Just out of curious. My friends told me this when i intend to separate the egg yolk and just having the egg white due to the fact that egg yolk has high cholesterol is it true that egg white and egg yolk must eat together?and why?

google not working?
forum search function not working?

No. What justification he gave?

Wow, i fail to do so. I am a newbie to internet world

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Added on November 25, 2012, 10:53 amLol, my friend said the egg yolk has something and by having it with egg white together can avoid any unpleasant illness such as headache...

This post has been edited by johntay1989: Nov 25 2012, 10:53 AM

As far as I know, you don't have to eat them together. However, I heard it from radio that egg yolk has high cholesterol is a misconception. You can always have egg yolk and egg white together but must not be more than 3 eggs in a week. I'm not sure how reliable it is but I probably eat more than 3 eggs in a week.

This post has been edited by NicoRobinz: Nov 25 2012, 10:56 AM

Eat the egg yolk. It contains alot of good nutrients the egg white lacks and provides you with good fats.

High cholesterol foods don't contribute to high cholesterol as much as people believe. It is your lifestyle that makes you sick - a combination of lousy diet (lots of bad fats, fried foods, sugar, too much sodium, alcohol, processed foods), being over weight, smoking, lack of fiber in diet as well as genetics affect your cholesterol more than egg yolk.

Unless you don't like egg yolk - eat them, no need to separate.

Anyway - GOOGLE is your friend.

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Added on November 25, 2012, 10:59 am I easily eat 10-15 eggs a week. There is no scientific or proven concern with eating more than XXX amount of eggs if it fits in your diet. Calculate calories, fats, proteins, etc and if it all fits then its fine. Tsk people spread rubbish based on nothing-enjoy your eggs, they are an excellent food.

This post has been edited by shadowz: Nov 25 2012, 10:59 AM

workout and u don't have to worry about it...

egg york is not good for smoker thats what I learned from biology
high cholestrol in egg york can cause your ateries or vein somthing become narrow if u are the smoker because the smoke is the factor of it

egg do have high cholesterol but you have to know that there are good cholesterol and bad one. What is inside the eggs are the goods one and Omega-3 is good to reduce the amount of cholesterol in the body which is a lot in the eggs,

This post has been edited by alien9: Nov 25 2012, 04:52 PM

You're misleading people. Omega-3 is not cholesterol.

fatty acid, my bad

i dunno about u, but i've always only eat egg white, and leave out the yolk, coz i dun like yolk, unless it's scrambled egg, or those goreng egg, if those sunny side up or boiled egg, sure leave out the yolk..

but i heard ppl said, most of the nutrients in an egg is inside the yolk..

if you are cooking your eggs then nothing to be worried about. if you are eating the egg white raw (in large quantity), you might suffer from biotin deficiency in a long run. this is because egg white has a glycopeptide called avidin which when consumed binds with biotin in your body. hence the solution is to cook the egg white before consuming. better still, just eat the whole egg raw (egg yolk has tons of biotin and it binds and inactivate the avidin in egg white).

My nutritionist told me that I can eat up to 7 yolks a week since I don't have any cholesterol problem. It's up to you, egg yolk contains more cholesterol than egg white (egg white contains none) but egg yolk has a higher amount of nutrients in it. But, egg white has higher amount of sodium and protein in it, so its always recommended to eat both together.

Main concern is not cholesterol you consume but amount of saturated fat one take. One or two whole egg is fine.

go find mythbuster la....egg yolk doesnt contribute to high cholesterol ....im still fascinated that most doctor ive met ask me to reduce the egg yolk intake..i mean come on why doctor no update ?

My nutritionist said not more than 2 eggs per week and avoid egg yolk as it does contributes in increment of cholesterol in blood...

2 seconds of google : http://www.bhf.org.uk/default.aspx?page=12920

how hard can it be?

I would start looking for a different nutritionist.

egg white also got cholesterol ?

i would separate it normally, unless i am cooking cake...

high colestrol~

still harping on same issue, when so many had pointed to correct direction?!

here is something I posted few days back to another fellow forumer.

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BTW, dont worry too much about yolk, it is a good source of much needed multi-Vit B, Iron, Zinc, much needed Protein, etc

If you need food fact reference, you could refer it here.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/

yeah thats about correct, its about 70%. But many dont get it, if you take cholesterol, it wont readily absorb into your body as a whole (again do understand there are good HDL and bad (LDL) cholesterol.

whats basically accumulates in your body are basically from trans fat. this is what you need to avoid or minimize.



