Eggs

[coggles]

Could someone tell me what is the maximum amount of eggs a 4 year old should consume in a week please?

[Kerplunk]

children should limit their intake of cholesterol to 300mg each day. Since an egg contains about 213mg of cholesterol, eating eggs too often can cause your child to have a diet that is high in cholesterol. Eggs can be a healthy part of your child's diet though and shouldn't be avoided altogether. In addition to being high in cholesterol, eggs also have a lot of benefits, including being high in protein, iron, minerals and B vitamins. Instead of worrying about how many eggs your child eats, it is more important to look at and plan his / her overall diet by trying to follow the Food Guide Pyramid. In the Food Pyramid, eggs are a part of the Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans and Nuts food group. Younger children, aged 2-6, should get two servings from this food group each day, while older children can have 2-3 servings.

[coggles]

Kerplunk, thank you for your very informative answer. We follow a very low chol. diet at home (not because we are lard**rses fingerpie, but for inherent reasons) but didn't know what the restrictions were for children.