{"id":223,"date":"2008-08-07T03:18:42","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T01:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/wordpress\/?p=223"},"modified":"2015-02-14T17:37:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T22:37:02","slug":"eggs-get-a-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/eggs-get-a-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Eggs Get a Break"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are eggs healthy or unhealthy?\u00a0 For years, doctors and dieticians told us that eggs should be avoided or severely limited, as\u00a0they were\u00a0loaded with\u00a0artery-clogging\u00a0cholesterol.\u00a0 That attitude has softened in recent years,\u00a0after researchers\u00a0determined that there’s\u00a0no clear cut association between egg consumption and cardiovascular risk\u00a0for healthy individuals.\u00a0 Still, eggs haven’t been given a pass: one recent study, for example, found an\u00a0association between increased egg consumption and mortality<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Mainstream professionals are still cautious, and\u00a0conventional medical advice\u00a0remains fairly discouraging<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s unfortunate, as eggs are nutritionally-dense,\u00a0and offer a lot of “bang” for your calorie “buck.”\u00a0 Thus, it was good to see the latest study, hot off the presses of the International Journal of Obesity: Egg Breakfast Enhances Weight Loss<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the study, researchers compared two groups of overweight\/obese men and women on\u00a0reduced-calorie\u00a0diets.\u00a0 The first group ate a breakfast containing two eggs (5 days\/week, min.); while the second\u00a0ate an energy-equivalent,\u00a0bagel-based breakfast\u00a0instead.\u00a0 At the end of the 8 week trial, the egg dieters lost more weight ( an average of -2.63 vs -1.59 kg)\u00a0and had a 34% greater reduction in waist circumference than the bagel dieters.<\/p>\n

Even better: total cholesterol, HDL\/LDL cholesterol and triglycerides did not differ between the two groups.<\/p>\n

Why was the egg-containing diet more effective?\u00a0 An earlier study by the same\u00a0researchers<\/a> suggested that an egg breakfast\u00a0provided greater satiety, and reduced subsequent energy intake.\u00a0 Whether this was due to the protein, fat, or some other property specific to eggs was not determined.<\/p>\n

In my experience, this sounds just about right.\u00a0 Eggs contain a solid amount of high quality protein and fat.\u00a0 I\u00a0frequently chomp down on a couple of eggs first thing in the morning, and they keep me going for a much longer time than a carb-based breakfast does\u00a0(and – as noted here<\/a> – my HDL and LDL cholesterol levels\u00a0are in great shape, as are other risk factors for cardiovascular disease).<\/p>\n

So skip the “Slim Fast,” “Special K” and other,\u00a0carb-centered\u00a0“diet” breakfasts that leave you starving before you’re halfway to lunch.\u00a0 For healthy\u00a0men and women, eggs look like a superior choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are eggs healthy or unhealthy?\u00a0 For years, doctors and dieticians told us that eggs should be avoided or severely limited, as\u00a0they were\u00a0loaded with\u00a0artery-clogging\u00a0cholesterol.\u00a0 That attitude has softened in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,14,24,29],"tags":[374,498,1851,572,1863,1236,1390],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8598,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/8598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}