Things you Need to Know about Egg Cholesterol

Eggs are delicious, as many people will agree. The problem with eggs, however, is that they are rumored to be loaded with cholesterol. Sadly, this is true, but there is some interesting things to know about eggs and egg cholesterol.

The first thing people may not know is that everything you get out of an egg comes from the yolk and only the yolk. There’s absolutely no value in the egg white (either good or bad). Less calories, no cholesterol, but no protein. It’s a sacrifice, but a perk as well.

The thing about the cholesterol in eggs is how it affects the body. Unfortunately, it’s hard to say, because everybody is different. Typically, the average healthy person should have no more than 300mg of cholesterol per day, and those with heart disease or high cholesterol should have no more than 200mg. A single egg has 213mg, so eating them whole will get you to and/or past your limit fast, unfortunately. But, that doesn’t mean there isn’t hope, because you can avoid the bad stuff.

There is good news, however, and that’s that it can be replaced like most things. The manual way to substitute a whole egg is to use two large egg whites to replace one whole egg. There are, of course, naturally made substitutes as well, that have little to no cholesterol at all.

If you are concerned about cholesterol control but love eggs, there’s even more to know. By choosing to add eggs to your diet, you include a great deal of nutrition with it, including a great deal of protein. That means that you can use the eggs to replace other cholesterol-saturated things you’d normally eat, like fish or meat. While the protein does not completely replace it, it makes up for a great deal of it.

Since egg substitutes are exactly the same as a regular egg, you can use them for all the same things. You can use them in baking and just as usual for breakfast. The only catch is that you won’t have your eggs “sunny-side-up”. The prices are just about the same, the nutritional value is almost the same (maybe even better!), and they could be cheaper (depending on what you buy).

We, as human beings, use eggs a lot. They’re very universal, and despite their cholesterol they’re also quite healthy. It’s a universal food that’s used in so many places, so the draw backs can be quite crippling (which is why it’s important to know them!). Equally important is to know how to get around it.