egg yolks

[peefee]

Is there a rule of thumb to go by for consuming egg yolks per day? I usually eat at least 6-8 eggs per day, only 2 whole. Just wanted to know how much is too much?

[Slashmonay]

eating the yolks is great when your bulking, but try to not eat them for an extended period of time because of the cholest.

[Shibby]

Actually the cholestoral in eggs helps to improve you HDL which is a good thing. It's the fact that it has fat in it. It's good fat, but just like anything else, it has to be consumed in moderation.

[Jordan]

ive heard 1 whole for every 4 whites is recommended for general health

[Cmsmallzz]

There are two types of cholesterol: dietary cholesterol found in food and serum cholesterol found in your blood. Rather than being converted by food cholesterol, serum cholesterol is predominantly manufactured by the body. This cholesterol type can be further divided into HDl and LDL. HDL is the good guy because it's easily transported to the liver for removal from the blodstream. LDL is the bad guy because it has the tendency to stick to artery walls. Prior wisdom used to be that egg yolks would increase the amounts of LDL in the blood. That was until recent studies such as the one conducted at the University of Arizona which analyzed 224 dietary studies conducted over the previous quarter century and investigated the relationship between diet and blood cholesterol levels. This study revealed that dietary cholesterol does not contribute to serum cholesterol levels. Saturated fat is the culprit. And each egg yolk contains only 1.6G of sat fat. Hope this helps. Got the info from an old article. Don't have the reference to cite anymore.