*78 - The Story of Cackleberry

Inspired post by "Eggs to die for" from Assoc Prof Dr. Lee's (Vivi's dad) blog. (didnt know he never eat half boiled eggs before =.=)

Eggs, highly controversial food due to its high nutrient but very high cholesterol too. There are all kinds of egg eaters, LoL... Half-boiled egg eaters, Only-Hard-boiled egg eaters, Non-yolk egg eaters, Raw egg eaters etc... and i guess its the only food that has so much ways to cook or serve it... except microwaving =.=

Now... lets talk bout the yolk... Yolk has all the vitamins and minerals of the egg in it... The egg white is just only the proteins... Bare in mind, throwing away the yolk equals throwing away vitamin A, D, E, K, B-complex, Choline, Carotenoids, Many minerals particularly Iron and the list goes on...

But yolk is high in cholesterol! Cholesterol is actually producing in our body and excreted if there is a surplus. Now... Some people might hav high cholesterol level in their blood, which claimed to increase the risk of heart attack (half true only, tats another story, mayb covered in the future), and they wanna reduce the cholesterol level by reducing intake. That's a wrong approach.

Here's the case. When ur body needs more cholesterol, eg. to maintain the elasticity of blood vessel to prevent rupture from hypertension, ur body will skyrocket ur cholesterol level. Now think about it, should u be finding the real problem (the disease) tat cause hypertension (a symptom, not disease!) or treating hypercholesterolemia (another symptom, not disease!)? Its OK to take eggs, for the sake of other nutrients. Your body will balance out by reducing cholesterol production. There's even a research suggest that Lecithin in eggs actually reduce cholesterol absorption.

So... Go take more eggs!

More Reading: The Truth About Egg Yolks, More on Eggs, Interesting Egg Facts