Q: You recommend whole eggs as an excellent food source. I was always under the impression that they will increase my cholesterol levels. Is that true?

A: Here's some personal information to prove a point. I recently had some blood work done and my cholesterol reading was 3.84 mmol/L (the average range is 3.60 - 5.20 mmol/L.) Why am I telling you this? Because I eat half a dozen WHOLE eggs every morning and have been doing this for quite awhile. As a matter of fact, I advocate organic free range whole eggs to everyone as an excellent food source (particularly for breakfast as the high amounts of tyrosine will make you more alert and coherent.) But the common response is: "Oh, I can't do that ... I have to be careful with my cholesterol." EGGS WILL NOT RAISE YOUR CHOLESTEROL!!! Incidently, my fasting glucose read 4.5 mmol/L (the average range is 3.8 - 6.0 mmol/L.) This is the real culprit for high cholesterol because high glucose levels will increase cholesterol via the insuligenic response. There is no direct relationship between dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol.* In the healthy body, the liver produces about 80 percent of all cholesterol; the other 20 percent comes from your diet. Again, I must reiterate that it is the sugars/starches in your diet (and this includes all that refined, processed "junk" that I preach to stay clear of) that will cause a surge in cholesterol. Whole eggs, as mentioned in the previous newsletter, can actually lower cholesterol levels because the lecithin contained within the yolk will facilitate bile production in the liver which in turn emulsifies fat/cholesterol. And, as far as the concern of Salmonella poisoning with regular consumption of eggs, of course, cooking/boiling eggs is important (never eat raw eggs!) But, did you know that by simply placing an egg under hot running water for 1 minute is enough to kill the Salmonella bacteria. So, forget the nonsense about eggs raising your cholesterol levels and make this a staple in your diet.

yah.. those oats, i was suspecting that it was the culprit AND IT IS HIM, hehe i think i gona change one of my whey+oat to lettuce+chicken+brocolli (tapau to comp), and 10 eggs 1 yoke for prebed. wat do u think?

I think, you've a misconception of yolk being bad.

Understand this simple thing, I'm not going to go technical.

The cholesterol issue you worry so much about, doesn't come from the yolks. Just eat the yolks, that's the thing that's going to help you with your lifting. Don't ask me why, it's extremely complex. If you really want to read, Charles Poliquin has an article about carbohydrates, cholesterol and fat combo optimization to maximize fat burning and muscle building.

Just so you know, if you don't have cholesterol, you can forget about having your muscles recover.

From http://www.bodyessence.ca/Pages/Main/q+a.html

Sweet, now i get the idea and save lots of cost as well, i was eatting like 10eggs a day and throw the rest of the 7 yolks away. Now i think i gona start with 6 whole eggs in the morning..

How about another 6 whole eggs for pre bed?