Eating Eggs Everyday

[nailit]

Are there any health risks to eating 2 eggs everyday?
For the last few months, Ive been experimenting with different diets and have found that 2 eggs on toast every morning keeps me fuller for longer and more satisfied throughout the day than cereal, fruit, or anything else.
But the thought of eating 14 eggs a week makes me wonder if its a 'healthy' option?
Ta,,,

[nailit]

BTW, eggs are either poached in microwave or hardboiled, occasionally scrambled with a bit of milk and marg...

[furrypusscat]

If you lived in Norway they have numerous boiled eggs for breakfast, 3 or 4 in one meal.

[ivor4781]

good link here nalit
http://authoritynutrition.com/how-many-eggs-should-you-eat/

[Barsel]

I don't know what the latest fashion is as to how many eggs we can eat in a week, but I do remember reading it is healthier to have them poached or boiled rather than scrambled or fried. x

[Tilly2]

Eggs used to be frowned upon because of the fat content. Now, they're ok to eat.
Go to work on an Egg!

[Sqad]

Eggs tend to constipate you.....however they are cooked.

Eggs contain cholesterol as highlighted by the post of ivor.

Question: does a diet high in cholesterol lead to high cholesterol in the blood and hence "furring of the arteries " and causing heart attacks and stroke?

Mainstream medicine says yes it does.

sqad is not convinced of the association of high cholesterol and heart attacks.

My advice: play safe eh and only have about 4 eggs per week.

[nailit]

Type Your Answer Here...Thanks for quick replies.
//sqad is not convinced of the association of high cholesterol and heart attacks.//
Can you elaborate please sqad?

[nailit]

BTW sqad, I dont suffer from constipation, no matter how many eggs I consume. I also eat a lot of salad, veg and fruit.

[Sqad]

Yes I can elaborate, but it would only be my interpretation of events and by the way, who is this sqad and what makes his opinion important, well off the mainstream medical line?

[nailit]

Maybe because im interested in a medics opinion that differs from the mainstream sqad?

[nailit]

And theres not many places I can get that opinion from...

[Sqad]

LOL.........well nailit....just a quickie as i am watching "Breaking Bad " on DVD player.

1) the metabolism of cholesterol in the body is not as well understood as the medical profession would like to think.
2) Survey at University College Hospital in Los Angeles showed that 75% of heart attacks seen in casualty had NORMAL cholesterols.
3) Why do Eskimos with a diet packed with animal fat (cholesterol) have low incidence of heart attacks? Some 20 years ago a dozen Cambridge students live with the Eskimos for three months, lived on seal and walrus blubber and measured their blood cholesterol. Guess what? it was lowered.

I'm fed up now and going back to DVD.

[Tilly2]

Nailit, does porridge not fill you up? Porridge with some stewed fruit/cereal topper might be a nice change.

[woofgang]

The NHS say no limit on the number of eggs you can eat.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/eggs-nutrition.aspx

and the BHF agree.
https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/risk-factors/high-cholesterol

[nailit]

lol sqad, thanks for taking time out from 'Breaking Bad' to answer.
Appriciate it.

[nailit]

not a big fan of porridge tills, I like something a bit more 'hearty' on these cold winter mornings. (I'd have a Wrights pie every morning if I thought I could get away with it...)

[nailit]

woofgang, thanks for the links, very helpfull.

[Cloverjo]

I think the myth that too many eggs make you constipated is a very old-fashioned view -sorry, sqad, I know you're a doctor and I'm not, but I think you're wrong here.
My partner aged 71 keeps telling me that too many eggs make you "eggbound" meaning constipated, I guess, but that only happens to hens who get an egg stuck on its way out not humans just eating them.

[Tilly2]

I'd have a Wrights pie every morning if I thought I could get away with it...

So would I, Nailit.........alas!
I have to wait for visitors to bring me Wrights pies, oatcakes and Cheshire Cheese. I am running out of oatcakes. Time to invite the Auntie.

[pastafreak]

I agree with sq