Thread: Whole Eggs Help With Weight Loss on Low Carb Diet!

Whole Eggs Help With Weight Loss on Low Carb Diet!

Carbohydrate restriction (with or without additional dietary cholesterol provided by eggs) reduces insulin resistance and plasma leptin without modifying appetite hormones in adult men.

Ratliff J, Mutungi G, Puglisi MJ, Volek JS, Fernandez ML.
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.


Carbohydrate-restricted diets (CRDs) have been shown to reduce body weight, whereas whole egg intake has been associated with increased satiety. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of additional dietary cholesterol and protein provided by whole eggs while following a CRD on insulin resistance and appetite hormones. Using a randomized blind parallel design, subjects were allocated to an egg (640 mg/d additional dietary cholesterol) or placebo (0 mg/d additional dietary cholesterol) group for 12 weeks while following a CRD. There were significant reductions in fasting insulin (P < .025) and fasting leptin concentrations (P < .01) for both groups, which were correlated with the reductions in body weight and body fat (P < .05 and P < .01, respectively). Both groups reduced insulin resistance as measured by the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (P < .025). There was a significant decrease in serum glucose levels observed after the intervention. We did not observe the expected increases in plasma ghrelin levels associated with weight loss, suggesting a mechanism by which subjects do not increase appetite with CRD. To confirm these results, the subjective measures of satiety using visual analog scale showed that both groups felt more "full" (P < .05), "satisfied" (P < .001), and "wanted to eat less" (P < .001) after the intervention. These results indicate that inclusion of eggs in the diet (additional dietary cholesterol) did not modify the multiple beneficial effects of CRD on insulin resistance and appetite hormones.
PMID: 19410978 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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I am proof that you can eat eggs all day. Just had my blood work for the year. LDL: 74, HDL 87. I eat 3 eggs at least 4 days a week, sometimes 7-8 when I don't have time to make lunch for work I just take a bunch of hard boiled eggs. Twice a week I do one yoke with four whites. I have been eating like this for ten years. Every year my results are about the same. My Dr. wants to to know all about my diet. I tell him lots of red meat and eggs. I have also read a few Atkins books and I am impressed about how he goes in the science of why your cholesterol can dramatically lower while restricting carbs. I can recite it at the moment, but if anyone is interested I definitely will post more when I have some time.