Eggs vs. Egg Whites

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I'm an fitness and nutrition novice so please excuse my ignorance.

I have to ask where everyone stands on the yolk. I recently read that the newest studies indicate that we have nothing to fear from the cholesterol in egg yolks so it's (allegedly) no longer necessary to avoid them. Yet, everywhere I look, everyone seems to still be using only egg whites in their recipes and avoiding yolks like the plague. What gives?
 
In the AM I do 4 whole eggs and 4 egg whites. The yolk just has too much fat for me to be eating 8 of them. And ingested cholesterol usually isn't the culprit to high cholesterol, so there is definitely some truth there.
 
Personally, I only look to a few people in this industry for information and every single one of them says to eat the whole egg.

Almost all the research says something to the effect:

SUMMARY: For these reasons, dietary recommendations aimed at restricting egg consumption should not be generalized to include all individuals. We need to acknowledge that diverse healthy populations experience no risk in developing coronary heart disease by increasing their intake of cholesterol but, in contrast, they may have multiple beneficial effects by the inclusion of eggs in their regular diet.
 
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There is a LOT of nutrition in the yolk, but like the first person said, also a lot more calories. I think one egg without the yolk is 17 calories, compared to about 70 WITH the yolk. They are both healthy options, but I think people are still avoiding whole eggs just to cut down on calories.
 
I eat the whole egg, every time. The yolk is filled with muscle building nutrients and contains half the protein in the whole egg.

I had 10 whole eggs yesterday :D
 
Eating egg whites without the yolks to me seems like a waste of a lot of good nutrients. I have two whole eggs every morning, and even if that is 70 calories an egg thats only 140 calories for breakfast. Not bad considering there's good stuff in there I would think. There's worse things you could spend 140 of your daily calories on.
 
Thank you all for your responses. I'm glad to finally hear that people who seriously weight train eat yolks. Like one poster said, it's wasteful to dump the yolk in the trash. Besides, whites, alone make for one suck-y omelette. Again, thanks to everyone.
 
I eat 5 egg omlettes sometimes laced with measured turkey or chicken (with salsa, and cut up cherry tomatoes) and top it off with some measured cheese.......

I am still rocken........

Let's see.........Yep.....ticker still ticken' and goal still a rocken' ;)

I prefer the entire egg....




Best wishes to all!


Chillen
 
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I do understand when those say they sometimes only do white for concerns of fat and/or total caloric content. It's just personally I'd look to other areas in my meal plan instead of doing whites only. I currently eat 4 whole eggs a day, most I've ever done was 6.
 
I can't stand yolk. The only way I'll eat the yolk is if the eggs are scrambled, and I don't care for scrambled eggs. Otherwise, I only eat eggs over-hard, whites only.
 
I love the yolk. Best part of the egg, especially raw. I love sucking the yolk from a glass and having it break in my mouth.

Eggs are delicious, either raw or cooked.
 
the HDL cholesterol is in the yolk, as is half the protein.

Unless you are eating the eggs along side simple sugars I don't think the fat is an issue.
 
Chillen said:
I eat 5 egg omlettes sometimes laced with measured turkey or chicken (with salsa, and cut up cherry tomatoes) and top it off with some measured cheese.......
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Do you make your own salsa? Most store bought salsa is packed full of sugar


i_love_muscle said:
I love the yolk. Best part of the egg, especially raw. I love sucking the yolk from a glass and having it break in my mouth.
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So, you like sucking things and having them explode in your mouth?

I need to meet you :D
 
Very interesting theories people, I enjoy the yolk so I never eat more than three eggs at a time for breakfast at maximum. The reason was because of that cholesterol warning you hear about. Recently at the super market I've seen two things related to eggs that caught my eye. One was the small milk style cartons with egg whites in them only, very interesting if your trying to avoid the 5 grams of fat that the egg yolk provides.

I also noticed down the protein section that they also have powdered egg white protein that you can mix into shakes, haven't tried it yet but from what I've been hearing, egg protein is top notch protein because it's liquid form. I wonder if the egg protein is better than the whey protein isolates that most of us already taking.
 
On another note, I don't know about you all, but money isn't exactly something I'm just willing to piss away right now. I don't waste a speck of food I buy, period.
 
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