Re: Studies on Long Term High Consumption of Eggs

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http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/19/suppl_5/549S

" Hu and colleagues [25] specifically addressed the issue using data

from the Nurses Health Study and the Male Health Professionals. The

two cohorts have been introduced above. This report included 14 years

of follow-up for the women and eight years of follow-up for the men.

Because the study populations are large, the relationship between eggs

and coronary heart disease could be examined over a wide range of

intakes with good statistical precision. After adjusting for multiple

confounders (see Table 2 for list), there was no association between

egg consumption and incident coronary heart disease in either men or

women. " (http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/19/suppl_5/549S)

http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/19/suppl_5/540S

" The " dietary cholesterol equals blood cholesterol " view is a standard

of dietary recommendations, yet few consider whether the evidence

justifies such restrictions. Over 50 years of cholesterol-feeding

studies show that dietary cholesterol does have a small effect on

plasma cholesterol concentrations. The 167 cholesterol feeding studies

in over 3,500 subjects in the literature indicate that a 100 mg change

in dietary cholesterol changes plasma total cholesterol by 2.2 mg/dL. "

(http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/19/suppl_5/540S)

" Today we recognize that dietary effects on plasma cholesterol must be

viewed from effects on the atherogenic LDL cholesterol as well as

anti-atherogenic HDL cholesterol since the ratio of LDL:HDL

cholesterol is a major determinant of heart disease risk. Cholesterol

feeding studies demonstrate that dietary cholesterol increases both

LDL and HDL cholesterol with little change in the LDL:HDL ratio. "

(http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/19/suppl_5/540S)

http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/134/1/187

Hope this helps.

-Lana

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> Hope this helps.

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> -Lana

Tremendously! This was 'egg'actly what I was looking for.

Thanks Lana!

Rhonda

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Rhonda-

>Typical for the 2 of us

>is between 2 and 3 dozen eggs a week. Is this too much of a good thing?

The only reason not to go completely insane eating eggs (yolks) is

their relatively high PUFA content. However, yolks have a good

amount of vitamin A, which will help protect against peroxidation in

the body, and (when from good sources) they're fantastically rich in

all sorts of other nutrients, so no, I wouldn't say that's too much

of a good thing. I eat two dozen raw yolks per week in post-workout

shakes plus miscellaneous other eggs in other meals.

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On 1/2/06, Idol <Idol@...> wrote:

> Rhonda-

>

> >Typical for the 2 of us

> >is between 2 and 3 dozen eggs a week. Is this too much of a good thing?

>

> The only reason not to go completely insane eating eggs (yolks) is

> their relatively high PUFA content. However, yolks have a good

> amount of vitamin A, which will help protect against peroxidation in

> the body, and (when from good sources) they're fantastically rich in

> all sorts of other nutrients, so no, I wouldn't say that's too much

> of a good thing. I eat two dozen raw yolks per week in post-workout

> shakes plus miscellaneous other eggs in other meals.

The only thing I would say though would be they should be pastured or

else maybe not so high-quality. What I've been thinking about lately

is all these store-bought higher-quality eggs are bragging about their

vitamin E content, but they're probably achieving it by adding vitamin

E to the feed, in which case it's probably alpha-tocopherol. So

eating those eggs might be like taking alpha-tocopherol, which would

be harmful.

Chris

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> > >Typical for the 2 of us

> > >is between 2 and 3 dozen eggs a week. Is this too much of a good

thing?

>

> The only thing I would say though would be they should be pastured or

> else maybe not so high-quality.

~~~Pastured YES! We travel 50 miles round trip weekly to pick up our

raw milk and pastured eggs from the farm. They don't feed the chix

organic(not cost effective), but they do have access to lots of bugs

and according to the owner, lots of weeds in the spring/summer since

they have an organic vegetable farm.

Rhonda

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Ever thought of having your own hens? I live in the suburbs and

have 5, better eggs than you can buy. The larger ones can't fly so

a small fence will contain them, it's mostly a matter of keeping

neighbors dogs away. Lots of towns in the US allow 2 or 3 hens in

the suburbs as long as the neighbors don't complain. They do a good

job of ridding the yard of pesky insects, too! All you need is a

doghouse to shut them in at night so raccoons, possums, etc. don't

eat them while they sleep (they're sound sleepers)

> > > >Typical for the 2 of us

> > > >is between 2 and 3 dozen eggs a week. Is this too much of a

good

> thing?

> >

> > The only thing I would say though would be they should be

pastured or

> > else maybe not so high-quality.

>

> ~~~Pastured YES! We travel 50 miles round trip weekly to pick up

our

> raw milk and pastured eggs from the farm. They don't feed the

chix

> organic(not cost effective), but they do have access to lots of

bugs

> and according to the owner, lots of weeds in the spring/summer

since

> they have an organic vegetable farm.

>

> Rhonda

>

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Chris-

>The only thing I would say though would be they should be pastured or

>else maybe not so high-quality. What I've been thinking about lately

>is all these store-bought higher-quality eggs are bragging about their

>vitamin E content, but they're probably achieving it by adding vitamin

>E to the feed, in which case it's probably alpha-tocopherol. So

>eating those eggs might be like taking alpha-tocopherol, which would

>be harmful.

I took it as a given that the eggs should be pastured, but you're

absolutely right, I should've made it clear, and you're probably

right about the alpha tocopherol for " vitamin E " eggs too.

Unfortunately, " pastured " means different things to different

people. " In a barn with access to pasture " isn't what I'd call pastured.

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