How many egg yolks a day???

[ExLe]

There are always conflicting studies about the egg yolk and how many one should consume daily. I Love eggs and sometimes feel bad trashing yolks. I am just concerned if to many yolks every day will have a bad effect on the heart due to the high cholesterol.

I currently have a very clean bulk diet and get about 80g of healthy fats from extra virgin olive oil, flax seed oil, and nuts. I have about 1 cheat meal a week if at all.

I also exercise 6 days a week for about a hour and a half each day of lifting and cardio.

I scramble 5 eggs every morning, how many yolks should I toss out of the 5???

 

[sosc]

Its a tough call. I was reading a great article today on Fats and Cholesterol.
Here is the relevant section for you:

For most people, the amount of cholesterol eaten has only a modest impact on the amount of cholesterol circulating in the blood. (17) For some people, though, blood cholesterol levels rise and fall very strongly in relation to the amount of cholesterol eaten. For these "responders," avoiding cholesterol-rich foods can have a substantial effect on blood cholesterol levels. Unfortunately, at this point there is no way other than by trial and error to identify responders from non-responders to dietary cholesterol.

To be on the safe side, you could limit yourself to one yolk
a day. I eat only one hard-boiled egg every day.

I always hate throwing things away. If I where you I'd consider
buying the eggs with the yolks removed. Eggology is one company
that does this.

 

[Buff Gyal]

My bro is on his last rotations of medicine and he forewarned me about my yolk consumptions. Regardless of what you read, the yolk is where the high cholesterol is. Eating about maybe 3 yolks, probably wouldn't cause any problems. Now when you want to hit 5 or 6, there's a problem. Why not just get one of those "egg white beaters", and then add the yolks afterward?

 

[Built]

Hubby's in his mid-forties, and he eats five whole eggs every morning, scrambled in butter, with cheese.

His lipids are fine.

I eat a high-fat diet (more than half my calories usually come from fat) and my cholesterol came DOWN on the Atkins diet.

Dietary cholesterol has very little impact on blood lipids. Of far greater concern is obesity, fructose consumption, and transfats.

In short - don't toss any of 'em. Egg yolks are good for you.

 

[SwoleZilla]

i usually eat 6 whole eggs with 4 whites...but ima bulkin

 

[Built]

brad, if you're bulking, eat the four yolks you're tossing. Almost half the protein's in the yolk.

 

[SwoleZilla]

brad, if you're bulking, eat the four yolks you're tossing. Almost half the protein's in the yolk.

ya but is 10 yolks too much fat a cholesterol?

 

[SloppyJ]

I never throw the yolk away. They're tasty.

 

[Built]

ya but is 10 yolks too much fat a cholesterol?

"Too much" fat? Not if your calories are where you want them to be.

Too much cholesterol? I know we've heard cholesterol demonized for years, but I'm just not buying it. The link between cholesterol consumption and blood lipids is weak. Even the uber-low AHA step II diet only lowered bad cholesterol by 11% - and lowered good cholesterol by 7%! Efficacy of a Therapeutic Lifestyle Change/Step 2 diet in moderately hypercholesterolemic middle-aged and elderly female and male subjects

Every metric of my health improved when I INCREASED my consumption of saturated animal fats and cholesterol. Ten years in, my health continues to be strong while eating a diet high in animal fat.

10 eggs a day though - you must be a joy to train with! <holds nose>

 

[appleyard777]

If it fits your macros eat it

 

[GMO]

I never throw the yolk away. They're tasty.

^^^Hell yeah and full of protein. I ate 6 whole eggs ED on my summer cut and still got down to 8% BF, no problem.

 

[sassy69]

It seems like the whole fear of cholesterol thing is overblown - seriously, do people eat that many egg yolks that that is the only source of cholesterol problems?

 

[KelJu]

I eat 6 whole eggs everyday, and I am cutting. Remember, there are only 70 calories in an egg. 6 whole fried eggs using Pam cooking spray is only 420 calories.

 

[Noheawaiian]

^^^^Take cholesterol into consideration.

I'll consume 1-2 whole eggs (along with my 15 egg whites) once or twice a week.

 

[Imosted]

I eat around 3 whole eggs and 8 egg whites a day.

 

[suprfast]

Just got my blood tests and they were in the normal range for HDL and LDL. I eat red meat like its going out of business. I know its not eggs, but cmon people, internet gossip means shit. One year eggs are bad for you, the next they are good. We are all working out(hopefully) and need all these good fats. If you are worried about your cholesterol stop eating crap food fried in partially hydrogenated oils. MMMM, nothing like cramming an H into your oil so it can firm up.

 

[SwoleZilla]

"Too much" fat? Not if your calories are where you want them to be.

Too much cholesterol? I know we've heard cholesterol demonized for years, but I'm just not buying it. The link between cholesterol consumption and blood lipids is weak. Even the uber-low AHA step II diet only lowered bad cholesterol by 11% - and lowered good cholesterol by 7%! Efficacy of a Therapeutic Lifestyle Change/Step 2 diet in moderately hypercholesterolemic middle-aged and elderly female and male subjects

Every metric of my health improved when I INCREASED my consumption of saturated animal fats and cholesterol. Ten years in, my health continues to be strong while eating a diet high in animal fat.

