With or without yolk? How to eat eggs

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The age-old debate about whether egg yolk is harmful is no longer relevant.

With yolk or just protein? Perhaps, in terms of importance, this question is second only to "The main question of life, the universe and all that", but, unlike the second, the fundamental egg problem until the last moment did not have a single solution.

Any person, be it an athlete or at least a little familiar with the topic of nutrition, with this question, will say one of the following:

• I eat whole eggs.
• I always separate the yolks and discard them.
• I leave one or two yolks, the rest I throw away.

The third tactic may seem like a golden mean, but only if the yolks are really bad. Otherwise, it turns out that we deliberately deprive ourselves of a significant part of the most delicious product. So who's right? Let science answer, we trust it.

Liz Wolf, nutrition expert and author of the book, believes that egg yolks do not increase the risk of heart disease. Moreover, in her opinion, rejection of yolks can also harm health.

History of delusions

It all started with one research by Nikolai Anichkov. He fed the rabbits generously with cholesterol and noticed that plaque began to form in their arteries. Naturally, any food (including egg yolk), rich in saturated fat and containing cholesterol, fell out of favor with scientists, and then the public. However, questions began to appear, and Wolf gives an example of such thoughts.

The rabbit and the human have completely different bodies. Cholesterol is not included in the rabbit's natural diet at all.

Nevertheless, Anichkov's authority, combined with the massive acceptance of the idea, has already spawned a real "witch hunt", only food rich in saturated fats and cholesterol has become a victim.

The fire was added by researcher Angel Keys, who installed in seven different countries. It turned out that the more animal fats in the diet of a resident of a country, the more cases of heart disease in this country. However, the reliability of the data turned out to be.

The researcher compared diets and disease statistics, but did not prove that there is a causal relationship between these parameters.

For example, mortality in the same countries from any other causes was significantly lower, and in general, life expectancy was higher.

A light in the end of a tunnel

Fortunately, over time, science has received more accurate and reliable data. In 2010, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published.

Saturated fat is not associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, or ischemic vascular disease.

After a while, Time magazine from defaming eggs and other fat-rich food words published in 1984. They even encouraged readers to eat butter instead of margarine.

Egg Truth

Throwing away the yolks, we, in fact, deprive ourselves of a significant part of an extremely useful product, which.

Egg yolk is an excellent source of Vitamin A, which is essential for healthy skin, as well as B vitamins. Choline in the yolk supports proper brain and muscle function. A lack of choline leads to problems during pregnancy.

Saturated fats also play an important role in the proper functioning of our body, and their deficiency can lead to in men.