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No. Requirement for egg yolk and egg white is varies depending your health condition & age. Here's the reference

Nutrients in Egg:

Nutrient :Whole Yolk White

Protein(g) 6.5 2.7 3.6

Lemak(g) 5.8 5.2 trace
CHO(gm) 0.5 0.1 0.3
Ca(mg) 27 24 3
Fe(mg) 1.2 0.9 trace
P(mg) 103 97 5
Tiamin(mg) 0.05 0.04 trace
Riboflavin(mg)0.15 0.07 0.09
Niasin(mg) trace trace trace
Vitamin A(IU) 590 580 0

1 egg yolk-252 mg kolesterol

A large egg yolk contains 4.5 g of lipid:
65% triglyceride
31%phospholipids (lecithin and others)
4% cholesterol

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Egg's my fav food.. i use to have 6~7 of them at once for supper 3~4am during my teenage years, infact i still do.. but not as often..

your nutritionist should change her/his career ...

1. The complete 22 amino acids are in the egg yolk. Eat it.

2. Egg whites has a high content of ovomucoid and albumin, which can trigger off the
release of histamine. The yolk can also do this. This can result not only in allergies, but
histamine intolerance.To reduce this, cook or boil the egg properly.

3. Eating eggs do not raise your cholesterol.

4. In 1977, Richard Passwater issued this challenge at the back cover of his book,
"Supernutrition for Healthy Hearts" :

“ If anyone can step forward and prove that eating cholesterol causes heart disease,
I will donate all of the proceeds from my book to the American Heart Association . “

He hasn't had to make that donation to date.



Egg whites are powerful triggers of histamine release, resulting in histamine intolerance,
distinct from allergies.


" Histamine has been consistently detected in fruits such as citrus fruits, berries such as
strawberry and raspberry, tomatoes, several types of tree fruits such as apricot, cherry
and plums, and some vegetables, particularly aubergine, and pumpkin. Some preliminary
research studies have indicated that histamine may be produced during ripening in
tomatoes, and it may be that some, if not all fruits that go through a similar process
produce histamine in the course of ripening. "

" ..... egg white is a food that is frequently referred to as "histamine-releasing", separate
and distinct from its activity as an allergen. "

http://www.foodsmatter.com/allergy_intoler...ine_joneja.html


http://voices.yahoo.com/pre-menstrual-synd...gy-4124799.html

http://www.eiu.edu/dining/files/Food%20Allergies.pdf



" Most people who are allergic to hen's eggs have antibodies which react to one of four
proteins in the egg white: ovomucoid, ovalbumin, ovotransferrin, and lysozyme;
ovomucoid, also called Gal d 1, is the most common target of immune system attack.
The egg yolk contains several potential antigens: livetin, apovitillin, and vosvetin. "

" A person who reacts only to a protein in the egg yolk may be able to easily tolerate egg
whites, and vice versa. Some people will be allergic to proteins in both the egg white and
the egg yolk. Egg yolk allergies may be somewhat more common in adults. A small
number of people who are allergic to eggs will develop an allergy to chicken or other
poultry meats. "


" Egg whites, which are potent histamine liberators, also provoke a nonallergic response in
some people. In this situation, proteins in egg white directly trigger the release of histamine
from mast cells on contact. Because this mechanism is classified as a pharmacological
reaction, or "pseudoallergy", the condition is considered a food intolerance instead of
a true IgE-based allergic reaction. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_allergy



" For most people it is the protein in the egg white, the albumin, that is
causing the problem. "

http://www.hydroholistic.com/blog/nutritio...d-intolerances/



" The allergic component of egg is probably the ovomucoid in the egg white. Only rare cases
of allergy to egg yolk have been documented. The egg white albumin gas has a peculiar
ability to stimulate mastcells to release histamine. These unusual allergenic properties
make it a potent source of GI allergic symptoms. Egg whites are one of the most common
foods causing allergy symptoms in people. Symptoms may include: joint pain, chronic or
recurrent URIs, acne, hives, asthma, migraines, diarrhea, and gallbladder flare-ups. "

http://www.cfhwm.com/pdf/EggAllergy.pdf