Eat Eggs
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I like to eat eggs. A lot. So today, I bring you an overdue ode to eggs:
Recently, upon mentioning that I could eat eggs all day every day and be happy, someone commented, "Sure, but that wouldn't be good for you."
Sigh. Okay, first of all, I was eggaggerating.
Second, WHY? Why do eggs get such a bad rap? Because they contain dietary cholesterol, and we all know cholesterol in food raises our blood cholesterol, and high blood cholesterol is bad. Right?
Wrong.
Now, I'm not devoting today's entire post to those giant myths, but I'll say this: they're myths. Eating dietary cholesterol does not yield higher blood cholesterol levels, and even our own cholesterol is not inherently bad! Our bodies need cholesterol to produce hormones, make vitamin D, build and repair cell walls, and more. So both sides of this argument against eggs are faulty. Even as far back as 2006, the Harvard Health News tried to redeem egg…
Recently, upon mentioning that I could eat eggs all day every day and be happy, someone commented, "Sure, but that wouldn't be good for you."
Sigh. Okay, first of all, I was eggaggerating.
Second, WHY? Why do eggs get such a bad rap? Because they contain dietary cholesterol, and we all know cholesterol in food raises our blood cholesterol, and high blood cholesterol is bad. Right?
Wrong.
Now, I'm not devoting today's entire post to those giant myths, but I'll say this: they're myths. Eating dietary cholesterol does not yield higher blood cholesterol levels, and even our own cholesterol is not inherently bad! Our bodies need cholesterol to produce hormones, make vitamin D, build and repair cell walls, and more. So both sides of this argument against eggs are faulty. Even as far back as 2006, the Harvard Health News tried to redeem egg…
