under 200 calorie snack #2
 

Hard-Boiled Eggs & 1 Apple

In the past, egg yolks have gotten an unjustified bad rap. Yolks, in moderation, may not raise the risk of heart disease. Additionally, half of an egg’s protein and essentially all of its nutrients exist in the yolk, which makes whole eggs much more filling than just the whites. If possible, choose organic, cage free eggs, which have a higher concentration of heart-healthy omega 3 fatty acids than eggs laid by caged hens fed a nonorganic diet and also often pumped full of antibiotics. Apples are low-calorie, relatively high fiber fruits with high amounts of vitamins. High water content makes them very filling, and they travel well. 2 medium sized eggs and a small apple will fill you up for a while.

Apparently the egg yolks causing excessive cholesterol in the body theory came from the fact that the only foods that contain cholesterol are animals (and fish) and therefore the only food that could be used to test whether (any) food causes cholesterol to rise was animals (and fish).

Poor old eggs (and prawns), which I presume contain more cholesterol than most other(animal) foods were subsequently labelled as being bad.

The fact is, and this has been known for a long time now, eating eggs (or prawns) or any other cholesterol containing food does not necessarily cause your cholesterol levels to rise.

Unfortunately, the experts, don't seem to make the distinction between good natural saturated fat and bad unnatural saturated fat.

The real culprit is trans fats and saturated fat that has been buggered about with, eg sausages, bacon, pastry, cakes or any other food that isn't natural but contains saturated fat.

Chicken skin, beef dripping or lamb fat are an excellent and natural source of good fat and energy. Obviously you need to watch the amount you eat but that goes for any source of calories.

As Eazy says, all the best bits in an egg are in the yolk. That's one of the reasons why I've never understood just eating the white!


ps forgot to add earlier, that caged hen eggs contain very little omega 3 and far too much omega 6 due to their unnatural diets. Avoid. It's likely that eggs with added omega 3 might also contain too much omega 6! Go for free range and organic if possible. It's likely that the excess of omega 6 is far worse for your ticker than the cholesterol in the eggs.

I've always gone the 4 for 1 way, one yolk for every 4 egg whites. May rethink that now. When I eat boiled eggs I mash them in a bowl and that one yolk makes it taste 100% better IMO.

Whole eggs or nothing, dont see the point in just doing whites.

the yolks of the egg bro.. Is nothing but pure cholesterol and u already get high cholesterol when taking gear... My advice would be to stick with the egg white., and boil them.. When u fry something u take away some of the nutrients in the food.. You need to remember tht ur fueling ur body as a machine not for pleasure nomore.. Thts what separate the men form the boys in thiss sport , PLUS THE EGG WHITE ARE THE CLEANEST SOURCE OF PROTEIN NEXT TO SYNTHETIC WHEN IT COMES TO PROTEIN CONSUMPTION ..

eat harder than u train.. First and formost., !!!! :d