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Let's talk about eggs

slimvictor said:
What I mean is that, if you get 50 grams of protein from eggs - this is about 2 eggs' worth- you have just ingested 750 calories (or about one-third of your daily total), 57 grams of fat including 17 grams of saturated fat, 1.5 grams of cholesterol (500% recommended daily limit), 1.25 grams sodium (more than half of your daily limit), and gotten zero fiber, 2% of your vitamin C, around 50% of your vitamin A, 21% of your iron, and 34% of your calcium. See link here.

If you instead got 50 grams of protein from broccoli, you would have eaten almost the same number of calories (~700), but you would have gotten just 7 grams of fat, essentially zero saturated fat, zero cholesterol, 800 mg sodium, 65 grams of fiber, 2100% of your daily vitamin C, almost 600% of your daily vitamin A, around 75% of your daily calcium, and 70% of your iron.
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I would like to point out the insanity of this post. Comparing broccoli vs eggs is nuts.

Also I would like to point out that you clearly have no idea about the size of the numbers you are juggling with here. If 2 eggs would have 50 grams of protein in them, that would be fucking insane man... And 2 eggs have 750 calories in them? Does that really sound right to you??? Please at least try to read your own references :|.
 
Cevain said:
I would like to point out the insanity of this post. Comparing broccoli vs eggs is nuts.

Also I would like to point out that you clearly have no idea about the size of the numbers you are juggling with here. If 2 eggs would have 50 grams of protein in them, that would be fucking insane man... And 2 eggs have 750 calories in them? Does that really sound right to you??? Please at least try to read your own references :|.
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Yeah, we worked out my mistake with the numbers earlier. It wasn't that I didn't read the page I cited, of course, but that I miscalculated.

But comparing eggs to broccoli is not nuts.
What I was doing was showing that you can get all the protein you need from vegetable sources.

Therefore, talking about how great eggs are because of their protein is missing the point, I would say.

Also, essentially nobody ever responded to my comments about chemicals in eggs.
Hormones, pesticides, antibiotics, genetically-engineered organisms....
I guess that there is not much anyone can say to argue that eggs are healthy if they have that cocktail of chems in them.
 
slimvictor said:
Also, essentially nobody ever responded to my comments about chemicals in eggs.
Hormones, pesticides, antibiotics, genetically-engineered organisms....
I guess that there is not much anyone can say to argue that eggs are healthy if they have that cocktail of chems in them.
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Eggs from homegrown hens would not have half of these... but I guess you're not talking about that type of chicken egg here.
 
eggs tastes better when someone else makes 'em
I had a delicious organic egg and swiss omelet after my run this morning courtesy of my husband.
 
I've been eating two eggs a day for the last couple of weeks now. Some days, I'll even start off my day with three or four eggs with maybe some veggies for an omelette or bacon on the side for extra energy (I can easily stay statisfied on three eggs, bacon, and vegetables until well into the evening).

I can report that I used to have chest pains a few times a month until I cut down the amount of carbs I was eating. I am starting to believe that maybe cholesterol isn't harmful at all. I haven't had any chest pains, headaches, sugar crashes and have had consistent energy for the last few weeks.

Just my two cents, of course. It may or may not work the same way for others.
 
Simply_Live said:
I can report that I used to have chest pains a few times a month until I cut down the amount of carbs I was eating. I am starting to believe that maybe cholesterol isn't harmful at all. I haven't had any chest pains, headaches, sugar crashes and have had consistent energy for the last few weeks.
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Unless you have issues with your liver, it should make enough cholesterol for your body even without consuming dietary cholesterol.
 
^ But what I'm saying is that eating seemingly "excess" cholesterol isn't harmful.

And sure, my body makes enough cholesterol, but how much is "enough", exactly? Enough to sustain my life, enough to make daily levels of vitamin D when I'm outside, or enough to do both of those things, plus influence my energy level from the actual foods I'm eating (obviously, cholesterol doesn't give you energy, in a sense. I mean the calories from the foods that give you cholesterol)?
 
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