Losing Weight and Feeling Great

‘eggs in the diet’

Eggs are in.  Eggs are out.  One minute they’re wonderful for a diet — the next they should be banned.  How in the world can you know what to believe?

Well, you really can’t, so you have to go with your instincts on this one, along with a modicum of information to help you decide, if you’re on the fence about these ovoid wonders.

Eggs are high in protein. That is, the egg whites are high in protein; the whites of three large eggs with some sauteed (use PAM or some other spay) veggies is a wonderful way to start your day.  And even better, egg whites are very low in calories.

Eggs are high in cholesterol.  The egg yolks, that is.  If you’re the type of person where your cholesterol never goes about 180 no matter what you eat, this may not even be a concern to you.  If your cholesterol is on the "watch out" list, you may want to consider using Egg Beaters instead.

Eggs linked to reduced breast cancer. Now this is interesting.  The intake of choline may be related to breast cancer; a study found that women who had a high intake of choline had a reduced chance for breast cancer.  But the flip side is this — choline is only found in the yolk of the egg, not the whites.  Argh!

And while this blog is really more female-oriented, there are probably men in your life who’s health you may be concerned over.  Here’s just one more thing to worry about — another study found that men who ate seven or more eggs a week had a higher risk of dying sooner.

And if diabetic men ate any eggs, that raised their chances of dying sooner even more!  Depressing if the men in your life crave eggs — you can read the story here.

To egg or not to egg in your diet — that’s a tough one.  Studies change all the time, so what’s good one day is bad the next.  Most likely, moderation is in order — like with anything else.