http://www.pulsus.com/journals/abstract.jsp?sCurrPg=abstract&jnlKy=1&atlKy=9788&isuKy=946&isArt=t&fromfold=Current%20Issue

The article begins with this quote : “A widespread misconception has been developing among the Canadian public and among physicians. It is increasingly believed that consumption of dietary cholesterol and egg yolks is harmless.”

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i don’t think anyone has actually tested or studied the degree of damage or change that happens when exposed to air for a long time, but basically cholesterol in your body isn’t a problem unless it becomes damaged (ie oxidized). A certain amount of oxidation can be presumed to take place if eggs are exposed to air for a long time, but as a practical matter i don’t know if this is something i’d worry about a lot if you’re doing everything else right. My point was only that given a choice, avoid buffets where they’ve been sitting out in the air and light for hours..

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Thanks for your time!

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Cave-man hungry again… cave-man go hunting… cave-man find eggs from bird. No bird though. Cave-man eat eggs from bird. Cave-man not hungry.

Cave-man hungry again… cave-man go hunting… cave-man find no boar, cave-man find no bird, cave-man find no eggs. Cave-man real hungry. Cave-man eat nuts, berries, plants… cave-man not hungry.

Pretty simple as that folks.

I was recently diagnosed with high cholesterol. Of course it was the eggs I was eating for breakfast with those nasty yolks. Was given a statin by the doc..going to a new doc now. Told me eat egg whites…ugh. Yes my high cholesterol was from the egg yolks, NOT the peanut butter cups, or ice cream loaded with peanut butter cups, or the sub sandwiches on football Sundays with the side bag of barbecued potato chips. IT was the eggs that caused my high cholesterol.

Well I cut all that out…eating simpler now…dropped 25 lbs over a few weeks. Going to see a new doc..get cholesterol checked.

Thank you Dr. Jonny… I will be going back to eating the WHOLE egg..as nature intended. Low-carb, simple natural whole foods is where it’s at!

That is a misrepresentation of the study. For one, studies showing a direct relationship between dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol are probably flawed, that is what the study showed BUT as a good scientific review of the study (See Int J Clin Pract Suppl. 2009 Oct;(163):1-8, 28-36.) actually says “The degree to which serum cholesterol is increased by dietary cholesterol depends upon whether the individual’s cholesterol synthesis is stimulated or down-regulated by such increased intake, and the extent to which each of these phenomena occurs varies from person to person.” As far as I know there is no test for this, so for some people increased dietary cholesterol does raise serum cholesterol.

There is absolutely no need for DIETARY cholesterol (wish I could bold and not capitalize, makes me like like a smart -ss, sorry). Our livers do just a fine job at synthesizing it for us from the food we eat.

There is also some fairly convincing data that shows that there are some links between eggs and diabetes. See Diabetes Care. 2009 Feb;32(2):295-300. Epub 2008 Nov 18 as well as others.

Interestingly in the review of the study they mention the following after stating its use may be consistent with a healthy diet says “except in male patients with diabetes for whom an association in higher egg intake and CHD was shown.”

This confirms other studies of the association. Now, correlation does not imply causation but the the studies with diabetes warrant caution that is all I am saying.

Choline is found in potatoes, cauliflower, lentils, oats, sesame seeds and flax seeds. Lutein and zeaxanthin are both found in dark leafy greens and the only reason they are found in the egg is likely because they are in the feed for the chickens though that is speculation. This is not a reason to eat eggs when the data is so conflicted. So far as I know there is no data showing lentils and leafy greens have any association except with health:) This should cause one to pause and think about nutrition in general. Again when one looks at the ratio of nutrients to calories, dark leafy greens are going to beat eggs with one hand tied behind their back. I for one, as I was taught in medical school to, look for funding sources and see if the egg industry had a part to play. I don’t know.

I am not suggesting people never ever eat eggs but the data is not as clear as the Harvard Letter says when you actually look at the studies. The problem is also often also how people cook the eggs as you mention. Frying with addition of salt and oil, then ketchup with sugar, and tabasco with more salt often compounds matters.

Regards,

Izzy

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You could try University of Bridgeport Masters program- it’s rigorous but brilliant, and definitely not the standard party line. It’s also available as distance education. For more unconventional distance education try Clayton College for Natural Health (might be the perfect place for her) or Institute for Integrative Nutrition

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Thanks for your great tips on nutrition.

I have a question for you. My daughter recently completed 1,100 hours of training to be a licensed massage therapist in NYS. Is there some training she can get in nutrition to add to her MT degree, a certificate of some sort she could get in nutrition from some kind of course? Who wants to go to a state school to learn nutrition when the state is one telling us all the bad advice about nutrition in the first place.