Egg Whites or Wholes Eggs?

Brought to you by Mike Geary
The Truth About Abs

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Mike Geary on Whole vs Egg Whites

I was on a weekend trip with some friends recently
and one of my friends was cooking breakfast for the
whole group. I went over to see what he was cooking
and saw he was getting ready to make a big batch of
eggs.

Well, to my shock and horror, I noticed that he was
cracking the eggs open and screening the egg whites
into a bowl and throwing out the egg yolks.

I asked him why the heck he was throwing out the egg
yolks, and he replied…

“because I thought the egg yolks were terrible for you…
that’s where all the nasty fat and cholesterol is”.

And I replied, “you mean that’s where all the nutrition
is!”

This is a perfect example of how confused most people
are about nutrition. In a world full of misinformation,
somehow most people now mistakenly think that the egg
yolk is the worst part of the egg, when in fact, the
YOLK IS THE HEALTHIEST PART OF THE EGG!

By throwing out the yolk and only eating egg whites,
you’re essentially throwing out the most nutrient dense,
antioxidant-rich, vitamin and mineral loaded portion of
the egg. The yolks contain so many B-vitamins, trace
minerals, vitamin A, folate, choline, lutein, and other
powerful nutrients…

It’s not even worth trying to list them all.

In fact, the egg whites are almost devoid of nutrition
compared to the yolk.

Even the protein in egg whites isn’t as powerful without
the yolks to balance out the amino acid profile and make
the protein more bio-available.

Not to even mention that the egg yolks from free range
chickens are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids.

Yolks contain more than 90% of the calcium, iron, phosphorus,
zinc, thiamin, B6, folate, and B12, and panthothenic
acid of the egg. In addition, the yolks contain all of the
fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K in the egg, as well
as all of the essential fatty acids.

And now the common objection I get all the time when I
say that the yolks are the most nutritious part of the egg…

“But I heard that whole eggs will skyrocket my cholesterol
through the roof”

No, this is FALSE!

First of all, when you eat a food that contains a high
amount of dietary cholesterol such as eggs, your body
down-regulates it’s internal production of cholesterol
to balance things out.

On the other hand, if you don’t eat enough cholesterol,
your body simply produces more since cholesterol has tons
of important functions in the body.

And here’s where it gets even more interesting…

There are indications that eating whole eggs actually
raises your good HDL cholesterol to a higher degree
than LDL cholesterol, thereby improving your overall
cholesterol ratio and blood chemistry.

And 3rd… high cholesterol is NOT a disease!  Heart
disease is a disease…but high cholesterol is NOT.

You can read my article article about why trying to
attack cholesterol is a mistake, and what the REAL
deadly risk factors actually are…

http://virgilaponte.com/Truth-About-Abs.html

So I hope we’ve established that whole eggs are not
some evil food that will wreck your body…

Instead whole eggs are FAR superior to egg whites.

Also, your normal supermarket eggs coming from mass
factory farming just don’t compare nutritionally
with organic free range eggs from healthy chickens
that are allowed to roam freely and eat a more natural
diet.

I recently compared eggs I bought at the grocery store
with a batch of eggs I got at a farm stand where the
chickens were free roaming and healthy.

Most people don’t realize that there’s a major difference
because they’ve never bought real eggs from healthy chickens…
The eggs from the grocery store had pale yellow yolks.
On the other hand, the healthier free range eggs had
deep orange colored yolks indicating much higher
nutrition levels and carotenoids.

So next time a health or fitness professional tells
you that egg whites are superior, you can quietly
ignore their advice knowing that you understand the
REAL deal about egg yolks.

One more thing about eggs…

I read a study recently that compared groups of people
that ate egg breakfasts vs groups of people that ate
cereal or bagel based breakfasts.  The results of the
study showed that the egg eaters lost or maintained a
healthier bodyweight, while the cereal/bagel eaters
gained weight.

It was hypothesized that the egg eaters actually ate
less calories during the remainder of the day because
their appetite was more satisfied compared to the
cereal/bagel eaters who would have been more prone
to wild blood sugar swings and food cravings.

My Comments:

I’m in total agreement with Mike here for a few reasons.

First of all whole eggs are the way to go and one the best sources of protein.

Secondly I’m of the opinion that the problems of cholesterol are way over blown.

There’s a ton of info to read about this at Mercola.com.

For some reason most people only listen to the mainstream info that says cholesteral is bad and that you should stay away from it at all cost.

I’d look at both sides and make a decision for yourself.

My own personal research has led me to believe that cholesterol and even saturated fats have their place and not the villains they are made out to be.

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Virgil

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