Egg Yolks

dioltas

I remember recently there was a thread about how egg yolks were grand as dietary cholesterol was not related to blood cholesterol or something like that.

Should the number of egg yolks eaten daily still be limited because they contain a lot of saturated fat or is this rubbish?

Also egg whites are basically just protein yeah? There isn't any harm in eating loads of egg whites is there?

cozmik

2 whole eggs a day is fine and you can eat as many egg whites as you like but why waste the yolks?

dioltas

I don't waste them, just if I was eating alot of eggs I mean. Yesterday for example I had two whole eggs boiled for breakfast and later I had scrambled egg with 1 whole and two whites.

I threw away two out of five yolks. Should I have just eaten all of them?

cozmik

dioltas wrote: »

I threw away two out of five yolks. Should I have just eaten all of them?

It's your choice but I wouldn't eat more than 2 whole eggs a day myself. Everything in moderation is the key.

EileenG

I would just eat them. You are not likely to be eating five eggs a day every day. The odd day is fine.

Even the tv experts now agree that egg yolks are healthy, they are full of "smart fats", nice way of getting out of admitting that saturated fats have health benefits.