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A recent study showed that eggs do not increase cholesterol levels. But the poor, misguided researchers seemed surprised that eggs are less inflammatory than oatmeal.
No surprise there. Many people produce antibodies to oats, and are not aware of the problem. And for that matter, it appears that in general, grains are inflammatory. But the researchers were apparently oblivious to those issues. Well duh!
The experiment was designed so that its participants were randomly selected to consume either one egg or one bowl of oatmeal per day for five weeks. After a three week ‘washout’ during which time neither eggs nor oatmeal were included in their diets, they were assigned the alternate breakfast.
“At the end of 13 weeks, we found no differences in the levels of plasma total cholesterol, plasma LDL [the ‘bad’ cholesterol], triglycerides, glucose, or any other parameter we looked at, between the two diets,” she says. “That was interesting, because the common expectation is that the oatmeal diet would be better than the egg diet. It turns out that both were equally good. But what really surprised us was that markers for inflammatory processes actually went down during the period when people were eating an egg a day.”
Now I like eggs, and I eat a couple almost every day. But it's easy to be a hero when there's no competition, and IMO, oatmeal provides no competition, because it is most definitely not a healthy food, despite all the "expert" claims to the contrary. And guess who sponsored this research . . . why it was the Egg Nutrition Center, of course.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I wonder if the researchers were really surprised with the findings concerning eggs being less inflammatory. Maybe they were covering their tail with that comment. Going against the mainstream belief could invite trouble. Hard to say.
I can't wait to eat eggs again! Been doing better and better it seems with the current diet. Eggs and chicken have been for a long time fearful foods for me to eat. The two seem to create their own specific stomach illness. Out of curiosity a few months back though I ordered a special batch of soy free eggs or basically chickens not fed the typical soy meal feed. To my surprise the shipped in eggs didn't cause me the typical stomach trouble experienced with store bought eggs.
I've been afraid to order the eggs again though. I'm working to continue sorting the diet out and in the back of mind still hold onto the idea that eggs are a problem food. The way things are going though, the soy free eggs could be back no the menu soon.
The enthusiasm to eat eggs once again might not last long. The minimum order amount for the special soy free eggs is 4 dozen!
You may be right about the research project. Researchers have adopted all sorts of techniques in recent years to facilitate the promotion of their agendas.
Eggs are getting to be a premium item. Because of the bird flu causing so many flocks to have to be destroyed in the upper Midwest, the price of eggs in general has almost doubled in the past year. Bird flu seems to be hitting laying hen flocks more than broilers. I'm concerned that after the fall wild bird migrations (wild birds are apparently the primary source of infections for domestic flocks) eggs may really become scarce, and the price could become unaffordable. That would be rough, to say the least.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Soy free eggs may work for you but when I tried them they first seemed ok and then started causing the same nausea that other eggs caused. I have no plans to re-introduce them.
I'll choose to believe this research since I've recently made the switch over to duck eggs, which are apparently even higher in cholesterol than chicken eggs. They are so good there's no turning back now!
tex wrote:You may be right about the research project. Researchers have adopted all sorts of techniques in recent years to facilitate the promotion of their agendas.
Eggs are getting to be a premium item. Because of the bird flu causing so many flocks to have to be destroyed in the upper Midwest, the price of eggs in general has almost doubled in the past year. Bird flu seems to be hitting laying hen flocks more than broilers. I'm concerned that after the fall wild bird migrations (wild birds are apparently the primary source of infections for domestic flocks) eggs may really become scarce, and the price could become unaffordable. That would be rough, to say the least.
Tex
I've seen some of that concerning chickens and the flu! Sounds awful! Hopefully an answer will be found. I remember Dr. Mercola had a write up on the situation, with mention on the confusion concerning how the infection was being spread. It will be interesting to see if the infection turns out as bad as you are afraid it is, and if so if that will spur changes in current food raising production methods. I'll have to ask a tennis hitting friend his opinion next time we talk. He works in food security... not so much live stock! but frequently attends security meetings in DC and elsewhere.
"Avian Flu Outbreak Among Chickens—What This Disaster Can Tell Us About Our Food Production"
...Amy Mayer, an Iowa Public Radio reporter told PBS5 that scientists are still struggling to figure out how the outbreak was able to spread as widely as it has. "They thought they had a pretty decent understanding of how this virus could spread, but the way it is moving right now has really caused them to rethink some of those ideas..." she says.
Reuters6 also noted that:
"Wild birds are thought to be carriers of the flu virus, which can be tracked onto poultry farms by people or trucks that come into contact with contaminated feces. It may also be carried into barns by wind blowing in contaminated dirt or dust.
US and state officials had thought that quarantining infected farms and killing birds would prevent the virus from moving to neighboring farms.
However, veterinarians now think the disease was transmitted between farms... If confirmed, a lateral spread 'would represent a failure in biosecurity,' said John Glisson, vice president of Research for the US Poultry and Egg Association."
Factory Farmed Foods Responsible for Most Foodborne Outbreaks...
JFR wrote:Soy free eggs may work for you but when I tried them they first seemed ok and then started causing the same nausea that other eggs caused. I have no plans to re-introduce them.
Jean
That's my fear with the soy free eggs, did I eat them long enough to know for sure. I'll eventually get around to trying them again, but it's going to take me awhile to get to that point.
Maybe I'll try duck eggs first too! That might be the best option for me.
Factory Farmed Foods Responsible for Most Foodborne Outbreaks...
That's simply because they are responsible for all but a tiny percentage of the total production. No mystery there. Free-range chickens are insignificant in terms of production statistics.
It's easy to point the finger of accusation at modern food production methods, but unfortunately when the threat is due to a virus that can be transmitted so easily, flocks raised by traditional methods (where birds are free-roaming) are at least as vulnerable, and probably much more vulnerable to infection than birds raised in confinement. And tracking down infected flocks and controlling the spread of the virus can become an impossible task when a single production facility is replaced by thousand of scattered, smaller facilities
You are significantly less likely to react to duck eggs, compared with chicken eggs, IMO.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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