I used to eat 3-4 eggs every morning because I thought they were healthy- loaded with protein, iron, other stuff etc. Did this for about a decade.
Ended up developing heart problems in my 20s! and that was despite being lean and fit. Have removed eggs (and other animal products) from my diet and I've gone from nearly dead to top end heart health according to my doctors- and they wanted to put me on all sorts of drugs and medications...
Anyone who thinks eggs are nutritious, explain to me why it's against the law for eggs to be labeled "nutritious"? In fact they can't even be labeled as "safe" legally!
What a load of horseshit. Reminds me of the old Ancel Keys studies;
- Bob is unhealthy
- Bob stopped drinking, smoking, began exercising, and focusing on reducing stress. He also cut out the bacon and eggs he eats in the morning.
- Miraculously, after 6 months, Bob is healthier.
- Therefore, bacon and eggs are bad for you!
I've tested the blood lipids of hundreds (if not thousands) of people. I can assure you, high fat foods like eggs are NOT an issue. There are TONS of studies the debunk this nonsense.
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2016/02/10/ajcn.115.122317.abstract
Egg or cholesterol intakes were not associated with increased CAD risk, even in ApoE4 carriers (i.e., in highly susceptible individuals).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16340654?dopt=Citation
We need to acknowledge that diverse healthy populations experience no risk in developing coronary heart disease by increasing their intake of cholesterol but, in contrast, they may have multiple beneficial effects by the inclusion of eggs in their regular diet.
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/55/2/400.abstract
This 5-month study in 70 young men on a high-fat diet compared the effects on cholesterol of 3, 7, and 14 eggs per week. Guess what they found???
Egg intake does not change plasma lipoprotein and coagulation profiles.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7310532
Change in cholesterol intake related to addition or deletion of two eggs in the daily diet had no significant effect on serum triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, or relative lipoprotein concentrations.
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/36/1/94.abstract
Mean changes in plasma lipids in the EGGS and AA groups were not statistically significant.
EGGS group ate eggs + placebo. AA group ate ascorbic acid + placebo.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11023005
Over 50 years of cholesterol-feeding studies show that dietary cholesterol does have a small effect on plasma cholesterol concentrations. The 167 cholesterol feeding studies in over 3,500 subjects in the literature indicate that a 100 mg change in dietary cholesterol changes plasma total cholesterol by 2.2 mg/dL.
Addition of 100 mg cholesterol per day to the diet increases total cholesterol with a 1.9 mg/dL increase in LDL cholesterol and a 0.4 mg/dL increase in HDL cholesterol. On average, the LDL:HDL ratio change per 100 mg/day change in dietary cholesterol is from 2.60 to 2.61, which would be predicted to have little effect on heart disease risk.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20683785
This study argues that the guidelines for cholesterol are unnecessarily strict, citing that the suggested limitation of 300g/ day does not fit the research.
Clinical studies have shown that even if DC (dietary cholesterol) may increase plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in certain individuals (hyper-responders), this is always accompanied by increases in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, so the LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio is maintained. More importantly, DC reduces circulating levels of small, dense LDL particles, a well-defined risk factor for CHD (coronary heart disease). This article presents recent evidence from human studies documenting the lack of effect of DC on CHD risk, suggesting that guidelines for DC should be revisited.
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/36/4/617.abstract
The serum cholesterol distribution curves of the subjects according to tertile of egg intake were almost identical, and no relationship between egg intake and coronary heart disease incidence was found. It is concluded that within the range of egg intake of this population differences in egg consumption were unrelated to blood cholesterol level or to coronary heart disease incidence.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20534749
Egg consumption and the risk of Type 2 Diabetes...
there was no association between egg consumption or dietary cholesterol and increased risk of incident T2D.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21134328
Even those with Type 2 Diabetes can improve blood lipids with eggs.
These results suggest that a high-protein energy-restricted diet high in cholesterol from eggs improved glycemic and lipid profiles, blood pressure and apo-B in individuals with type 2 diabetes.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16988120
Eggs for old people...
These findings indicate that in older adults, 5 wk of consuming 1 egg/d significantly increases serum lutein and zeaxanthin concentrations without elevating serum lipids and lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18203890
Fatties on a low carb diet benefit from egg consumption...
Eighteen subjects were classified as having the metabolic syndrome (MetS) at the beginning of the study, whereas 3 subjects had that classification at the end. These results suggest that including eggs in a CRD results in increased HDL-C while decreasing the risk factors associated with MetS.
https://examine.com/nutrition/will-eating-eggs-increase-my-cholesterol/
From Examine.com
Some studies link egg consumption to an increase in cholesterol levels; some do not; but no study has shown an increase in risk of cardiovascular disease.
If you were sickly, and now are much healthier, I'd be willing to bet you made a lot of lifestyle changes besides eating a few less eggs.
