johnoswaldallan
Active Member
Hello Everybody
I wonder how many people have been put off eggs by all the adverse publicity?
I eat between 3-5 eggs per day. (fried, poached, boiled, scrambled, omelettes etc) I personally do not subscribe to the theory that eggs are harmfull. The links between high cholesterol and heart disease are somewhat tenuous to say the least. I suspect that it is in the pharmaceutical companies interests to perpetuate this false idea in order to swell their already obscene profits with the sale of statins. Or is that just me being cynical? I have listed a couple of sites that may be of interest on this subject.
http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/choles ... yth_2.html
http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm
The nutritional value of eggs have been recognised for centuries. Another site worth looking at is
http://www.nutritionandeggs.co.uk/eggs_ ... tion1.html
As diabetics we have all been frightened about the effects of eating eggs, dairy produce, animal fats etc. These are all good wholesome foods that we have enjoyed without any harmful effects. There is more obesity, diabetes, and heart disease on the low fat, high carb diets that are now recommended than ever before. There is an over emphasis on exercise (they want us all running around like hamsters on a tread mill) and yet very few diabetics in the UK seem to be able to maintain good control. Before I started to “think outside the box” my diabetic control was terrible. I was always chasing rainbows and trying to achieve the unachievable, however I now manage to keep my B’S very near to normal.
Diabetes is a very personal thing and affects each individual differently, however the one thing all of us diabetics have in common, (type 1 and type 2) and that is an adverse reaction to carbohydrates.
On the subject of eggs; I was having a discussion with two of my grandsons, who are both skinny kids and fussy eaters. Nathan the 7 yr old now eats omelettes (the only way he eats eggs) Jacob the 10 yr old has never tried eggs and won’t try eggs.
I said to him why not try eggs done in different ways i.e. boiled scrambled, poached etc and his reply was “no way” He then said to me quite seriously “ but Granddad I do like chocolate eggs” At that point I gave up trying to promote the nutritional value of the non-chocolate egg
Regards
John
I wonder how many people have been put off eggs by all the adverse publicity?
I eat between 3-5 eggs per day. (fried, poached, boiled, scrambled, omelettes etc) I personally do not subscribe to the theory that eggs are harmfull. The links between high cholesterol and heart disease are somewhat tenuous to say the least. I suspect that it is in the pharmaceutical companies interests to perpetuate this false idea in order to swell their already obscene profits with the sale of statins. Or is that just me being cynical? I have listed a couple of sites that may be of interest on this subject.
http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/choles ... yth_2.html
http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm
The nutritional value of eggs have been recognised for centuries. Another site worth looking at is
http://www.nutritionandeggs.co.uk/eggs_ ... tion1.html
As diabetics we have all been frightened about the effects of eating eggs, dairy produce, animal fats etc. These are all good wholesome foods that we have enjoyed without any harmful effects. There is more obesity, diabetes, and heart disease on the low fat, high carb diets that are now recommended than ever before. There is an over emphasis on exercise (they want us all running around like hamsters on a tread mill) and yet very few diabetics in the UK seem to be able to maintain good control. Before I started to “think outside the box” my diabetic control was terrible. I was always chasing rainbows and trying to achieve the unachievable, however I now manage to keep my B’S very near to normal.
Diabetes is a very personal thing and affects each individual differently, however the one thing all of us diabetics have in common, (type 1 and type 2) and that is an adverse reaction to carbohydrates.
On the subject of eggs; I was having a discussion with two of my grandsons, who are both skinny kids and fussy eaters. Nathan the 7 yr old now eats omelettes (the only way he eats eggs) Jacob the 10 yr old has never tried eggs and won’t try eggs.
I said to him why not try eggs done in different ways i.e. boiled scrambled, poached etc and his reply was “no way” He then said to me quite seriously “ but Granddad I do like chocolate eggs” At that point I gave up trying to promote the nutritional value of the non-chocolate egg
Regards
John
