How many eggs are too much?

[Denislav]

Lately I’ve been eating 6 whole eggs each day. I normally eat them at lunch and dinner, the meal is rice, spinach, black beans, chicken and 3 eggs. Should I reduce them or should I eat only the egg whites? And in general when eggs become too much?

[WonderPug]

Are you asking if you're getting bored of eating eggs?

And why would you want to eat egg whites if you're getting bored of whole eggs??? Not only would you be discarding most of the nutritions in the egg, but most people much prefer the taste of whole eggs to just egg whites.

[Christiffer]

I've eaten 6-8 whole eggs plenty of days. I don't see it being an issue if it's not negatively affecting your daily total macronutrition. Some days I do 3 eggs on my ham egg and cheese in the a.m. and 5 whole eggs for an omelet in the p.m. Eat up!

[chicagojosh]

Are you asking if you're getting bored of eating eggs?

And why would you want to eat egg whites if you're getting bored of whole eggs??? Not only would you be discarding most of the nutritions in the egg, but most people much prefer the taste of whole eggs to just egg whites.

Pug what about cholesterol? Is it true that the yolk is that part of the egg that has the cholesterol? I eat a hefty does of whole eggs as well and was wondering about the cholesterol? thanks

[WonderPug]

Pug what about cholesterol? Is it true that the yolk is that part of the egg that has the cholesterol? I eat a hefty does of whole eggs as well and was wondering about the cholesterol? thanks

What about it?

[Christiffer]

Pug what about cholesterol? Is it true that the yolk is that part of the egg that has the cholesterol? I eat a hefty does of whole eggs as well and was wondering about the cholesterol? thanks

Dietary cholesterol doesn't necessarily equate to high blood level cholesterol.

[chicagojosh]

Dietary cholesterol doesn't necessarily equate to high blood level cholesterol.

thanks Chris

[kcuviello]

Dietary cholesterol doesn't necessarily equate to high blood level cholesterol.

Amen.
and isn't there more cholesterol in chicken anyway? people still eat tons of that.
If you're young, training hard and are in good health - I wouldn't worry too much about cholesterol..that's just me.

[G Diesel]

Lately I’ve been eating 6 whole eggs each day. I normally eat them at lunch and dinner, the meal is rice, spinach, black beans, chicken and 3 eggs. Should I reduce them or should I eat only the egg whites? And in general when eggs become too much?

Six whole eggs per day is fine. Ton of protein and healthy fats, as well as micronutrients. One of nature's perfect foods. Don't waste the yolks.

Peace, G

[isaiah41v10]

Good question...I wouldn't expect much in the way of an answer. I think most studies have found that there are limitations to how many eggs one should consume but restrictions on daily diet isn't too popular in this forum. Unless someone has experimented with their own health for 30+ years eating large quantities of eggs it is really hard to dispute what the studies show.

[Problem]

I eat 20 eggs most often.. fat free cheddar on top with some turkey bacon.. Delicious

[digistp]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19751443
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16340654
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/133/4/1036.full.pdf

[ironwill2008]

Good question...I wouldn't expect much in the way of an answer. I think most studies have found that there are limitations to how many eggs one should consume but restrictions on daily diet isn't too popular in this forum. Unless someone has experimented with their own health for 30+ years eating large quantities of eggs it is really hard to dispute what the studies show.

I've been eating at least two dozen eggs per week for almost 21 years now. All my blood panels are very good, according to my doc. That's all the 'study' data I need.




IN before "n =1; not statistically significant." It's significant to me.

[isaiah41v10]

I've been eating at least two dozen eggs per week for almost 21 years now. All my blood panels are very good, according to my doc. That's all the 'study' data I need.




IN before "n =1; not statistically significant." It's significant to me.

This is the best answer the OP is going to get in the way of anecdotal evidence.

[VmissileX]

I've been eating at least two dozen eggs per week for almost 21 years now. All my blood panels are very good, according to my doc. That's all the 'study' data I need.




IN before "n =1; not statistically significant." It's significant to me.

The truth about statistics is that there will always be outliers and every case is different.

I wish current trends in nutritional research would stem away from statistics...but it may be the best we can do right now.

putting everything in a 95% confidence interval isn't alway great...because there is that 5% chance you may be out of it.

[Siobahn]

we should make a sticky like "how many eggs a day?" ...

[unstrong]

we should make a sticky like "how many eggs a day?" ...

Or at least a thread that lists the topics that have been discussed ad nauseam before people make a new thread. Lately this topic has been the biggest offender.

[isdatzo]

Your answer: we just don't know. In most studies, high egg intake is defined as 1-2 eggs/day. We have no idea what long term effects are.
Some studies show that diabetics might want to watch their egg intake. This is not the case for healthy subjects (at 1-2 eggs/day, at least).