{"id":30703,"date":"2015-02-19T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T16:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=30703"},"modified":"2021-11-18T09:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T14:07:49","slug":"egg-whites-vs-eggs-healthy-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/health\/egg-whites-vs-eggs-healthy-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Egg Whites or Whole Eggs: What Are Their Health Benefits?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Egg
Photo: Pond5<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You\u2019ve tried so hard to be healthy. You watch your calories, exercise regularly, and always toss out the yolks when you make your veggie omelet<\/a>. Well, it may be time to reconsider! (At least when it comes to your eggs.) Whole eggs don\u2019t raise your risk of heart disease<\/a> \u2014 in fact, according to nutrition coach Liz Wolfe<\/a>, NTP, author of Eat The Yolks<\/i>, it may be worse for your health to not<\/i><\/strong> eat them.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> The Truth About How to Lose Belly Fat<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scrambled Facts \u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Egg yolks, along with other sources of saturated fat and cholesterol, came under fire in the wake of research by Nikolai Anichkov<\/a> at the turn of the 20th<\/sup> century. Anichkov fed rabbits pure cholesterol and noted that their arteries clogged up with plaque, leading to a hypothesis that cholesterol promotes heart disease. But since then, there have been questions raised about how closely the two are related. Wolfe counters: \u201crabbits have nothing in common with human bodies\u2026 and cholesterol isn\u2019t part of their diet anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/b>\u00a0Should You Double Your Protein Intake?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the findings gave rise to a witch hunt that demonized foods high in fat and cholesterol. Researcher Ancel Keys made headlines in the 1950s with his Seven Countries\u2019 Study<\/a>, which almost single-handedly set the line of thinking on saturated fat that prevails today. Keys claimed that after looking at the average diets of populations in seven different countries, he was able to determine that those who ate the most animal fat had the highest rates of heart disease. But his analysis was flawed<\/a>. Although Keys\u2019 data did show a connection between fat and heart disease, he couldn\u2019t demonstrate that the relationship was causal. Furthermore, while mortality rates for heart disease were higher in the countries that consumed the most animal fat, deaths from nearly ever other cause were lower \u2014 and overall life expectancy was higher.<\/p>\n

RELATED: What 200 Calories of Nuts Looks Like [INFOGRAPHIC]<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sunny Side of Things<\/b><\/h3>\n

Thankfully, more concrete findings have come to light in the years since. In 2010, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition<\/i><\/a> published a meta-analysis \u2014 the collected findings of 21 different studies \u2014 which stated that \u201csaturated fat was not associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke or coronary vascular disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Time Magazine <\/i>reversed the argument<\/a> it made in a 1984 cover story claiming eggs and other high-fat foods were dangerous, and even encouraged readers to eat butter over margarine.<\/p>\n

So what is the real cause of heart disease? Wolfe suggests it lies in the inflammation caused by \u201cchronic stress levels, and the overconsumption of vegetable oils and processed carbohydrates.\u201d In other words: \u201cLimit foods that come in boxes and bags.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Gym Time or Meal Time: What Matters Most for Weight Loss?<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hard-Boiled Truth<\/b><\/h3>\n

Meanwhile, if you\u2019ve been avoiding egg yolks, you\u2019ve been missing out on a world of good nutrition. According to Wolfe, \u201cThey\u2019re a great source of vitamin A, which is good for skin, B vitamins<\/a> for energy, and choline, which supports brain health, muscles, and is necessary for a healthy pregnancy.\u201d The saturated fat in yolks is also necessary for hormone production and the body\u2019s absorption of vitamins and minerals.<\/p>\n

As long as you control your overall calories, whole egg consumption won\u2019t cause weight gain, despite its fat content. However, if you\u2019re trying to hit certain macronutrient numbers for a diet, or just want to restrict calories, having a few white-only eggs can be appropriate. When in doubt, check in with a nutritionist to see how well your current food choices stack up against your health and fitness goals.<\/p>\n

Eat The Yolks is available at Amazon.com<\/a> or to hear more from Liz Wolfe visit <\/i>realfoodliz.com<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Originally posted August 12, 2014.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t be yellow about eating egg yolks; science shows there\u2019s nothing to fear. Read on for the skinny on which are healthier, egg whites versus whole eggs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":30704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7,11],"tags":[217,45,51,71,80,341,344],"class_list":["post-30703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet-nutrition","category-health","category-health-hacks","tag-disease","tag-eggs","tag-food-choices","tag-nutrition","tag-protein","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2sports-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}