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Anubis · 02-16-2006, 09:11 AM

So I always knew that eggs were high in cholesterol but I just realized how high they were.

While entering "Jumbo eggs" from Country Creek into my Fitday food library I came upon the section to enter the cholesterol content. (270mg - which is 90% of your daily intake)

Wow! [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

I eat 2 of these Jumbo eggs along with turkey bacon and toast. This is just breakfast. I'm sure by the days end I've consumed around 300-400% of my Cholesterol intake for the day. Now currently my bloodwork is fine. But I have heart disease in my family (grandfather died at 37 from a heart attack, uncle had triple bypass at the age of 45, my dad is on cholesterol lowering medication).

I know the easy answer is to stop eating the eggs and find an alternate source of protein for breakfast. I'm not ready to sacrifice eggs as they are a large part of my morning.

So I'm wondering, with all of today's technology and science and chemical engineering with food - Is there a reduced cholesterol egg somewhere out there? Perhaps Trader Joe's or somewhere else?

I'm sure there isn't as much cholesterol in a regular, or large sized egg so I could make the compromise there. But the Jumbo eggs give me more bang for my buck in terms of calories and protein in conjunction with a bulking diet.

02-16-2006, 09:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Anubis Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Normal, Illinois Posts: 1,571 My Profile	Eggs & Cholesterol So I always knew that eggs were high in cholesterol but I just realized how high they were. While entering "Jumbo eggs" from Country Creek into my Fitday food library I came upon the section to enter the cholesterol content. (270mg - which is 90% of your daily intake) Wow! [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] I eat 2 of these Jumbo eggs along with turkey bacon and toast. This is just breakfast. I'm sure by the days end I've consumed around 300-400% of my Cholesterol intake for the day. Now currently my bloodwork is fine. But I have heart disease in my family (grandfather died at 37 from a heart attack, uncle had triple bypass at the age of 45, my dad is on cholesterol lowering medication). I know the easy answer is to stop eating the eggs and find an alternate source of protein for breakfast. I'm not ready to sacrifice eggs as they are a large part of my morning. So I'm wondering, with all of today's technology and science and chemical engineering with food - Is there a reduced cholesterol egg somewhere out there? Perhaps Trader Joe's or somewhere else? I'm sure there isn't as much cholesterol in a regular, or large sized egg so I could make the compromise there. But the Jumbo eggs give me more bang for my buck in terms of calories and protein in conjunction with a bulking diet.