Cholesterol Vs Eating Eggs Essay

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Eggs: Are they healthy to eat or not

Eggs, eggs, eggs? Why do they always seem to fall in an out of favour with the food writers’ mafia?

The crux behind the whole predicament seems to be that fact that they are relativity high in cholesterol. One large egg contains up to 185mg of cholesterol. If you ask the American Heart Association a limit of 30o mg is recommended. So two large eggs is over doing things. They think that eating cholesterol means your blood cholesterol automatically increases.

So are eggs bad for us? Well, it’s not always that easy. If we believe the AHA we should not eat eggs so our cholesterol stays lower and our heart and arteries would remain healthier. But are they sitting on their dirty little
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Is there any reason to ditch the yolks?
For some maybe, but not for most.
For those individuals with diabetics or familial hypercholesterolemia, it's probably best not to have three eggs per day.
Athletes competing in weight-class structured sports may be cutting calories. So cutting weight by removing the yolks could help keep protein higher. This in turn preserves muscle mass) while at the same time keeps calories lower. So breaking it down; each egg yolk contains 6 g of fat and 54 kcal.
Another consideration is for anyone on a high sugar and high carbohydrate diets.
Diets that our high in sugar aren't the best eggs or no eggs. But, eat a lot of carbohydrates, sugar, and fat together (or other high fat / high cholesterol foods) and the risks of disease go up.
So for the majority of us:

Eggs won't increase blood cholesterol or the risk of heart or artery disease.

BOTTOM LINE: A balanced and healthy, varied diet should include a couple of eggs a week without any problem. In fact, assuming the diet is reasonably low in sugar or carbs, eggs are a highly recommended addition to anyone’s diet just don’t go too mad and put ten in your shake unless you’re

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