Egg yolks a week - Page 2

Stephen Cork · 06-13-2006, 01:19 AM

I'm usually 4 per day also.

Jesse Woody · 06-13-2006, 02:21 AM

I don't think there is a definitive answer here. Both Barry Sears and Loren Cordain suggest keeping total yolk consumption to <6 or so per-week. Cordain does so because of the saturated fat, while Sears mentions the increase in arachidonic acid from egg yolk consumption.

That being said, there are other sources that seem to suggest you can eat as many as you want without a problem. Like most other things the truth will probably lie somewhere in between.

Charles Steven Ossenheimer · 06-13-2006, 07:51 AM

Sometimes when i get home from work (around 10ish) i will consume two egg yolks and 5 egg whites...I usually dont get to bed till around 1. Eating this amount of eggs, 2 hrs before bed, is it ok?? Does it have any detrimental effect to my training? Or just a good snack after work??

06-14-2006, 10:37 AM

I generally eat 1 yoke per 2 eggs. 1/2 yoke/egg. There's a lot of fat in the yoke! Thats just me though.

Travis Hall · 06-14-2006, 06:04 PM

i hit between 4- 6 day
3 or 4 every morning. then sometimes another 2 or 3 in the afternoon as a light snack before an intense work out.

i hard boil them and call'm protein pills!

Craig Van De Walker · 06-15-2006, 10:54 AM

Periodically I'll eat a dozen a day for days to weeks, then I go through times when I don't eat them at all for a week or more. They are sometimes more appetizing to me, in fact I will crave them, then other times not.

BTW my last HDLs were 72, LDL 96, trig 43. This test was done the week after Easter, and I was on an egg fest.

06-14-2006, 10:37 AM	#14
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06-13-2006, 01:19 AM	#11
Stephen Cork Departed Profile: Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 71	I'm usually 4 per day also.

06-13-2006, 02:21 AM	#12
Jesse Woody Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Orange Virginia Posts: 915	I don't think there is a definitive answer here. Both Barry Sears and Loren Cordain suggest keeping total yolk consumption to <6 or so per-week. Cordain does so because of the saturated fat, while Sears mentions the increase in arachidonic acid from egg yolk consumption. That being said, there are other sources that seem to suggest you can eat as many as you want without a problem. Like most other things the truth will probably lie somewhere in between.

06-13-2006, 07:51 AM	#13
Charles Steven Ossenheimer Member Profile: Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Altamonte Springs FL Posts: 180	Sometimes when i get home from work (around 10ish) i will consume two egg yolks and 5 egg whites...I usually dont get to bed till around 1. Eating this amount of eggs, 2 hrs before bed, is it ok?? Does it have any detrimental effect to my training? Or just a good snack after work??

06-14-2006, 06:04 PM	#15
Travis Hall Departed Profile: Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 647	i hit between 4- 6 day 3 or 4 every morning. then sometimes another 2 or 3 in the afternoon as a light snack before an intense work out. i hard boil them and call'm protein pills!

06-15-2006, 10:54 AM	#16
Craig Van De Walker Member Profile: Join Date: May 2005 Location: Beaverton OR Posts: 872	Periodically I'll eat a dozen a day for days to weeks, then I go through times when I don't eat them at all for a week or more. They are sometimes more appetizing to me, in fact I will crave them, then other times not. BTW my last HDLs were 72, LDL 96, trig 43. This test was done the week after Easter, and I was on an egg fest.