Saturday, August 30, 2008

The Egg vs. Egg Beaters


Okay, the debate is: eggs, farm fresh eggs, versus Eggbeaters, one of the first (1972) engineered food products for cholesterol lowering?! The argument boils down to cholesterol.

My brother is a fan and eater of said Eggbeaters. Myself, I prefer the old fashion egg. After all we have three hens in the back yard so how could I not. Let me also tell you that you can NOT beat (no pun intended) a fresh laid egg; the grocery store eggs don't even come close...

One large egg has about 213 milligrams (mg) of cholesterol — all of which is found in the yolk. If you are healthy, it's recommended that you limit your dietary cholesterol intake to less than 300 mg a day. If you have cardiovascular disease, diabetes or high LDL (or "bad") cholesterol, you should limit your dietary cholesterol intake to less than 200 mg a day. Therefore, if you eat an egg on a given day, it's important to limit or avoid other sources of cholesterol for the rest of that day.

Some facts on cholesterol:

  • Cholesterol is vital to your body
  • Your body produces more cholesterol than you eat
  • High cholesterol levels protects against infection
  • High cholesterol levels makes you live longer
  • High cholesterol intake raises your testosterone levels

It’s always better to have high cholesterol levels than low cholesterol levels.

Eggs are a good source of nutrients. One egg contains 6 grams of protein and some healthful unsaturated fats. Eggs are also a good source of choline, which has been linked with preserving memory, and lutein and zeaxanthin, which may protect against vision loss. The yolk contains all the fat, all the vitamins (A,D,E) & half the protein. Eat the yolk.

Eggbeaters on the other hand have: No fat (0 g fat), No cholesterol (0 mg cholesterol), low in calories and a good source of protein, which are a thumbs up BUT they're rubbery and bland - yukky yuk yuk

Much of the above information and facts were compiled using Google and are from various sites.
I plan to continue enjoying and eating eggs. However, I pledge to make a serious effort to remove the Doritos, Cheetos, chips and Cheez-It® from my regular eating habits.
Please weigh in on this discussion...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am not sure how serious to take your pleadge to eat healthier since this post comes directly after your post of the Keebler peanut butter cookies!

Anonymous said...

I suggest you have a 1 a day vitamin with your egg beaters and save the real eggs for Halloween.

SmF732 said...

You may be on to something but my pledge is to make a serious effort to remove the Doritos, Cheetos, chips and Cheez-It® from my regular eating habits.

NEVER did I mention removing Keebler Chips Deluxe Peanut Butter cups cookies. This would be just wrong...