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MC Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 29)	posted March 10, 2000 12:21 PM I eat 4-8 eggs a day & my girlfriend about the same. We usually limit the amount of yolks to 1-2 per day max. I know Arnie favoured leaving the yolks in and that the health risks associated with them [yolks] are mainly for people with sedentary lifestyles? I also believe there is no scientific evidence that links yolks with increases in(bad) cholesterol The opinions of Board Members please . . . IP: Logged
Y2Kylee Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 35)	posted March 10, 2000 12:23 PM Big BUMP 'cos I am the girlfriend mentioned above!! Y2Kylee IP: Logged
coolhandluke Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 284)	posted March 10, 2000 12:26 PM Eggs have been labelled white orbs of death by the media. Thats reason enough for me to eat them. The bioavailability goes up if you eat then whole. If you are dieting then i might be a good idea to throw in some yolks with your whites. I eat em whole all the time...mmmmm Luke IP: Logged
studcj Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 297)	posted March 10, 2000 12:52 PM yep, I eat'em whole too. Damn, I think I'll go get some now that I'm thinking about it. ------------------ "I can, because Im crazzy!" Studcj IP: Logged
linus Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 11)	posted March 10, 2000 01:09 PM i friggin love eggs....but the fat in the yolk must be considered...especially on precontest type diets....however...the yolks have good nutrients in it <vitamins and minerals> and i would say just throw out 1/2 of the yolks in the offseason and eat 1-2 yolks during cut-up time.....hope that helped IP: Logged
E2 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1314)	posted March 10, 2000 01:11 PM There is protein in the yolk too, i eat the whole sucker, just finished a caton actually, i'm sick of em though, starting to eat them with friend onions. yeah friend onions tastes great IP: Logged
beerbarbq Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 126)	posted March 10, 2000 02:37 PM Egg yolks good, Media bad. IP: Logged
MattTheSkywalker Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 348)	posted March 10, 2000 03:56 PM I guess I am misinformed......I usually throw in one yolk per 6 whites...... anyone have more specific info on the content of the yolks and why it is OK to eat the whole thing......? I believe you I just want to know why before I start doing it..... Matt IP: Logged
NoLimits Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 26)	posted March 10, 2000 04:36 PM I'll state my opinion on this one. Besides the yolkes being high in dietary cholesterol(213mg), that is also the fatty part of the egg. So eliminate the yolks, and cut your fat in your diet. ___________________ NoLimits.. IP: Logged
phiend Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 344)	posted March 10, 2000 04:45 PM Eat the whole egg. It's got nutrients that are hard to find in other foods. IP: Logged
bollocks Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 31)	posted March 10, 2000 04:49 PM eat the lot, then eat more. i read somethin' 'bout not a lot of the colesterol that you eat can be absorbed anyway. IP: Logged
Busy_Mind Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 25)	posted March 10, 2000 05:00 PM I make few to several at a time, and keep half the total amount of eggs' yolks minus one. Follow me here?...LOL Andways, you GOTTA have some yolk in there, its some good shit! Then one time I tried eatin' 6 eggs whipped up with only 1 or 2 yolks, and put it on wheatbread with a side of cold cooked asparagus, and the combination almost made me pewk my nuts up-seriously, it was sick..point being, you need the yolk no matter what (some if not all)!!!! Dave IP: Logged
the truth Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 119)	posted March 10, 2000 05:38 PM The protein in the yolk combined with the protein in the white creates a better amino acid profile than just the white alone. If you're on a strict diet, you have to take the calories from the yolk into account, but there's no reason not to eat some yolks. High LDL levels are linked more to genetics than to dietary cholesterol. Also, I like the taste of whole eggs. IP: Logged
Dutch Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 54)	posted March 10, 2000 05:45 PM I am with beerbarbq on this one.. It's not the fat but the insulin that counts.. read bodyopus.. cholesterol means nothing.. its your lifestile that counts.. Dutch. IP: Logged
BigCatratcho Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 181)	posted March 10, 2000 06:06 PM LOTSA B VITAMINS IN THAT YOLK BOY! Including inositol and choline, which are great for the metabolism (DIETERS) and also break down: CHLORESTEROL you media fuckheads. sorry to repeat eggs good, media bad. don't fry 'em all the time though... ------------------ -big catratcho ----------- "this Cheques mix doesn't taste like my mom's.." IP: Logged
