How Many Egg Yokes per day Are Too Much?

Big Smoothy · 05-18-2005, 02:24 AM

I've recenty started eating 6 hard-boiled egg yokes per day with the egg whites (whole egs).

6 Yokes per day:

Too much fat? Too much cholesterol?

Thanks.

Kracin · 05-18-2005, 04:06 AM

i only eat 1 yolk a day, thats with the 10 or so i eat for breakfast lol

derekisdman · 05-18-2005, 04:10 AM

i wouldn't suggest eating more than 2-3

Emma-Leigh · 05-18-2005, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr_Snafu

I've recenty started eating 6 hard-boiled egg yokes per day with the egg whites (whole egs).

6 Yokes per day:

Too much fat? Too much cholesterol?

Thanks.

Personally, I would try to limit it to 1-2 yolks/day.

Although dietry cholesterol has no real link with blood cholesterol (at least in healthy individuals - in those with high cholesterol it is a good idea to limit the dietary cholesterol to degree) you are better off getting your fats from other things (such as your mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated sources like nuts, seeds, olive oil, fish oils etc).

TJ Cline · 05-18-2005, 06:01 AM

Egg yolks are very good for you in small amounts. I eat 1 egg yolk for every 4 egg whites, so usually 2 per meal ( 2 yolks + 8 whites = 30 grams protein). I do eat eggs 2x a day so 4 yolks total. Six yolks is not in excess, especially if you are on a low carb diet. Look up eggs in a nutrition book, or the internet and see what you are really getting in those yolks.

05-18-2005, 02:24 AM	#1
Big Smoothy Windy City Elite Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,273	How Many Egg Yokes per day Are Too Much? I've recenty started eating 6 hard-boiled egg yokes per day with the egg whites (whole egs). 6 Yokes per day: Too much fat? Too much cholesterol? Thanks. Military men are dumb, stupid animals, to be used as pawns for foreign policy – Henry Kissinger (January-February 2003 edition of Eagle Newsletter)

05-18-2005, 04:10 AM	#3
derekisdman RAWR! Elite Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,294	i wouldn't suggest eating more than 2-3 Homer: Hey! I saved your life! That egg sandwich could have killed you by cholesterol. Lenny: Pfft, forget it, Homer. While it has been established that eggs contain cholesterol, it has not yet been proven conclusively that they actually raise the level of serum cholesterol in the human blood stream.

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05-18-2005, 04:06 AM	#2
Kracin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 326 Photos: 4	i only eat 1 yolk a day, thats with the 10 or so i eat for breakfast lol

05-18-2005, 06:01 AM	#5
TJ Cline Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,545	Egg yolks are very good for you in small amounts. I eat 1 egg yolk for every 4 egg whites, so usually 2 per meal ( 2 yolks + 8 whites = 30 grams protein). I do eat eggs 2x a day so 4 yolks total. Six yolks is not in excess, especially if you are on a low carb diet. Look up eggs in a nutrition book, or the internet and see what you are really getting in those yolks.