Monday, August 11, 2003

What's your take on this?. A guest staying with us, who has cholesterol problems, indicated that he couldn't eat eggs for breakfast due to their cholesterol. I suggested to him that research would indicate otherwise, but don't think he was buying into it. I did a Google on "Are eggs bad for you"? and came up with the following, which would seem to indicate that they really are probably pretty good for you. Eggs - bad for you?. A rather amusing look at this whole debate is found at this link and is good for a chuckle. Another viewpoint from WebMD points in favor of eggs due to researchers finding an ingredient called "phosphatidylcholine, or PC" which supposedly keeps the majority of the cholesterol in an egg from even entering your bloodstream. Dr. Weil, the alternative doc, even now agrees that an egg a day won't kill you.

Of note however, is the damage things like bacon, sausage, whole cheeses,etc, crackers, muffins,etc can do to you due to their saturated fats and transfats. Funny, the guy at breakfast wouldn't eat eggs , but gobbled down sausage, bacon and was asking for muffins. What can ya say?

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