Omelettes and eggs

Participant · 27 Jun 2010 at 12:46

Hi fellow egg-eaters

2 questions:

- Do you bother sourcing Omega 3 rich / organic free range eggs, or do you get the cheapest eggs on the shelf? Do you think it really matters, an egg's an egg right? (From a nutritional perspective, not an ethical one)

- Do you limit your quantity of egg yolks for fat intake reasons, or is it not something to worry about? E.g. when making an omelette, do you use one whole egg and two whites, or three whole eggs?

Thanks!

shifty_uk · 27 Jun 2010 at 12:47

Buy cheapest because I'm tight and use three whole eggs. Are you still cutting, though?

MofoKilla · 27 Jun 2010 at 12:50

I find happy eggs make the best omlettes althou they aint cheap like £3.20 for a dozen .

if you aint tried them i bet you wont go back to normal eggs once you have

Skillmister · 27 Jun 2010 at 13:03

At home my mum refuses to get anything other than free-range, sometimes organic ones.

At uni i get smartprice and whilst there is a bit of a difference in quality/size etc its marginal and not enough to warrant me spending more when im on a budget.

Participant · 27 Jun 2010 at 13:24

shifty_uk said:
Buy cheapest because I'm tight and use three whole eggs. Are you still cutting, though?

Yep! Going on holiday in precisely one month, so I'm on a final push to strip the bf.

dun · 27 Jun 2010 at 13:33

Cheapest of the cheap eggs. Eat them whole. 6+ a day 5 days a week (not weekends). If money was no object I would get large free range eggs but it is so i don't

Skull · 27 Jun 2010 at 13:40

Cheapest of the cheap. How much more omega 3 does a special egg contain? I reckon twice as much as a cheap egg, yet it costs twice as more. Just eat 2.

Or eat fish...

Participant · 27 Jun 2010 at 13:46

Skull said:
Cheapest of the cheap. How much more omega 3 does a special egg contain? I reckon twice as much as a cheap egg, yet it costs twice as more. Just eat 2.

Or eat fish...

Yeah I had mackarel for brekkie, so maybe I should forget fancy Omega 3 eggs and just eat food with naturally occurring o3 fats!

pooley · 27 Jun 2010 at 14:02

just get the cheapest eggs, you can always pop in cod liver oil capsule for your omega -3. keep the yolks down to a minimum, but if i were you going on hols i cut them out altogether.

Crowort · 27 Jun 2010 at 14:07

I'm lucky that I live in a rural part of Scotland (pretty much everywhere is lol) and have a farmer that delivers eggs.

I'm not really sure how they chickens are kept but the eggs are nothing like the cheap ones you get in supermarkets. They have a bigger / more yellow yolk (I believe this might be corn feeding or something?). And have more taste imo.

They also cost about the same as the cheap eggs at supermarkets so they likely are battery hens.

Freefaller · 27 Jun 2010 at 17:22

good quality eggs = good quality nutrition. So yes I buy the best I can get, and let's face it, a dozen eggs doesn't cost much anyway - even when you eat close to 20 a week.

I don't worry about separating whites from yolks or worry about how many eggs I'm eating - my cholesterol is low, and my blood pressure is fine. Don't believe the myths.

titchard · 27 Jun 2010 at 17:29

Freefaller said:
good quality eggs = good quality nutrition. So yes I buy the best I can get, and let's face it, a dozen eggs doesn't cost much anyway - even when you eat close to 20 a week.

I don't worry about separating whites from yolks or worry about how many eggs I'm eating - my cholesterol is low, and my blood pressure is fine. Don't believe the myths.

If I remember rightly, are the links between the cholesterol within eggs, and the cholesterol in our bodies sketchy at best? I am sure I read somewhere that they were two different types of cholesterol - so are not absorbed the same.

Rich

Freefaller · 27 Jun 2010 at 17:31

Your body creates cholesterol it needs and doesn't actively absorb cholesterol from foods.

titchard · 27 Jun 2010 at 17:35

Freefaller said:
Your body creates cholesterol it needs and doesn't actively absorb cholesterol from foods.

Ah right! So really the thing about cholesterol is a total myth!

Thanks for clearing that up

Rich

Freefaller · 27 Jun 2010 at 17:48

titchard said:
Ah right! So really the thing about cholesterol is a total myth!

Thanks for clearing that up

Rich

Indeed. Cholesterol is more prominent in saturated foods - the total fat and saturated fatty acid in egg content is not high, and the fat in eggs is predominantly unsaturated (44% monounsaturated; 11% polyunsaturated) - good fats.

The only sucky thing is, saturated fats boost testosterone, but cholesterol reduces testosterone! So it's a balance really. Which is why a varied diet with lot of fresh green veggies is crucial as it balances the other side of the equation.

It gets much more complicated when you start throwing in hormonal cycles and optimisation - but that's the basics for now.

jrodga2k5 · 27 Jun 2010 at 18:50

MofoKilla said:
I find happy eggs make the best omlettes althou they aint cheap like £3.20 for a dozen .

if you aint tried them i bet you wont go back to normal eggs once you have

You're right.....they simply are amazing

ben90 · 27 Jun 2010 at 19:15

If your worried about omega 3 just buy some quality omega 3 pills, their cheap enough considering the massive health benefits. If there one supplement I could take it would be omega 3.