Re: Dozen eggs a week now safe?

[Guest guest]

Hi :

For me the issue is: " What is the omega-3 that is in eggs? " . Is it

EPA and DHA? Or is it ALA?

If it is ALA I would not want to touch them with a ten foot pole.

So I emailed the omega-3 egg people to ask what kinds of omega-3 fats

are in their eggs. They did not reply. I emailed them a second

time. They didn't answer that either.

So, I eat about one egg per month until I someone can tell me what is

in them. No question they will almost certainly help your lipids

data. But do you really want prostate cancer? You can solve your

lipids problems 100% with CRON. You do not, imo, need ALA in

addition.

If the chickens are eating plenty of flax then you are probably in

trouble.

Just my take.

Rodney.

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> I was wondering whether my dozen (omega3 free range) eggs a week

> were safe, this new study seems to suggest they are.

>

> http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/4/855

>

> ...

[Guest guest]

Apparently you didn't avail yourself of the site I gave you:

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-001-02s0039.html

I wouldn't eat eggs (yellow).. WAY too much Cholesterol !! The white I

think is fine.

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> > I was wondering whether my dozen (omega3 free range) eggs a week

> > were safe, this new study seems to suggest they are.

> >

> > http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/4/855

> >

> > ...

[Guest guest]

Hi Freebird:

I am much more concerned about fat than I am about cholesterol. Eggs

also contain huge amounts of fat, of course, which is the reason I

have eaten them only rarely.

But we are now talking about **omega-3** eggs, since they claim to

contain less harmful types of fat. Are you under the impression

nutritiondata.com has detailed data for **omega-3** eggs?

I have entered 'omega-3 eggs' in the box there, and elsewhere also,

but I have yet to find detailed information for omega-3 eggs. Not

even from the omega-3 egg PRODUCERS. If they don't have the data

would you care to suggest where it could be found?

Rodney.

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> > > I was wondering whether my dozen (omega3 free range) eggs a

week

> > > were safe, this new study seems to suggest they are.

> > >

> > > http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/4/855

> > >

> > > ...

[Guest guest]

freebird: when I look at eggs as part of a balanced diet (not to

high in total fat) then they seem a very good source of natural

omega3, vit E and selenium. So are you saying the cholesterol in

eggs is bad, if so then is my own blood cholesterol not the most

important factor for my own personal health (my 12 eggs a week blood

cholesterol when tested at the doctors about a year and half ago was

3.6 (that's about 140 in american numbers) is that figure bad?, the

doctors say it is low. This is only the total figure, did not get a

break down (will get a break down early next year when I have a new

test).

Rodney: When you say ALA do you mean the 18:3 Alpha Linolenic Acid

which is in flaxseed and flax oil is that in your opinion the

dangerous fat for prostate cancer and if so what do you think of

18:2 Linoleic Acid is that safe prostate wise. (I have been

wondering whether to add a bit of flax seed to diet for sake of

variety, guess that would not be a good idea then? are walnuts a

problem in your opinion?)

Rodney: My omega 3 eggs have the following information on the back,

but they are from a local united kingdom supplier so not much chance

of you getting then same ones in USA, but this is what it says per

100g " Polyunsaturates 1.3g - Total Omega 3 fatty acids 300mg of

which long chain omega 3 (including DHA) 195mg. "

Another supplier of omega 3 eggs I have sometimes used give the

following info, but its not clear to me if they are saying this

transformation happens in the egg before you eat it or in your body

after you eat it: " When linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid

interact with certain enzymes, they go through two transformations:

they become polyunsaturated by increasing the number of double

bonds, and they become longer (add more carbon atoms) When they

change in this manner, they are given new names. Linoleic acid

becomes gamma-linolenic, or GLA, and then arachidonic acid, or AA.

Alpha-linolenic acid becomes eicosapentaenoic acid, or EPA, and then

docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA.

(http://www.columbuseggs.com/acidprimer.html

I always presumed, Rodney, that the omega3 egg supplies epa/dha

rather than the ALA, so although I don't worry about the cholesterol

in eggs, you got me worried about the ALA issue as I guess you have

done a good bit of research in this area.

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[Guest guest]

the omega 3 enriched free range eggs only appeared in my town about

nine months ago, I switched to them from free-range organic, looks

like that may have been a bad move. Infact the organic free range

ones cost less money and the omega3 ones were never organic, only

free-range. I do eat sardines so the omega3 in those enriched eggs,

like fransesca says, was always a bit of a joke, especially compared

to sardines.

a very confused .........

[Guest guest]

I read somewhere (sorry, can't remember where) that there are only a

couple of food sources for choline, and egg yolks are one of them.

Not wanting to be short on choline, I include one egg yolk per week,

usually in an omelete made of three whites and one yolk. Also, I

really like the taste, and would feel deprived if I cut them out

altogether. Moderation...

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> > 1. What's unnatural 'bout eggs?

> >

> > 2. Fish may contain mercury, PCBs, other heavy metals and

pesticides,

> > fire retardants, etc., so purified fish oil may indeed be

a " better "

> > choice.

> >

[Guest guest]

"Conclusions: Intake of 2 eggs/d results in the maintenance of LDL:HDL and in the generation of a less atherogenic LDL in this population of Mexican children. "

doesn't mean they are "safe". doesn't say anything for omega-3 eggs.

Regards.

----- Original Message -----

From: rwalkerad1970

Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:39 AM

Subject: [ ] Dozen eggs a week now safe?

I was wondering whether my dozen (omega3 free range) eggs a week were safe, this new study seems to suggest they are.http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/4/855 ...

[Guest guest]

Eggs have too much cholesterol and too much sat fats.. i think that

about sums it up.

The way I approach this is I start with this (weel-founded) assumption

THAT all foods are bad for you, so I ask two questions: which foods

are less bad and in what quantities. Plant foods in general are less

bad.. begin sort!

> " Conclusions: Intake of 2 eggs/d results in the maintenance of

LDL:HDL and in the generation of a less atherogenic LDL in this

population of Mexican children. "

>

> doesn't mean they are " safe " . doesn't say anything for omega-3 eggs.

>

> Regards.

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: rwalkerad1970

>

> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:39 AM

> Subject: [ ] Dozen eggs a week now safe?

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> I was wondering whether my dozen (omega3 free range) eggs a week

> were safe, this new study seems to suggest they are.

>

> http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/4/855

>

> ...

[Guest guest]

ROFL! Got to love Jack :B..

The fact is ALL FOODS CREATE FREE RADICAL DAMAGE! Now, which cause the

least.. hmmm

> Agree. I think of food as my enemy and it better do more than taste

good.

> As Jack LaLanne says: " if it tastes good, don't eat it " .

>

> It was the martha stewart ad making tamale pie that caused me to

quit watching the TV chefs, forever.

> SIX grams of sodium per serving.

> Regards.

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: freebird5005

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> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:47 AM

> Subject: [ ] Re: Dozen eggs a week now safe?

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> Eggs have too much cholesterol and too much sat fats.. i think that

> about sums it up.

>

> The way I approach this is I start with this (weel-founded) assumption

> THAT all foods are bad for you, so I ask two questions: which foods

> are less bad and in what quantities. Plant foods in general are less

> bad.. begin sort!

>

> --- In , " jwwright " <jwwright@e...>

wrote:

> > " Conclusions: Intake of 2 eggs/d results in the maintenance of

> LDL:HDL and in the generation of a less atherogenic LDL in this

> population of Mexican children. "

> >

> > doesn't mean they are " safe " . doesn't say anything for omega-3 eggs.

> >

> > Regards.