Eggs are often praised for their many nutritional benefits by many people across the world, in particular bodybuilders, power lifters and athletes. They can also have a various number of negative impacts on our bodies, in particular our heart and our weight management efforts, when used in excess or used along with other foods that provide a similar nutritional content.
Whole eggs are quite high in cholesterol, with 62% of the average person’s RDA per egg, as well as containing a lot of fat. A large whole egg can pack as much as 78 calories. Eating just a couple of eggs per day, at breakfast time for example, may be a major factor in increasing one’s risk for coronary heart disease through a gradual build-up of serum-cholesterol levels (Chen …show more content…
Lifestyle choices such as excessive use of eggs or cooking oils for example can increase risk by the addition of excess saturated fat and cholesterol to the diet. Saturated fat is now being pushed by well-known organisations such as the WHO as one of the main dietary components that we need to keep watch of, having released an executive report in 2003 recommending that we limit general fat intake to 15%-30% of our daily calories and of that intake, only 10% or less should be from saturated fats (Uauy et al., 2003). They also recommended that higher risk groups, those whose family members have previously suffered from obesity or heart disease, keep their consumption of saturated fats to less than 7% of their daily fat …show more content…
For example if we were to have 3 scrambled eggs with our breakfast, then from the eggs alone we would have used up a quarter of our RDA for saturated fat without having used butter or a cooking oil in the process. This may not seem like a lot but when it is combined with other meals over the course of the day, some of which may also be cooked with an oil or contain high levels of saturated fats, we are then adding considerably to the probability of developing a heart condition and increasing the chance of obesity occurring. The risks associated with excess saturated fat are extensive and a reduction in portion size of fatty foods, including eggs, could be a key factor in reducing our risk of obesity and CHD. (Ello-Martin, Ledikwe & Rolls,
Whole eggs are quite high in cholesterol, with 62% of the average person’s RDA per egg, as well as containing a lot of fat. A large whole egg can pack as much as 78 calories. Eating just a couple of eggs per day, at breakfast time for example, may be a major factor in increasing one’s risk for coronary heart disease through a gradual build-up of serum-cholesterol levels (Chen …show more content…
Lifestyle choices such as excessive use of eggs or cooking oils for example can increase risk by the addition of excess saturated fat and cholesterol to the diet. Saturated fat is now being pushed by well-known organisations such as the WHO as one of the main dietary components that we need to keep watch of, having released an executive report in 2003 recommending that we limit general fat intake to 15%-30% of our daily calories and of that intake, only 10% or less should be from saturated fats (Uauy et al., 2003). They also recommended that higher risk groups, those whose family members have previously suffered from obesity or heart disease, keep their consumption of saturated fats to less than 7% of their daily fat …show more content…
For example if we were to have 3 scrambled eggs with our breakfast, then from the eggs alone we would have used up a quarter of our RDA for saturated fat without having used butter or a cooking oil in the process. This may not seem like a lot but when it is combined with other meals over the course of the day, some of which may also be cooked with an oil or contain high levels of saturated fats, we are then adding considerably to the probability of developing a heart condition and increasing the chance of obesity occurring. The risks associated with excess saturated fat are extensive and a reduction in portion size of fatty foods, including eggs, could be a key factor in reducing our risk of obesity and CHD. (Ello-Martin, Ledikwe & Rolls,