How could eggs be a healthy part of a complete breakfast?

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: SnapIT

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Whisper
Reasons for most people being overweight today:

1) Fast-food and its subsequent supersizing of ALL portions in ALL types of restaraunts (i.e. we eat larger portions than the generations before us, even if they did eat more meat and such)

2) Sedentary lifestyles

3) Increase in sugar intake

4) Sedentary lifestyles

5) Increased stress and inability to cope

6) Sedentary lifestyles

There you have it, the secrets to America's obesity problem.

I don't think #s 1 or 3 would be any problem at all if it weren't for #s 2, 4 and 6.

It's well known that simple carbs and saturated fats decrease insulin sensitivity, you cannot cure that by excersising, you need both the right diet and the excersise to be healthy and feel good...

Oh, and #5 can be reduced by excersising...

You know, people say that all the time. But it flies in the face of my own personal experience. As long as I exercise four days a week, I can shovel anything into my mouth I damn well please, and I wont gain fat. In fact, I have to force feed myself just to gain muscle mass if I'm doing any cardio at all.

The only thing high sugar foods cause me is a burnout when my sugar levels dip later.

BTW, I drink pure sugar while working out (poweraide). Are you telling me this is bad?

I am also speaking from personal experience, cutting the saturated fats in half, decreasing the amount of simple carbs and adding EFA's brought me past where i had been stuck for years...

Yes, i am telling you that that sugary drink will not do much good, the glycogen will release glucose into your bloodstream to be used as fuel anyway, so the sugary drink only clears your blood faster by increasing insulin response (you want fast carbs after your training though, in combination with protein)...

Oh, and regarding calories, i'm pretty much like that too, i have to eat a lot, but eating the good stuff just makes me feel better and my workouts more productive...

I am just sharing what i know...

BTW... remember our little bet?

 

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: SnapIT

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: yobarman
i dont think cholestrol is a problem for most healthy people. a lot of my weightlifting friends eat a lot of eggs and they are very active.

it's your a dormant fat turd putting down 3-4 eggs a day then it would bea problem.

of course that's just my opinion, and im probably wrong

Agreed.

On my low-carb diet I eat 5 eggs, three strips of bacon, and a bowl of pure oatmeal every breakfast, six days a week. I also ususally have several slices of melon or strawberries. Without this breakfast, my workouts later in the day suck ass.

If i were you i would try to decrease my saturated fat intake as it will reduce the insulin sensitivity, that is, it will make it harder for insulin to push protein into your muscle cells... Some saturated fats are needed, but looking at your breakfast i see NOTHING but saturated fats, not one gram of EFA's...

EFA's can increase insulin sensitivity...

Of course, not everyone is as extreme about their diets and training as i am, just sharing what i know...

I have a powerlifting meet in 3 weeks and I'm still 5 lbs under max weight. If I don't qualify for collegiate nationals I'm going to be pissed. I need every single calorie I can get....once I leave to go home for summer, then I start the bodybuilding-style training, rather than sets of three like I've been doing the past week or so

Well, then you're on a time limit to gain weight, any weight... that's a lot different...

Ehhh... i am bodybuilding and i use sets of 3-6, once i can do 6 i raise the weight until i can only do 3...

You use creatine? might be a good idea to reload (20g a day for a week before)...

 

[rgwalt]

You need to get your protein from somewhere... eggs are an excellent source. Do you have a dog? If so, give the dog the yolk and just eat the white. Or, if you are going to have two or three eggs, only use one yolk. Eggs are so cheap anyway, why do you care about wasting a yolk?

I would be much more concerned about the whole milk and sausage link you had for breakfast, rather than the eggs. Switch to skim or 1% for your milk. Skim milk has practically no fat, 80 cal per glass, and like 7 grams of protein. That sausage link is pure crap. Tasty crap, but crap.

Ryan

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: SnapIT


If i were you i would try to decrease my saturated fat intake as it will reduce the insulin sensitivity, that is, it will make it harder for insulin to push protein into your muscle cells... Some saturated fats are needed, but looking at your breakfast i see NOTHING but saturated fats, not one gram of EFA's...

EFA's can increase insulin sensitivity...

Of course, not everyone is as extreme about their diets and training as i am, just sharing what i know...

By the way, what am I supposed to do? Eat Tuna and flaxseed oil for breakfast?

The more I think about your comment, the more I think you have no clue what you are talkin about. I should be taking my EFAs at night...in the morning, my body needs as much energy as it can.

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Cholesterol + Sunlight = Vitamin D

Vitamin D -> lets you absorb calcium

--> Some cholesterol is good for you.


When I was in my best shape I ate 6 eggs a day; 3 fried, 3 hard boiled.

while cholesterol is a precursor of vitamin D, and sunlight is one of the steps to activate the vitamin, cholesterol + sunlight does not equal Vitamin D. that's just a huge oversimplification.

just because you eat more cholesterol does NOT mean you have more vitamin D.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: SnapIT

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: SnapIT

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: yobarman
i dont think cholestrol is a problem for most healthy people. a lot of my weightlifting friends eat a lot of eggs and they are very active.

it's your a dormant fat turd putting down 3-4 eggs a day then it would bea problem.

of course that's just my opinion, and im probably wrong

Agreed.