MC Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 29)	posted March 10, 2000 07:12 PM OK - General opinion says Yolks are in. My dinner tastes better already! can anyone explain the above comment: >>It's not the fat but the insulin that counts.. Cheers MC IP: Logged
Dutch Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 54)	posted March 10, 2000 08:24 PM Yep, people say that the fat in the yolk make you fat.. stupid. It does not make you fat ! Have you heard of the ketogenic diet ? read about it and you will understand. (i apologise if i sound stupid sometimes but i am not from the states.. so sometimes i have some trouble finding the right words..) Dutch IP: Logged
Dr.Atlas Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 71)	posted March 11, 2000 12:16 AM The business about yolks being bad for you is bullshit. Yolks have protein, nutrients, lethicin which helps emulsify fats (lethicin is good in general), and factors which help increase absorbtion. The cholesterol? If you eat cholesterol, your body makes less of its own. Stay huge. Peace ------------------ "You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me" IP: Logged
the truth Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 119)	posted March 11, 2000 12:30 AM Dutch, you're right. Dietary fat does not equate to stored adipose tissue, something to which anyone who has been on a ketogenic diet can attest (I found I had to actually up my caloric intake about 30% so I wouldn't lose weight too fast on a 70% fat, 30% protein diet). But for those who follow a more traditional, higher carb diet to lose weight, calorie counting becomes important, and, as fats are more than twice as dense calorically compared to the other macronutrients, it becomes necessary to limit fat consumption somewhat (if your diet is very strict, you need to count fat calories from your AS injections). IP: Logged
decadon Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 58)	posted March 11, 2000 04:35 AM hey NOLIMITS...dietary cholesterol really has nothing to do with you cholesterol levels in the long term....leave the yolks in...but if you are looking at a high carb...high protein...low fat diet..then leave them out...simple as that... IP: Logged
animal B Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 7)	posted March 11, 2000 03:14 PM chiropractor and clinical nutritionist writing:Ive written a published article...Cholesterol;The untold story first happy to see all the intelligent body builders here...first cholesterolis a precursor to testosterone, if your weight lifting, you need all the yolks you could eat..shit when I see the idiots throw out the yolk in the gym, i ask for them..I eat 12 to 15 eggs per day cooked and 4 raw.. if there is excess chol. in the diet it is broken down by the bile and eliminated.. If you want to listen to the media and stupid cardiologists, you will get sick.. if any body wants a copy of the article, will send it to you..living in peru now...so will cost about $3.00 to mail to the states.. just e mail me [email protected] eat the yolks and be happy.. IP: Logged
Cannonball Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 63)	posted March 11, 2000 04:07 PM Eating the whole egg is the only way to go, ask my two boys, they are 5 & 6 years old and we go through about 6 dozen eggs per week. All of those boiled, and about two dozen cooked over easy. One thing that I have noticed though is that if you spend a little more and get eggs that come directly from a grain fed chicken farm they not only taste a hell of a lot better, they also have better levels of nutrition as well. I never buy the steriod injected bird eggs that are on every grocery store shelf. Those chickens are given drugs and live only 2 to three months before their bodies give out and they are shipped off to cambells soup factory. Check it out, you'd be suprised at the difference! ------------------ Bust a Ball & Grow Big IP: Logged
CyrusTheGreat Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 48)	posted March 11, 2000 05:51 PM Agree whole egg. I did read a study, stating eggs don't increase bad colesterallevels. If I find it again, I'll post the article... As long as you are exercising, you'll be ok. Unless of cource you have a genetic predisposition, in this case your screwed any way, so juice a little more..eat only eggs..haha IP: Logged
