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> One downside: I noticed my bi-weekly shopping bills to have definitely gone up. Mine has gone down after switching to eggs as default go-to food.

by DiThi 9y ago

charlesdm 9y ago
Low carb or not, I can't believe eating 40+ eggs a week is healthy. Balance it out, yo! Plus, while I like eggs (a lot), they do get boring after a while. There are only so many different ways to prepare them.
- DiThi 9y ago
  > I can't believe eating 40+ eggs a week is healthy. I've started precisely after reading the studies that find no correlation between consumed cholesterol and its levels in blood. Also when I found out that the vast majority of cholesterol in blood is made in the body to match the levels it needs. Also when I found out the link between heart disease and LDL levels couldn't be proven. Of course, I eat them alone, without bread or fries like I used to do. > they do get boring after a while Luckily for me they don't
  - et-al 9y ago
    40 eggs/week seems excessive, regardless of the cholesterol or lack of. Is the rest of your diet still balanced and diverse?
    - DiThi 9y ago
      Not sure where that number came from. I eat about 25/week. And of course it has other things. Veggies, meat, ...
      - et-al 9y ago
        Ah it's from the other poster. Yeah 25/week isn't as worrisome.
    - charlesdm 9y ago
      Indeed; imo anything that is consumed excessively can't be healthy. Whether that is eggs, meat, fish, veggies, etc. I'm not saying it's harmful -- just saying you need to find a balance. I personally eat about 4 to 8 eggs a week, so still a decent amount, in combination with plenty of other things.
  - fredsir 9y ago
    No correlation sounds wrong. Which study is that? As far as I know, the consensus is that dietary cholesterol doesn't affect ldl cholesterol as much as saturated fat, but it doesn't have "zero effect" either. Eggs also have a lot of saturated fat. That's already two things affecting your ldl cholesterol levels in a bad way.
    - DiThi 9y ago
      > Which study is that? One of the ones linked in this article, I don't remember which. https://lifeforbusypeople.com/2016/08/24/why-anti-fat-is-completely-misguided/ https://lifeforbusypeople.com/2016/08/24/why-anti-fat-is-com...
- fian 9y ago
  Beyond boredom, many people will develop bad body odor from the choline in eggs: https://nutritionfacts.org/2014/08/19/how-eggs-can-impact-body-odor/ https://nutritionfacts.org/2014/08/19/how-eggs-can-impact-bo... My partner eats boiled eggs daily for breakfast and at one point I tried to switch to having 2 eggs for breakfast every couple of days. I rapidly developed an unpleasant body odor that went away when I stopped having eggs so frequently. So daily eggs is not be a viable solution for everyone.
  - DiThi 9y ago
    Thanks for that link. There's not enough literature showing the adverse effects of eggs and meat that are not linked to fat and cholesterol.

> One downside: I noticed my bi-weekly shopping bills to have definitely gone up. Mine has gone down after switching to eggs as default go-to food.

by DiThi 9y ago

> One downside: I noticed my bi-weekly shopping bills to have definitely gone up. Mine has gone down after switching to eggs as default go-to food.

charlesdm 9y ago

Low carb or not, I can't believe eating 40+ eggs a week is healthy. Balance it out, yo! Plus, while I like eggs (a lot), they do get boring after a while. There are only so many different ways to prepare them.

DiThi 9y ago
> I can't believe eating 40+ eggs a week is healthy. I've started precisely after reading the studies that find no correlation between consumed cholesterol and its levels in blood. Also when I found out that the vast majority of cholesterol in blood is made in the body to match the levels it needs. Also when I found out the link between heart disease and LDL levels couldn't be proven. Of course, I eat them alone, without bread or fries like I used to do. > they do get boring after a while Luckily for me they don't
- et-al 9y ago
  40 eggs/week seems excessive, regardless of the cholesterol or lack of. Is the rest of your diet still balanced and diverse?
  - DiThi 9y ago
    Not sure where that number came from. I eat about 25/week. And of course it has other things. Veggies, meat, ...
    - et-al 9y ago
      Ah it's from the other poster. Yeah 25/week isn't as worrisome.
  - charlesdm 9y ago
    Indeed; imo anything that is consumed excessively can't be healthy. Whether that is eggs, meat, fish, veggies, etc. I'm not saying it's harmful -- just saying you need to find a balance. I personally eat about 4 to 8 eggs a week, so still a decent amount, in combination with plenty of other things.
- fredsir 9y ago
  No correlation sounds wrong. Which study is that? As far as I know, the consensus is that dietary cholesterol doesn't affect ldl cholesterol as much as saturated fat, but it doesn't have "zero effect" either. Eggs also have a lot of saturated fat. That's already two things affecting your ldl cholesterol levels in a bad way.
  - DiThi 9y ago
    > Which study is that? One of the ones linked in this article, I don't remember which. https://lifeforbusypeople.com/2016/08/24/why-anti-fat-is-completely-misguided/ https://lifeforbusypeople.com/2016/08/24/why-anti-fat-is-com...
fian 9y ago
Beyond boredom, many people will develop bad body odor from the choline in eggs: https://nutritionfacts.org/2014/08/19/how-eggs-can-impact-body-odor/ https://nutritionfacts.org/2014/08/19/how-eggs-can-impact-bo... My partner eats boiled eggs daily for breakfast and at one point I tried to switch to having 2 eggs for breakfast every couple of days. I rapidly developed an unpleasant body odor that went away when I stopped having eggs so frequently. So daily eggs is not be a viable solution for everyone.
- DiThi 9y ago
  Thanks for that link. There's not enough literature showing the adverse effects of eggs and meat that are not linked to fat and cholesterol.