Rather, it’s chronic inflammation and hardening of the arteries that leads to heart disease.
What’s even more interesting is that high cholesterol doesn’t directly lead to cardiovascular disease. And eating Omega-3s helps to reduce inflammation. Without getting too complex, the HDL helps to mitigate the effects of harmful things in the blood, whilst LDL and triglycerides (fat cells) cause harm.Įating decent saturated fats and omega-3s, such as those found in organic, free-range eggs has actually been shown to separate the two of these types of cholesterol – namely, making LDL low and HDL high. You want HDL to be high, and LDL to be low. In short, there are two main types – high-density lipoprotein (HDL or “good” cholesterol) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL or “bad’ cholesterol). This is why our liver produces lots of it every day. It is responsible for making bile acids that allow us to digest and absorb fats. It is also the precursor molecule for important hormones including testosterone, and oestrogen. Our brain cells use cholesterol to create synapses (connections) with other cells. Every cell has cholesterol as a crucial and functional component. Cholesterol has a very important function in the body. A Harvard Medical school study of 115,000 subjects showed no correlation between egg consumption and heart disease or stroke. Our body creates cholesterol in the liver. In fact, the Framingham Heart Study, one the most respected in its field, showed that there is no correlation between dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol levels. What isn’t proven is that if you regularly consume free-range, organic eggs, your cholesterol increases. The whites are high in protein (which is why bodybuilders and strength trainers eat lots of them). What’s also true is that the yolk of the egg is super rich in nutrients and omega-3s, that we need to consume in our diet. Undeniably, egg yolks do contain cholesterol. And then supposedly high cholesterol leads to cardiovascular disease and heart attacks. I’d like to share something with you – there’s this eggseptionally silly myth going round that eggs are bad for you as they cause your cholesterol to rise because, they, themselves, contain cholesterol in the yolks. There’s a very good reason for this.Įggs are also a controversial topic.
Bodybuilders eat eggs for breakfast as do strength and conditioning trainers and many fitness professionals. And you can paint them and blow them if you’re a child. You can scramble them, poach them, hard boil them, fry them, put them in cake mixes (with no sugar or refined wheat flower of course), mix them with raw beef or tuna and create a Tatar, make Scotch eggs, devil eggs, give them names like Benedict etc. I think this is an eggstraordinarily fun topic, not just because you can be eggseptionally funny but you can have fun with eggs in the kitchen too.
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