Scientist Answers: do Eggs raise your Cholesterol??

I really love the way you do your Videos. Just trying to share the science, giving your opinion without telling someone what to do. Keep it up!

This is great, I love your videos!
Why do you think society has this hyper fixation on protein, when in reality, as you said, it's everywhere and quite hard to not get enough (for most people).

I sometimes eat two eggs on Sundays with my breakfast. My HDL is 84 mg, ldl is 118 out of range with 1.4 ratio. My doctor said nothing to worry about 🤷‍♂️

"The recent evidence surrounding egg consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease is mixed. However,
the weight of evidence suggests that eggs have a neutral relationship with heart health neither remarkably
increasing nor decreasing risk. This suggests eggs can be included as part of a heart healthy eating pattern
and can be chosen as one of a variety of protein foods- including fish and seafood, legumes, nuts and
seeds, and poultry" Heart foundation Australia.

Heart attacks aren’t exclusive to unhealthy people. Some super fit people have died of heart attacks. If you’re active and eat Whole Foods , you’re probably fine. P.S I love eggs 🥚 🇮🇪🇮🇪

I’ve pretty much given up most all dairy.

This sounds so logical, makes me wonder how some of those other studies get ‘doctored’. Thanks for clearing that up. I went for the so-called Mediterranean diet recently and merrily added an egg-a-day, based on other, less contextualized advice. Glad I watched this. Thanks Doc 😊

I'm 3 years late to this video, I appreciate your content. My confusion is, as someone with high-ish LDL(130) , I'm told "Cholesterol esterification is a mechanism the body uses to store and transfer cholesterol"..and that ingested cholesterol from eating food will have very little impact on my LDL / apoB levels. The study you referenced seems to contradict this. As you said, very confusing. I guess I should simply not take the risk and greatly reduce my eggs intake (5-6 eggs per week).

In Asia countries, meat are expensive thus some people tend to get their protein from eggs which are usually much cheaper.
Many people don't even eat red meat even weekly. Probably just once or twice a month

What if you're trying to gain muscle. Everybody seems to agree that if you don't get 1 g of protein per pound of body weight doing a strenuous heavy weight lifting regimen that you will not rebuild muscle. You won't get stronger or gain any size. What's your take on this? In this video it sounds like you're just talking about getting enough protein to exist not to gain muscle

Do we need more protein if we are building muscles? 💪🏻

Hi, I’m pretty sure you won’t see this comment, but if you do. Can I reference this video on a video that I plan to make on diet? I’ll give you credit and put a link to this video on the description. I love the way you approach diet and you have a phD. If you read this comment. Let me know!

While I eat nut and seed, as a fish-egg-butterman, egg is a great source of dietary choline. While it is possible that I may, at some point in the future, die, I am hoping that my high fruit, vegetable, and fiber diet, along with the fish, will help offset the egg in terms of health and not dying.

I know of a place that protein is hard to come by and eggs are valuable. Prison! lol Someone I was bullshitting with in a bar told me about doing time. He said all the guys pumping weights would trade other items for eggs and the most popular channel on TV was Fashion TV....lol Maybe its was the barely dressed skinny models? IDK! haha

Do these factors change in the context of athletes or people with strict exercise regimens?

Если вы жрёте кучу сахара, то и без холестерина вам пизда.

Great advice.

I'm so glad you brought up the protein fixation, that's yet another topic that is hard to get good answers on.

I started eating 4 whole eggs cause Im doing my best to lean out. don't know why I want with 4 but I think it has to do with eggs are a bit cleaner than just stuffing myself with red meat.

There's a million videos on the pros & cons of eating eggs. Some are positive while others negative. No one size fits all. Your bloodwork should dictate how you should approach this issue and alter your diet accordingly.

What if you are on Statins????

How is this consistent with your own video that talks about hyper and hypo absorbers of cholesterol, and why is that info not relevant enough to mention in this video?

The highest amounts of nutrients in the egg is in the…..YOLK! It contains high amounts of vitamin A, D, E, K, B1, B2, B5, B6, B9, and B12,

The Question is should we eat eggs 🥚 if our cholesterol is over >200 and a poor Calcium Score??

Im gunna wack you with my hands

its the hdl ldl ratio that drs are interested in now

Good vid. but over the head of some people.

LOVE Soft Egg Yolks.

You keep pointing to videos that you have on different subjects, and they do not appear on your video screen.

Synopsis in 1 sentence please, this is why gpt4 is good

Thank you Dr Gil! You're so balanced and really sort out the awful confusion out there. Appreciate your time and effort. It really helps!!

Couldn't you over-simplify this subject for us, in short sound bites? So much nuance! Seriously, this was an excellent discussion of the risks and benefits of eggs. I happen to love eggs, and eat a lot of them (up to a dozen a week) as we have chickens, and they are my main source of protein. However, I am beginning to wonder if this is a bad idea. I'm very slender and fit, but I think I should have my cholesterol levels checked. Thank you!

this channel is hands down the best channel on nutrition.

I've seen studies being cited that show eggs raise HDL as well. Would the net effect then be more or less mitigated if true?

Western foods are with high cholestrol.
For adults, they should take one egg every one day apart. Odd and even day,
your choice.😂

Eggs weren't designed to eat. They were designed to hatch and become baby chickens.

Low cholesterol with eating lots of eggs could imply something worse, because cancer takes up cholesterol. Some individual different result doesn't mean they have another set of laws applied to their body.

lol Damn. No more eggs for me. High LDL here and HDL within range but on the low end.

Good point. No food is good or bad per se. It all depends on context.

Most college students are as sharp as biden.....just ask them

Excellent video. Thanks for breaking everything down so clearly. I'm in my 70s, in good health, vegan, and was a bit concerned that I should completely avoid eggs. So it looks like a couple of them on the weekend isn't going to immediately send me to the morgue. Thanks again.

Finally, a video which makes sense to help understand the complete context.

I used to argue for eggs and how important it is for an otherwise vegetarian diet and totally ignore the cholesterol argument (frankly used to search for videos that support my point of view 😂 and feel better). My enthusiasm for eggs have tempered a bit. My lipid levels are definitely on the higher end

TRUE STORY: If you're a fit, healthy person with good lung capacity, a few cigarettes every now and then cos you like them, is not gonna harm you.

Scientists are liars

Identical taste my ass.

Hey doc, would it be useful to get an apo b test if your overall cholesterol panel and triglycerides are low? Im assuming low cholesterol will also mean lower apob.