On my low-carb diet I eat 5 eggs, three strips of bacon, and a bowl of pure oatmeal every breakfast, six days a week. I also ususally have several slices of melon or strawberries. Without this breakfast, my workouts later in the day suck ass.

If i were you i would try to decrease my saturated fat intake as it will reduce the insulin sensitivity, that is, it will make it harder for insulin to push protein into your muscle cells... Some saturated fats are needed, but looking at your breakfast i see NOTHING but saturated fats, not one gram of EFA's...

EFA's can increase insulin sensitivity...

Of course, not everyone is as extreme about their diets and training as i am, just sharing what i know...

I have a powerlifting meet in 3 weeks and I'm still 5 lbs under max weight. If I don't qualify for collegiate nationals I'm going to be pissed. I need every single calorie I can get....once I leave to go home for summer, then I start the bodybuilding-style training, rather than sets of three like I've been doing the past week or so

Well, then you're on a time limit to gain weight, any weight... that's a lot different...

Ehhh... i am bodybuilding and i use sets of 3-6, once i can do 6 i raise the weight until i can only do 3...

You use creatine? might be a good idea to reload (20g a day for a week before)...

I'm droppin to doubles next week. then the week after that, I do my openers for the following weekend

 

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: SnapIT


If i were you i would try to decrease my saturated fat intake as it will reduce the insulin sensitivity, that is, it will make it harder for insulin to push protein into your muscle cells... Some saturated fats are needed, but looking at your breakfast i see NOTHING but saturated fats, not one gram of EFA's...

EFA's can increase insulin sensitivity...

Of course, not everyone is as extreme about their diets and training as i am, just sharing what i know...

By the way, what am I supposed to do? Eat Tuna and flaxseed oil for breakfast?

The more I think about your comment, the more I think you have no clue what you are talkin about. I should be taking my EFAs at night...in the morning, my body needs as much energy as it can.

Egg yolks and bacon as your primary source for fat is not a very good solution if you don't balance the saturated fats with other fats...

You could eat whatever you want for breakfast as long as it is balanced...

And taking EFA's at night and in the morning? i would say that you should divide your EFA's with all your meal to get the most benefits from them, that way you can blunt insulin response when you eat a high carb meal like oatmeal and protein (the glucoseamins will also cause insulin response)...

As with any macronutrient, eating all of it at once isn't the best solution...

I do know a bit about nutrition and training, but i learn more all the time... but inform yourself, don't take it from me...

 

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: SnapIT

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: SnapIT

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: yobarman
i dont think cholestrol is a problem for most healthy people. a lot of my weightlifting friends eat a lot of eggs and they are very active.

it's your a dormant fat turd putting down 3-4 eggs a day then it would bea problem.

of course that's just my opinion, and im probably wrong

Agreed.

On my low-carb diet I eat 5 eggs, three strips of bacon, and a bowl of pure oatmeal every breakfast, six days a week. I also ususally have several slices of melon or strawberries. Without this breakfast, my workouts later in the day suck ass.

If i were you i would try to decrease my saturated fat intake as it will reduce the insulin sensitivity, that is, it will make it harder for insulin to push protein into your muscle cells... Some saturated fats are needed, but looking at your breakfast i see NOTHING but saturated fats, not one gram of EFA's...

EFA's can increase insulin sensitivity...

Of course, not everyone is as extreme about their diets and training as i am, just sharing what i know...

I have a powerlifting meet in 3 weeks and I'm still 5 lbs under max weight. If I don't qualify for collegiate nationals I'm going to be pissed. I need every single calorie I can get....once I leave to go home for summer, then I start the bodybuilding-style training, rather than sets of three like I've been doing the past week or so

Well, then you're on a time limit to gain weight, any weight... that's a lot different...

Ehhh... i am bodybuilding and i use sets of 3-6, once i can do 6 i raise the weight until i can only do 3...

You use creatine? might be a good idea to reload (20g a day for a week before)...

I'm droppin to doubles next week. then the week after that, I do my openers for the following weekend

Good luck in the competition, let me know how it goes...

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: SnapIT


BTW... remember our little bet?

What i say is... NO matter what Saddam does, no matter if he follows the regulations perfectly, the US will attack... they will find some excuse (outside of what the UN has told Iraq)...

That is what i say, let's sit back.. and remember this in march... if it doesn't happen, i will apologize for being wrong and thinking that... if i'm right... you do what you want...

The US does NOT want peace... if you truly believe that... well... then you do... the rest of the world does not believe the propaganda...

That was the bet. Saddam did NOT follow the resolutions/regulations perfectly.

Snap, the US wants peace, but peace with security.