Eggs Improve Cholesterol

Hi David:

Hope the bacon you enjoyed  for breakfast was nitrate-free , otherwise bacon, as you know, is cured with sodium nitrite and sodium chloride When the proteins in meat break down to give rise to amines ,these amines combine with sodium nitrite to form nitrosamines. Nitrosamines are known to be slightly carcinogenic.

With so much in the news about consuming processed meats and the increased risk of pancreatic cancer , I have tried to eliminate these from my diet.

Joan M

I eat eggs every day.  I buy 2 or 3 dozen every week.  My cholesterol is still below normal.  I also eat a lot of saturated fat, probably 25% of calories.  By all accounts I should have dropped dead years ago.  My kidneys haven't fallen out, either.

The ADA and the AHA base their dietary advice on the USDA pyramid.  The USDA is the government department which was formed to advance the interests of the business of  agriculture in this country. 

Hello David,

I switched to an egg substitute most days and my HDL went down while my LDL cholesterol went up.  I will still use it for low carb snacks(omlet with spinach etc.) but I am back to a real egg for breakfast, glad to know it was a good descision. I like half of a small avocado at breakfast sometimes on a homemade low carb cracker (made from wheat bran, partialy ground flax seeds, chia seeds and a little psyillium plus enough water to press out on a cookie sheet) or in an omlet. All organic by the way. I have been getting baby organic arugula from Trader Joes and serve it under my breakfast with a sprey of olive oil. It's and easy way to add greens and flavor one more meal and it looks beautiful and tastes great. Keep up the great posts, I learn so much.

Earlene

I question the comment regarding the effect of ingested cholesterol on the level of cholesterol in our blood.  When I was 1st diagnosed with T2 in 2/2003, my cholesterol level was 267, LDL 144 and HDL 34.  My next lipid panel was 5/2003.  I had completely changed my diet in the intervening months.  The May results were Cholesterol 153, LDL 96 and HDL 47.  Diet really did the trick.  Just wanted to share my personal experience.

Thanks,

Pam 

I eat approx 15-20 eggs per week and my cholesterol is 141.  So much for eggs causing high cholesterol.  I do wonder about Dr. Barry Sear's concern about the potential of arachidonic acid in eggs to cause inflammation.  However, having had rheumatoid arthritis for the past 10 years, I can tell little difference whether I eat eggs or don't eat them.  So I'm not sure where that leaves his theory.

Mark

Somewhere between type 1 and type 2

RA 

Thanks for sharing this, I sometimes want to eat a huge breakfast with no guilt as well, maybe now I can.  My friend sent me this link for natural remedies for diabetes in general, hopefully it will be of use to you guys.

Hello David,I enjoyed eggs this morning too!(slowly cooked in water as instructed by my Chinese Acupuncturist!)

I am curious about the study out of the University of Connecticut...what level of carbs where the particpants eating? Does anyone know this? Are any of you lo carb tyoes eating more than the recommended 42 grams/day? I would like to communicate with any type 1s who are using this approach. I have been diabetic for 51 years and wearing an insulin pump for the past 10. With all the excellent news for type2 these days I'm feeling a little lonely and jealous. Another other 1s out there who want to talk food and other than glucometers....I have more than enough of those babies and want to talk more about getting them to report excellent numbers.

Thanks again for the work and excellent writing...I enjoy all of your posts and lookf forward to their arrival.

Jane

Kingston,Ontario

CANADA

I had fallen prey to the conventional wisdom as well, always separating the yolk and eating just the white.  Unfortunately, my cholesterol soared to 312 anyway.  It wasn't until I changed my carbohydrate consumption that things started to improve.  I tried The South Beach Diet expecting to just lose weight but, as it turns out, this diet is evern more helpful for those with heart health issues and insulin resistance issues.  My wife, who was on the diet with me, has PCOS and it helped to lower her cholesterol, blood pressure, and even reduce some of the more obvious androgen-related symptoms of pcos. 

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