Leroy Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 123)	posted March 11, 2000 06:54 PM Ok Guys, i took this from a nutrition book: 1 Avg Egg has about of 50gr, 33gr in the egg white and 17gr in the yolk. Basic Constitution: Protein = 7gr (Wt=4,3gr / yk=2,7gr) Fat = 5,8gr Minerals - 0,5gr Water = 36,7gr Egg Vitamins = A, Tiamin, Riboflavin, Piridoxin, Nicotinamide, D, E and K. ALL those vitamins are on the YOLK, except the Riboflavin that appears in the egg whites too, giving to it a little yellow color. Egg Minerals = Calcium, Iron and Phosphurus The Yolk is richest in nutrition value than Whites, but because the egg whites is more heavy than the Yolk, it has more protein. Fat is maybe a bad thing from the yolk too. The Protein from egg whites and yolks are different types, the whites is Albumin and the yolk is Vitelin (this one is rich in Phosphorus). About aminoacids: 100gr of Albumin is equal to: 1- Arginin = 7,5gr 2- Fenilalanin = 2,5gr 3- Histidin = 1,9gr 4- Iso-Leucin and Leucin = 9,9gr 5- Lisin = 4,8gr 6- Metionin = none 7- Treonin = none 8- Triptofan = 2,42gr 9- Valina = 1,87gr 100gr of Vitelin is equal to: 1- Arginin = 6,0gr 2- Fenilalanin = 5,32gr 3- Histidin = 2,44gr 4- Iso-Leucin and Leucin = 10,7gr 5- Lisin = 6,41gr 6- Metionin = 5,24gr 7- Treonin = none 8- Triptofan = 3,6gr 9- Valina = 2,5gr 1 avg Egg is equal to: 1- Arginin = 0,46gr 2- Fenilalanin = 0,296gr 3- Histidin = 0,157gr 4- Iso-Leucin and Leucin = 0,727gr 5- Lisin = 0,690gr 6- Metionin = 0,225gr 7- Treonin = none 8- Triptofan = 0,220gr 9- Valina = 0,270gr There some danger on raw eggs, it can be infected in some virus and bacterias from the chicken. Coocked ones are best diggested too. I SAY: "GO FOR THE WHOLE EGG, WATCH FOR THE FAT INTAKE" By the way, yolks make the eggs "happier", with the yellow color and make it look like an a "Big Eye"... just kidding... ------------------ "What can be imagined, can be done" (I hope so...) Take Care. Leroy IP: Logged
The Ranger Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 420)	posted March 11, 2000 07:54 PM Hell...I'm lucky, I live on a farm....means I get'm fresh out the ass !! I like them with poke salad...you country boys know what I'm talking about<wink>.....add some biscuits and gravy, and I have my fat intake for the whole Day!! Eat eggs...it does a body good!! Ranger IP: Logged
JamesCole Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 6)	posted March 11, 2000 08:31 PM Wasn't salmonilla(sp?), that bacteria in raw eggs, virtually eliminated? I heard they give the chickens some shit that fixed the problem. Anyways, I don't know. IP: Logged
dogboy Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 114)	posted March 11, 2000 09:53 PM http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9703/htm/eggs_1sb.htm http://www.americanheart.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/eggs.html http://www.healthyideas.com/cooking/makeover/980730.make.html http://www.homearts.com/gh/food/48eggs46.htm http://www.acsh.org/publications/reports/eggs.html http://www.wfubmc.edu/besthealth/wellness/ws8.html http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res04-consumer.html http://www.eggs4industry.com/nutrition.html http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/fit/article/fatsat.htm Here is one about what you guys are saying: http://www.ivillage.com/diet/experts/wlcoach/diet/qas/0,5090,23772,00.html IP: Logged
Y2Kylee Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 35)	posted March 12, 2000 08:30 AM Yes JamesCole, certainly any eggs in the UK bought with a Red Lion stamp on them have been injected with anti-salmonella something-or-other. don't know about the States tho . . . IP: Logged
Lqdmscle Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 19)	posted March 12, 2000 09:48 AM I use 3 whole eggs per dozen, the rest are whites. Egg whites alone taste bland so I throw in 3 yolks to make it taste better. ------------------ << Pump it! Shock it! Rest it! Grow it! >> IP: Logged
MC Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 29)	posted March 13, 2000 10:25 AM Most of your body's cholesterol is found in the cells, where it does all kinds of good things. Only about 7 percent of the body's store of cholesterol is in the blood, and even then it doesn't do any real damage until it oxidizes and begins to stick to the arterial walls. Nature, however, in her infinite wisdom, created the egg complete with its own built-in antioxidant. It's called lecithin, and it helps prevent the cholesterol in eggs from becoming a problem. Interestingly, lecithin is found in the yolk, which many people mistakenly discard because it contains cholesterol. The real take-home point however, is this: Dietary cholesterol has virtually no effect on serum cholesterol 10 eggs a day WITH yolks - Yipee IP: Logged
halfcutz Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 48)	posted March 13, 2000 10:30 AM I eat five eggs, whole, every morning. I am not really a fan of eggs, but most of the stuff I eat now could taste alot better. I just read an article, about these new eggs that go through radiation before they go to the store, which means you can eat them raw. It would be alot easier to pound a couple raw eggs every few hours to get a little extra protein I think. check them out. later bros IP: Logged