Can you afford not to eat eggs?


I like eggs. I eat 3-5 of them nearly every day. I have for years. My cholesterol is 187 with an HDL of 87 (high normal 70). My genetics would say otherwise. My grandfather and father had heart disease and died of it prematurely.

Eggs have the best protein of any food, but only if you eat the yolks at the same time you eat the whites. Many people are actually protein deficient because they do not eat enough quality protein. Eggs have the most quality of any food. So they are important to eat. When one eats only the white of the egg, one reduces the quality of the protein by over 60%.

There is no scientific evidence that eggs cause heart attacks as shown in an extensive review of the world's scientific literature in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (July-August 2009).

Eggs do have cholesterol. But cholesterol is an essential nutrient for every cell in the body. Good news is that the Framingham Heart Study found that high-egg eaters had lower cholesterol levels than very-low egg eaters. So eat your eggs yolks and all, but while you're doing so, avoid all simple sugars, grains, and dairy products. And do eat large quantities of organic fruits and vegetables. And make sure the eggs are free range from chickens who are not being given hormones. Then you get a really tasty and healthy food.