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**bWn4h8QD** · 09-02-2009, 03:19 AM

I recall years ago when the "health community" said eggs were bad for you- too much cholesterol- and I thought to myself, "You mean this stuff we've been eating for thousands of years is BAD for us? Why don't I believe you?"

And then a few years later it was discovered that most of that cholesterol was of a *good* kind and eggs were suddenly ok again. So whenever something like that pops up in the news I ignore it completely.

That's because there is good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. I'm not sure about the chemical make-up of eggs, but even I learnt in high school biology class that High-density lipoprotein bounded cholesterol (HDL-C) is 'good cholesterol", as opposed to Low density lipoprotein (LDL)

High HDL values give additional resistance to heart failure for example. Check wikipedia or something for more details I guess. I don't remember much about it really.

09-02-2009, 03:19 AM	#20
bWn4h8QD Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	I recall years ago when the "health community" said eggs were bad for you- too much cholesterol- and I thought to myself, "You mean this stuff we've been eating for thousands of years is BAD for us? Why don't I believe you?" And then a few years later it was discovered that most of that cholesterol was of a good kind and eggs were suddenly ok again. So whenever something like that pops up in the news I ignore it completely. That's because there is good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. I'm not sure about the chemical make-up of eggs, but even I learnt in high school biology class that High-density lipoprotein bounded cholesterol (HDL-C) is 'good cholesterol", as opposed to Low density lipoprotein (LDL) High HDL values give additional resistance to heart failure for example. Check wikipedia or something for more details I guess. I don't remember much about it really.
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