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Eat your balls!
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1. What about an egg? A cholesterol bomb?
For years, both dietitians and doctors have warned against eating eggs and encouraged them to be restricted in their diets, and this was based on the assumption that high-cholesterol products, in this case, egg yolk, significantly increase the level of this compound in the body, but it's worth remembering that up to 80% of cholesterol is produced by the body itself, and only 20% is supplied with food, and although it is actually abundant in cholesterol, it also contains other substances that regulate its action and protect the walls from deposition of cholesterol in the vessels.2. The unhealthy properties of eggs
This is the function of lecithin found in the egg a substance essential to every organism. It occurs in the cell membranes and is responsible for many important processes in the body, including managing cholesterol by emulsifying it. In other words, it causes cholesterol molecules to be broken down into smaller parts and removed from the body so that they cannot be deposited in the walls of the vessels.3. Use of eggs in diets
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends eating up to 10 eggs a week and ensures that even such a quantity will not adversely affect the body. Eggs are also a great part of specific diets because they have high nutrient density, they work in reduction diets, they provide a sense of satiety. Their beneficial effect on weight loss diets has been confirmed by researchers. They have shown that eating eggs helps in weight loss.4. Eggs restriction of consumption
Despite the proven health benefits of eggs and the assurances that they should be part of a rational diet, there are also cases where their consumption should be restricted. This applies to people with diabetes or coronary heart disease, who are overweight or obese, and those who have high cholesterol. It is recommended that in such cases the consumption of egg should be limited to a maximum of a few servings a week.
