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Eggs!

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
Oh how i love eggs, i doooo. I have at least one a day, boiled or in a omlette or sometimes scrambled. Are they bad for you though? My mum keeps on at me about how they can 'bind you', whatever that even means. sounds like an old wifeys take to me. true or not?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think they're quite high in cholesterol, other than that I dont know!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeah, they are real high :( but you can eat lots of eggwhites :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    there are a lot worse things you could be eating.
    I see no harm in it
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    egg a day keeps the egg cravings away!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Glittery wrote: »
    I think they're quite high in cholesterol, other than that I dont know!

    True, but what type. There's good and bad cholesterol, plus the fact that the vast majority of cholesterol in your body is produced by your body.

    Being veggie i eat a lot of eggs and my cholesterol count, considering i'm a tad 'cuudly' is only 2.8 :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    They're only "bad" for you if your family has high cholesterol. If so then just eat the egg whites.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Not necessarly, my family on either side has no history of high cholesterol yet at 22 and pretty healthy I mine is 230 or 220 or something :\

    But as Rubber says, it not necissairly bad, only if you have high to begin with you should stay away from the yolks... found this... http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cholesterol/HQ00608
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    When i first heard about the Mayo clinic, i thought it was to do with mayonnaise :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    paperdoll wrote: »
    My mum keeps on at me about how they can 'bind you', whatever that even means. sounds like an old wifeys take to me. true or not?

    She means it can make your "toileting" less regular

    Its true as far as im aware
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeah I've been told this before. Apparently can leave you constipated if you have too many? How many constitutes as "too many" I have no idea.

    My mate has 5 boiled eggs every night for some crazy gym thing he has going on. Dread to think what they do to him!
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,283 Skive's The Limit
    Eggs are good. Proper poached eggs on muffins are best. :yum:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    lol no need to worry about cholesterol from eggs

    There is actually not a great deal of worry between dietary chloesterol and it getting into the stream as much as people think

    I have on occasion eating upto 15-20 whole/partial eggs per day and I know people who eat a damn lot more than that sometimes too

    1 egg per day will be nothing lol
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