{"id":5171,"date":"2016-01-11T11:39:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T11:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myuberdiet.com\/plan\/?p=5171"},"modified":"2016-01-26T15:06:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T15:06:37","slug":"the-truth-about-eggs-cholesterol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myuberdiet.com\/plan\/the-truth-about-eggs-cholesterol\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Eggs & Cholesterol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eggs have been demonized for a very long time now, because\u2026it raises your cholesterol.<\/p>\n

However, that is a lot of hogwash as you will discover in this post.<\/p>\n

Now first off\u2026 The cholesterol we ingest is typically a minor source compared to the amount our body produces. Yes, your body does produce cholesterol\u2026 <\/span>Your liver produces about 75%, or more of the cholesterol in your body, every cell in your body can produce cholesterol.
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\nSo if cholesterol is so bad then why would your own body produce it?<\/p>\n

The problem isn\u2019t the cholesterol – in fact you do need cholesterol to live. This waxy, soft and fat-like substance is present in your blood as well as every cell in your body. Cholesterol helps to produce hormones (testosterone, estrogen and adrenaline), cell membranes, vitamin D (without it there will be no vitamin D) as well as bile acids which help your body to digest fat.<\/p>\n

Now, if you ingest cholesterol through eggs then your body will simply produce less cholesterol<\/a>\u2026because you do need a certain amount of cholesterol every day.<\/p>\n

Cholesterol is not some vile poison but an essential ingredient of life. (But I suppose the pharmaceutical industry has to uphold this lie, because they want the profits from all the money they make by selling statins)<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s get back to the eggs\u2026<\/p>\n

The thing is doctors would tell you not to eat eggs because they contain more cholesterol than most other foods, but hang in there because as you will see eggs are super nutritious and by eating eggs DOESN\u2019T <\/span>mean that it will raise the bad cholesterol in your blood.<\/p>\n

But more on that later, let\u2019s see why eggs are super nutritious.<\/p>\n

Eggs contain minerals, vitamins, good fats and quality proteins.<\/p>\n

One large egg will give you:<\/p>\n