10 eggs a day though - you must be a joy to train with! <holds nose>

nice! ok ill just keep all ten yolks then. thanks


hahah yeah and the gf loves it

 

[mikadoo]

Two whole raw eggs in my protien shake in the morning and two e/o eggs for my bed time snack, every day while cutting.

 

[judojosh]

There is absolutely no reason to throw out egg yolks! I sometimes eat a dozen in a day myself. Why throw out the yolk? Have you ever seen the nutrient profile of a yolk before? It's amazing!!!

The idea of fat is bad and cholesterol leads to heart problems stem from a quack in, I think around the 50s, and is bunk. There is no real evidence behind his lipid hypothesis and it has been challenged several times already. Remember the idea of egg yolks are bad come from the same people who think we eat too much protein and are gonna damage our kidneys. Eggs are your friend! Cheap, easy to prepare and can eat anywhere!

 

[Built]

The idea of fat is bad and cholesterol leads to heart problems stem from a quack in, I think around the 50s, and is bunk. There is no real evidence behind his lipid hypothesis and it has been challenged several times already.

Ancel Keys Seven Countries Study - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

His multiple regression analysis was incomplete. He held sucrose intake constant and showed saturated fat intake was correlated with heart disease. The problem is that he didn't hold saturated fat intake constant and show that sucrose (read: fructose) intake WASN'T correlated with heart disease. This part is necessary - without it, the conclusion Keys reached is unsubstantiated.

 

[suprfast]

Ancel Keys Seven Countries Study - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

His multiple regression analysis was incomplete. He held sucrose intake constant and showed saturated fat intake was correlated with heart disease. The problem is that he didn't hold saturated fat intake constant and show that sucrose (read: fructose) intake WASN'T correlated with heart disease. This part is necessary - without it, the conclusion Keys reached is unsubstantiated.

Whose multiple regression analysis isn't incomplete. I loved/hated doing those Wasn't allowed to use a computer for my stats and cost accounting classes.

 

[Omar08]

This is pretty hard to determine. I must advice you to consult a nutritionist so that you know how many yolks you can take.

 

[Kenny Croxdale]

Read More Of The Right Research.

Its a tough call. I was reading a great article today on Fats and Cholesterol.

Sosc,

Reading Quazi-Research

You get credit for reading. However, the problem is you're reading quazi-research..

To be on the safe side, you could limit yourself to one yolk a day. I eat only one hard-boiled egg every day.

Bad Advice Base Lies

To be safe, read more of the right information before you open your mouth.

I always hate throwing things away.

And I hate individuals who throw out information that is incorrect.

Built--Ansel Keys' Seven Countries Study Propaganda

As Built noted, all the hysteria over saturated fat was crated by Ansel Keys who built all of his research on lies.

Kenny Croxdale

 

[Merkaba]

<---has never throw away a yolk....Geez

 

[suprfast]

<---has never throw away a yolk....Geez

I've egged a house once, does that count?

 

[judojosh]

Dietary cholesterol has so little effect (if any) on your actual cholesterol levels and even then, IF it did there is still very little evidence that high cholesterol or Saturated fat increases your heart risk at all anyway

 

[squigader]

"Too much" fat? Not if your calories are where you want them to be.

Too much cholesterol? I know we've heard cholesterol demonized for years, but I'm just not buying it. The link between cholesterol consumption and blood lipids is weak. Even the uber-low AHA step II diet only lowered bad cholesterol by 11% - and lowered good cholesterol by 7%! Efficacy of a Therapeutic Lifestyle Change/Step 2 diet in moderately hypercholesterolemic middle-aged and elderly female and male subjects

Every metric of my health improved when I INCREASED my consumption of saturated animal fats and cholesterol. Ten years in, my health continues to be strong while eating a diet high in animal fat.

10 eggs a day though - you must be a joy to train with! <holds nose>

Exactly this! Besides, testosterone is made from cholesterol, so if you're working out, you should be having plenty

 

[oden]

I have 18 raw eggs a day-6in the morning-6 at lunch and6 befor bed I keep carbs low and am slim and trim-I get stronger all the time! study up on the iron guru vince grainalda- not sure how to spell that! raw eggs have no tast and go down easy-they dont fill you up and make you strong as hell if you lift like a man!!

 

[judojosh]

I have 18 raw eggs a day-6in the morning-6 at lunch and6 befor bed I keep carbs low and am slim and trim-I get stronger all the time! study up on the iron guru vince grainalda- not sure how to spell that! raw eggs have no tast and go down easy-they dont fill you up and make you strong as hell if you lift like a man!!

There are no benefits (that I know of) for raw over cooked eggs.

 

[squigader]

There are no benefits (that I know of) for raw over cooked eggs.

Completely true - cooking it actually increases the availability of protein - almost twice as much in fact!

Study here - Digestibility of Cooked and Raw Egg Protein in Humans as Assessed by Stable Isotope Techniques