Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Egg Fat

abayaa
abayaa
Posts: 54
Joined: 2002/11/09
Canada
2002/12/25, 11:42 AM
I was just wondering if the fat in the egg yolk is good fat or should i avoid it. I know it has a lot of cholesterol but i'm only 18 and i don't really care about that now. Does the egg yolk have essential fatty acids or is it best avoided?
Firehawk734
Firehawk734
Posts: 295
Joined: 2002/07/31
United States
2002/12/27, 01:35 AM
You should care about all the cholesterol lol. It dont matter what age you are anymore! I THINK most of the fat in those are saturated fat.

In 1 egg yolk, there is 71% of the recommended daily cholesterol intake based on a 2000 calorie diet. Thats a lot in just 1 egg!
Carivan
Carivan
Posts: 8,542
Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2002/12/27, 11:35 AM
FireHawk put it right.
Like he said, doesn't matter what age you are. If you don't look after yourself starting today, later on might be too late. Not to good to take meds to keep your cholestrol numbers in line.
Look after yourself now. Have five eggs with one yolk. Great omlette.
Good Luck.

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The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you are not in shape for it, it is too far to walk back! Franklin P. Jones

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