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Old Apr 30, 2007, 06:59 PM
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Okay. So everything I know about eggs is that they are good for you in moderation. But, that the body can ONLY process one per day, max. And too many eggs can have negative effects on chloresterol as you get older.

Now I'm reading FoodNews (yes this is part of work, keeping up to date with business / food developments) and here's some NEW research that promotes FREQUENT egg consumption amongst women:

"EGG CONSUMPTION HELPS SHED POUNDS

ACCORDING to a study just presented at the Experimental Biology 2007 meeting, eating eggs for breakfast as part of a reduced calorie diet helped women lose weight whilst maintaining high energy levels, reports just-food.com
"While it's been well-established that foods such as eggs that contain the highest quality protein help people feel full longer, we were surprised at how definite these findings were," said Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, lead researcher and associate professor in the department of infection and obesity at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Centre. "The women who consumed eggs as part of their diet plan lost significantly more weight, had greater reductions in waist circumference and reported significantly higher energy levels," Dhurandhar commented.
The study found that overweight women who ate two eggs for breakfast at least five days a week for eight weeks as part of a low-fat diet with a 1000-calorie reduction lost 65% more weight, had 83% greater reductions in waist circumference and reported greater improvements in energy levels than dieters who did not eat eggs."

So - this study would tell me two eggs a day is fine?

I like scrambled eggs a LOT and will make them at the weekend on super grainy low GI toast.

But I feel like the guidelines are so mixed up on yet another food ...

Anyone got opinions / info? I am interested ... hehe.