any choleresol issues with whole eggs
Many people think that cholesterol is harmful, but the truth is that it’s essential for your body to function.
Cholesterol contributes to the membrane structure of every cell in your body.
Your body also needs it to make hormones and vitamin D, as well as perform various other important functions. Simply put, you could not survive without it. Cholesterol in our diets are absolutely required.
Your body makes all the cholesterol it needs, at most times, but it also absorbs a relatively small amount of cholesterol from certain foods, such as
eggs, meat, and full-fat dairy products.
When people talk about cholesterol in relation to heart health, they usually aren’t talking about cholesterol itself.
They are referring to lipoproteins — the structures that carry cholesterol in the bloodstream.
Lipoproteins are made of fat (lipid) on the inside and protein on the outside.
There are several kinds of lipoproteins, but the
two most relevant to heart health are low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL).
The amount of cholesterol in your diet and the amount of cholesterol in your blood are very different things.
Although it may seem logical that eating cholesterol would raise blood cholesterol levels, it usually doesn’t work that way.
The body tightly regulates the amount of cholesterol in the blood by controlling its production of cholesterol.
When your dietary intake of cholesterol goes down, your body makes more. When you eat greater amounts of cholesterol, your body makes less. Because of this, foods high in dietary cholesterol have very little impact on blood cholesterol levels in most people.
However, in some people,
high-cholesterol foods raise blood cholesterol levels. These people make up about 40% of the population and are often referred to as “hyperresponders.” This tendency is considered to be genetic in nature.
Even though dietary cholesterol modestly increases LDL in these individuals, it does not seem to increase their risk of heart disease....
This is because the general increase in LDL particles typically reflects an increase in large LDL particles — not small, dense LDL. In fact, people who have mainly large LDL particles have a lower risk of heart disease.
Hyperresponders also experience an increase in HDL particles, which offsets the increase in LDL by transporting excess cholesterol back to the liver for elimination from the body.
As such, while hyperresponders experience raised cholesterol levels when they increase their dietary cholesterol, the
ratio of LDL to HDL cholesterol in these individuals stays the same and their risk of heart disease doesn’t seem to go up.
Of course, there are always exceptions in nutrition, and some individuals may see adverse effects from eating more cholesterol-rich foods.
High-quality studies have shown that dietary cholesterol is not associated with an increased risk of heart disease.
EGGS SPECIFICALLY:
A lot of research has been conducted on eggs specifically. Eggs are a significant source of dietary cholesterol, but several studies have shown that eating them
is not associated with an elevated risk of heart disease.
What’s more, eggs may even help improve your lipoprotein profiles, which could lower your risk.
One study compared the effects of
whole eggs and a yolk-free egg substitute on cholesterol levels.
People who ate three whole eggs per day experienced a greater increase in HDL particles and a greater decrease in LDL particles than those who consumed an equivalent amount of egg substitutes.
However, it’s important to note that eating eggs may pose a risk for those with diabetes, at least in the context of a regular Western diet. Some studies show an increased risk of heart disease in people with diabetes who eat eggs.
Credit goes to a couple stored docs on nutrition i have, too lazy to type it all out, but good info imho on cholesterol.
Triglycerides and LDL imo are the ones to worry about along with chronic inflammation that are occurring at a very high rate and rising...