Eggs...

[Emilio]

Hey,

Just curious. How are boiled eggs for a quick meal/snack when I at school in between classes. Small meals are hard to prepare and bring with me to school. I figure I can cook up a dozen eggs at a time and keep em in the fridge for a quick healthy snack. And if it matters I am cutting.

let me know,
Emilio

[Human Clay]

5-6 grams of fat in one egg yolk, just keep that in mind. There are probably better portable protein sources out there.

[Frenchie]

For snacks I just boil some eggs and then take out the yolk! Maybe sometimes I'll treat myself and eat one with the yolk as well...

[dobber38]

I have 2 HB eggs at least 5 days a week.
I eat the whole thing. Eggs are a complete protein and were meant to be be eaten whole.

[bni]

yea for breakfast i like to have like 2 whole eggs and then like i duno how many eggwhites. 6-8.

[Knubb]

Originally Posted by dobber38

Eggs are a complete protein and were meant to be be eaten whole.

Eggs were meant to make chickens. (edit: or other animals)

Don't fear the fat. You need fat to be healthy, and to be able to lose weight. I eat 3-6 whole raw eggs a day. My cholesterol levels are excellent by the way.

[vovo]

is there really a difference between raw and cooked.

i knew a few people who took them raw, mainly mixed in with milk a sort of eggnog (protein shake)

[Boarding school in Zimbabwe you had to do with you could get.]

[Knubb]

Originally Posted by vovo

is there really a difference between raw and cooked.

i knew a few people who took them raw, mainly mixed in with milk a sort of eggnog (protein shake)

[Boarding school in Zimbabwe you had to do with you could get.]

As far as I know, heat break proteins down, so it would be ideal to take it in raw. Hard to do when eating meat though. I don't know to what extent this happens when cooking stuff, but I think it's worth knowing.

[Emilio]

So will like 2 HB eggs a day be detrimental to my cutting? I mean I'd rather have something than nothing when I am at school. I am stuck with 3 larger meals instead of the 5-6 smaller meals I'd like.. I just figured it'd be a good way to get a meal(with a piece of fruit or something).

- Emilio

[badgolfer]

Originally Posted by Emilio

So will like 2 HB eggs a day be detrimental to my cutting? I mean I'd rather have something than nothing when I am at school. I am stuck with 3 larger meals instead of the 5-6 smaller meals I'd like.. I just figured it'd be a good way to get a meal(with a piece of fruit or something).

- Emilio

it should not be detrimental to you cutting at all. i bring them to class for my night classes after work. they hold me over until i get home. i eat the whole thing too and it makes me thirsty so you might want to bring a bottle of water if you dont already.

[Jaybird]

I agree with many posts above. Eggs are excellent sources of protein, and the fat is ok, too. However, the yolks are very high in cholesterol. I say eat no more than 1 yolk a day. One yolk is 70% of your daily allowance of cholesterol. Just something to think about. I get my fat sources from other lower cholesterol options, like almonds, peanuts, and flax oil. So would I eat hard boiled eggs? Yes, actually I do. But about 75% of the time I toss the yolks.

[slush_puppy]

I'm not really sure about the whole protein breaking down thing. I don't have any scientific data, but we all cook a lot of meat and don't worry about the protein breaking down in it. I just don't buy it.

Personally, I would stay the heck away from raw eggs just from the health risk alone.

[G_Man]

I eat 1 whole egg mixed with 5 egg whites scrambled a day. 1 yolk will put you very close to the total maximum recommended cholesterol for a day.

[JMR]

I've eaten up to a dozen whole eggs per day and never had high cholesterol.... 136 at my last test. Again, I think it's a matter of genetics. If you're predispositioned to have high cholesterol problems then it might not even matter what you eat.

[minilifter]

A couple points about dietary (consumed) cholestrol.

1. The cholestrol you eat has been shown to have no effect (or very little) on your blood level of cholestrol. (See reference)
2. Some even suspect that getting too little dietary cholestrol can have a negative effect on blood cholestrol levels (your body's not getting enough from the food it's eating so it produces more)
3. Testosterone (very good thing for a man)is made of cholesterol



Bowman MP, et al. "Effect of dietary fat and cholesterol on plasma lipids and lipoprotein fractions in normolipidemic men." J Nutr 1988 May;118(5):555-60

[Jaybird]

Originally Posted by minilifter

Bowman MP, et al. "Effect of dietary fat and cholesterol on plasma lipids and lipoprotein fractions in normolipidemic men." J Nutr 1988 May;118(5):555-60

Sweet. I'll be heading to the library to check that paper out.

[Knubb]

Originally Posted by slush_puppy

I'm not really sure about the whole protein breaking down thing. I don't have any scientific data, but we all cook a lot of meat and don't worry about the protein breaking down in it. I just don't buy it.

Personally, I would stay the heck away from raw eggs just from the health risk alone.

I did a little research, and here's a link that explains how the breaking (denaturing) of protein works. Turns out I wasn't completely accurate in my statement though, as the heat used in cooking an egg wouldn't be hot enough to actually denature the proteins to a point where they can't be joint together again. Other links I found (that were somewhat less credible than the one I posted) suggested that the boiled eggs actually are better for you than the raw ones.

I can't see how raw eggs would be any more of a health risk than boiled ones. I'll certainly keep using mine, as I like them better that way.

[JMR]

Although the chances are low, salmonella is the problem with raw eggs. If you ever get it then you'll be cooking your eggs from then on ...

[Knubb]

I thought salmonella was a factor when eating chicken meat uncooked, and not the eggs. People use raw eggs for many things, like egg nog or certain cakes and stuff. Does that mean they really shouldn't?

[Emilio]

I think I am going to be adding 1-2 eggs per day to my diet. My fat intake is very low due to my mostly chicken/salmon and fruits/veggies diet. Still a lil weary of the fat/cholesterol thing though.

- Emilio