chickenman said:

Myth Busted: Eating Eggs Has Virtually No Effect on Cholesterol Levels

Saturday, April 04, 2009 by: David Gutierrez, staff writer
Tags: eggs, health news, Natural News

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(NaturalNews) Eating eggs does not significantly raise the body's cholesterol levels, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Surrey and published in the Nutrition Bulletin of the British Heart Foundation.

The researchers reviewed the results of several different studies on eggs and nutrition, concluding that eggs did not contribute significantly to the body's cholesterol levels. Although eggs are in fact a high-cholesterol food, the researchers note that only one-third of the body's cholesterol comes from dietary sources; the rest is produced by the body from saturated fats. As a consequence, saturated fat intake plays a far more significant role.

"The ingrained misconception linking egg consumption to high blood cholesterol and heart disease must be corrected," researcher Bruce Griffin said. "The amount of saturated fat in our diet exerts an effect on blood cholesterol that is several times greater than the relatively small amounts of dietary cholesterol."

The researchers note that other factors, such as obesity, a sedentary lifestyle or smoking also have greater effects on cholesterol levels or the risk of cardiovascular disease than egg consumption does.

"The UK public does not need to be limiting the number of eggs they eat," Griffin said. "Indeed, they can be encouraged to include them in a healthy diet, as they are one of nature's most nutritionally dense foods."

Up until 2007, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) recommended that people limit their intake of eggs to three per week, as a way of reducing the risk of heart disease. That advice is now considered outdated, however.

"We recommend that eggs can be eaten as part of a balanced diet," said Victoria Taylor of the BHF. "There is cholesterol present in eggs, but this does not usually make a great contribution to your level of blood cholesterol. If you need to reduce your cholesterol level, it is more important that you cut down on the amount of saturated fat in your diet from foods like fatty meat, full fat dairy products, and cakes, biscuits and pastries."


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chickenman said:

Got 1/2 of the 5oo hens in barn and legs banded for Identification, will do chores and hit the river with that streamer and see what happens, farming and fishing and farming and fishing and farming and fishing look at what I got myself into now....

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urbanfog said:

Hope you have a day of stripping line and wicked battles!

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chickenman said:

I see. may have to move nests so they don't crapola in them...

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baba G said:

I'm no nutritional expert but I notice many people cook eggs with butter & a lot use cheese in combination. I'm sure they say to avoid cakes/biscuits because of butter? So, if one eats eggs as a healthy diet I can see that being super nutritious but if one eats eggs with fatty meat, butter & cheese then the results have got to be somewhat negatively effecting cholesterol. Granted it's not the EGG being the culprit but the way many eat eggs may not be good for cholesterol.

Fatty meat, full fat dairy and cakes/biscuits/pastries are the american diet Chickenman and we wonder why all these folks are on pills...lol
I bet your eggs are solid, we got local eggs all over here and they are yummy compared to the mass produced eggs.

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baba G said:

I wonder where the anti abortion folks stand on eating eggs, rofl

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Seamaiden said:

And if you're having trouble getting weight *on* and keeping it on, lemme know, my mother has written a cookbook for you.

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urbanfog said:

lost almost 100lbs since 8/11 car wreck, Id be interested. can you point me towards amazon or a place I can buy it?

thanks SM


UF

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sky high said:

Yikes. I'd melt.

Different story up here...obviously. Thing is...we're gonna pay >soon<....so I won't rub it in. :D

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Cort said:

I live in the desert, Id kill for an early and long fall season.

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chickenman said:

Another wonderful day in store.. After busting ass last 2 days getting chickens moved in am going to do a few morning chores then chill out and rest a little. Should be done before noon, take a nap in cool dark room, then get up around 3pm, some quick chores then... hit the river for afternoon action... Will be an awesome day hope you all have a good one as well...

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