Whole eggs or egg beaters.

[SKINSFAN]

I have been using egg beaters for some time now to get my morning protein because of high cholesterol, is the quality of protein the same? Do I need the fat that is in whole eggs in my diet? or should I just keep using the egg beaters, they are advertised as 99% real eggs, maybe just a marketing strategy.
Thanks Mike

 

[Arnold]

I prefer real, whole eggs.

 

[seyone]

I use both whole eggs and whites. a few of each.

 

[arbntmare]

i use the whites... and just a littler yoke for extra taste.. my family has a history of cholestrol problem..

 

[Tank316]

Originally posted by arbntmare
i use the whites... and just a littler yoke for extra taste.. my family has a history of cholestrol problem..

ditto.

 

[BigB]

I got to a point where I never wanted to eat another hard boiled egg so i stopped eating them for about a year now. They are just starting to look good again

 

[w8lifter]

whole eggs ...but the stuff in the carton is just as good!

 

[Robboe]

I like eating the chickens too.

Live if possible...

 

[jman69bug]

I always opt for the natural stuff. But who knows what's in the real eggs anyway

 

[Robboe]

Yolkes and whites.

And a chick if you're lucky.

 

[Arnold]

Originally posted by jman69bug
But who knows what's in the real eggs anyway

little chicken aliens are in them!

 

[w8lifter]

Originally posted by The_Chicken_Daddy
Yolkes and whites.

And a chick if you're lucky.

Don't go there. If you never want to eat an egg again I can tell a nasty story!

 

[Robboe]

Unless it involves chicken embryos i care not.

 

[w8lifter]

Originally posted by The_Chicken_Daddy
Unless it involves chicken embryos i care not.

Well, in fact that's what it involves.....try cracking an egg finding some of that in your bowl! YUMMY!

 

[Stickboy]

Hey! Protien is protien. Who cares what comes out of the egg?Just slap it in a skillet before it can get away and go for it.

 

[stephen71]

Egg beaters are awesome but they're too expensive.

 

[Tank316]

egg beaters are spendy, i bought them in bulk once,$$$$. but for the convience they are nice.some supplement companies sell a pure egg white powder you just add water to it. AST and optimun i believe.

 

[RoCk79]

I prefer whole eggs!!!

 

[butterfly]

Me too... whole eggs all the way

 

[Fitgirl70]

Maybe we should start a "Living with High Cholesterol" forum....hehe

Just kidding. My family has a history of high cholesterol too and I too suffer from it. I use egg whites mostly and usually only put one egg yolk in there just for taste. I've discussed it with my internist and he says it's okay.

BTW -- what is everyone taking for their high cholesterol? Some of you might remember me saying that I am on Welchol and Niaspan. Just for the record, these are the only meds that have ever made my cholesterol go down. It's still not perfect but the Niaspan has helped tremendously!!! Check into it.

Anyway, back to the question -- I prefer egg whites from real eggs simply because of my cholesterol. My doc said it was just fine.

Just my $.02 --
T

 

[RoCk79]

I dont take anything for high cholestoral, I dont even know if I have had that tested or not, but I'm not worried, I'm still pretty healthy..lol..

 

[Tank316]

with bodybuilding all these years i have high cholesterol. its genetic, it would'nt hurt to get it checked..or i should say go get it checked..

 

[Yanks20]

Whole eggs for me!

 

[RoCk79]

Wouldn't you think that by living a healthy lifestyle, we would naturally have low cholestoral levels? Just a thought, unless it runs in the family, but if it doesn't, then shouldn't we be o.k.?

 

[Fitgirl70]

Not necessarily Rocky.... if it's hereditary, like with me for instance, then you can be in the best shape of your life and eat cleaner than Ronnie Coleman and still have high cholesterol.

(I'm by no means saying I eat cleaner than big Ronnie, but you get the jist of it.)

My cholesterol was 360
and now it is 281. It dropped almost 100 pts. but still outrageous.

I am a firm believer that if ANYONE in your family has ever had hypertension or high cholesterol, then you should be checked.

 

[RoCk79]

Thanks for the info Fitgirl....

 

[Robboe]

There are studies indicating that high cholesterol and blood triglyceride levels are resultant from high carb diets.

Don;t ask me to find the studies cause i can;t be arsed.

 

[Robboe]

Hey that was my 100th post. And it only took like 15 months haha...

 

[w8lifter]

Originally posted by The_Chicken_Daddy
There are studies indicating that high cholesterol and blood triglyceride levels are resultant from high carb diets.

Don;t ask me to find the studies cause i can;t be arsed.

You're such a lazy chicken

 

[Robboe]

You're right.

I can;t even be arsed to correct all the times where i typed ; where it should be '.