they said eggs were good. Then they said eggs were bad. Then good. Then bad. MAKE UP YOUR MIND! It's breakfast -- I gotta eat!" -- Lewis Black
Eggs. Yolk is high in cholesterol, and that seems to be pretty much common knowledge. Of course, eggs are regarded to have a lot of great stuff, especially protein. Now, do you have to get that bad yolk cholesterol to get that good stuff? Yes and no.
I finally found a website that defines nutritional facts of the yolk and the white seperately. Here are my findings:
1. Protein is found in both the white and the egg, but about 60% of it is in the white, 40% in the yolk.
2. The yolk has a lot of vitamins, but most in relatively small amounts (exceptions would be Vitamin A (skin, bones, hair), B12 (healthy red blood cells and nervous system), phosphorous (bones), and Riboflavin (increased energy from metabolism)). In order to get all of these relatively small amounts of vitamins, you'll have to ingest 213mg of cholesterol, which would pretty much max you out for the day. Say no to more than one yolk, or any sort of cholesterol infested meat source later that day.
The American Health Association used to have a stance where 4 eggs a week were okay, provided cholesterol intake otherwise was monitored (2 eggs a week for those with heart problems). Currently, they make no recommendation -- apparently eggs are a good and bad thing at the same time.
Solution: Eat the whites, and skip the yolk. Normally I get a whole guilt trip for tossing the yolk, so egg beaters is definitely the way to go for me. Of course, in order to get the protein of one FULL egg, I'll need to eat about one and a half egg's worth of egg whites.
Interesting fact: Chicken eggs have 213mg of cholesterol. The same amount of goose, quail, duck, and turkey egg have about double that amount. At least we're eating the least evil eggs.
Eggs. Yolk is high in cholesterol, and that seems to be pretty much common knowledge. Of course, eggs are regarded to have a lot of great stuff, especially protein. Now, do you have to get that bad yolk cholesterol to get that good stuff? Yes and no.
I finally found a website that defines nutritional facts of the yolk and the white seperately. Here are my findings:
1. Protein is found in both the white and the egg, but about 60% of it is in the white, 40% in the yolk.
2. The yolk has a lot of vitamins, but most in relatively small amounts (exceptions would be Vitamin A (skin, bones, hair), B12 (healthy red blood cells and nervous system), phosphorous (bones), and Riboflavin (increased energy from metabolism)). In order to get all of these relatively small amounts of vitamins, you'll have to ingest 213mg of cholesterol, which would pretty much max you out for the day. Say no to more than one yolk, or any sort of cholesterol infested meat source later that day.
The American Health Association used to have a stance where 4 eggs a week were okay, provided cholesterol intake otherwise was monitored (2 eggs a week for those with heart problems). Currently, they make no recommendation -- apparently eggs are a good and bad thing at the same time.
Solution: Eat the whites, and skip the yolk. Normally I get a whole guilt trip for tossing the yolk, so egg beaters is definitely the way to go for me. Of course, in order to get the protein of one FULL egg, I'll need to eat about one and a half egg's worth of egg whites.
Interesting fact: Chicken eggs have 213mg of cholesterol. The same amount of goose, quail, duck, and turkey egg have about double that amount. At least we're eating the least evil eggs.
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