Everyday when I talk to people about their diets and I bring up eating eggs for breakfast is when I get the comment “well I do eat eggs, but only the egg whites, I have to watch my cholesterol intake.” I also get that when I bring up using olive oil, it scares them because there is fat in it and it will clog their arteries they are just sure of it. And I just shake my head thinking they are missing out on so much nourishment.
The low-down on cholesterol is our body needs it! Our body makes it. Cholesterol produces cell membranes, hormones, vitamin D and bile acids which help you digest fat. It is also vital for neurological function. Cholesterol is a waxy substance that helps repair damaged epithelium as well. Thats why plaque formation scares people because it can build up if your epithelium keeps getting damaged, it keeps trying to repair it. However, if we start lowering our cholesterol trying to fix that problem, we are missing the whole boat on why the cholesterol is doing that in the first place. Why aren’t we trying to stop the epithelium from being damaged?
My whole purpose to my business and passion is to have people eat a whole foods diet. If you are not eating the whole food, you are missing out on so much nutrition your body is needing and craving. When people tell me they don’t eat the yolk, it cracks me up (no pun intended) because I picture God creating these chickens, and the chickens producing these eggs to nourish us, but then I picture the chickens trying to tell us not to eat the yolks because that part is not so good for us humans!! LOL…it just doesn’t make sense people.
So please incorporate the whole food into your diet, but also watch your portions, drink lots of water, and get some good regular sweaty exercise as well! Here is a great article by Dr. Mercola on cholesterol. Dr. Mercola is the founder of the world’s most visited natural health web site, Mercola.com. You can learn the hazardous side effects of OTC Remedies by getting a FREE copy of his latest special report The Dangers of Over the Counter Remedies by going to his Report Page. Also below is a table to show the difference between egg whites and yolks.
To your health!
Julie
Here is a table to show the difference in nutrients between egg whites and yolks:
| Nutrient | White | Yolk | % Total in White | % Total in Yolk |
| Protein | 3.6 g | 2.7g | 57% | 43% |
| Fat | 0.05g | 4.5g | 1% | 99% |
| Calcium | 2.3 mg | 21.9 mg | 9.5% | 90.5% |
| Magnesium | 3.6 mg | 0.85 mg | 80.8% | 19.2% |
| Iron | 0.03 mg | 0.4 mg | 6.2% | 93.8% |
| Phosphorus | 5 mg | 66.3 mg | 7% | 93% |
| Potassium | 53.8 mg | 18.5 mg | 74.4% | 25.6% |
| Sodium | 54.8 mg | 8.2 mg | 87% | 13% |
| Zinc | 0.01 mg | 0.4 mg | 0.2% | 99.8% |
| Copper | 0.008 mg | 0.013 mg | 38% | 62% |
| Manganese | 0.004 mg | 0.009 mg | 30.8% | 69.2% |
| Selenium | 6.6 mcg | 9.5 mcg | 41% | 59% |
| Thiamin | 0.01 mg | 0.03 mg | 3.2% | 96.8% |
| Riboflavin | 0.145 mg | 0.09 mg | 61.7% | 48.3% |
| Niacin | 0.035 mg | 0.004 mg | 89.7% | 9.3% |
| Pantothenic acid. | 0.63 mg | 0.51 mg | 11% | 89% |
| B6 | 0.002 mg | 0.059 mg | 3.3% | 96.7% |
| Folate | 1.3 mcg | 24.8 mcg | 5% | 95% |
| B12 | 0.03 mcg | 0.331 mcg | 8.3% | 91.7% |
| Vitamin A | 0 IU | 245 IU | 0% | 100% |
| Vitamin E | 0 mg | 0.684 mg | 0% | 100% |
| Vitamin D | 0 IU | 18.3 IU | 0% | 100% |
| Vitamin K | 0 IU | 0.119 IU | 0% | 100% |
| DHA and AA | 0 | 94 mg | 0% | 100% |
| Carotenoids | 0 mcg | 21 mcg | 0% | 100% |
