Re: It's Not Natural....
[QUOTE=AnnieS;2037666]This is the first time I have ever heard of this and I have never cracked open or eaten one.
Just looking into this it seems that only hens less than a year old lay such eggs. Morrisons were selling them a couple of years ago but they were checking every egg under a UV lamp to select the double ones. So Rightnow perhaps in the US they are no longer using Spring chickens!
As I have never seen this in my lifetime I assume that here they either screen them or use mature chickens to lay.
Does it mean twice the cholesterol?[/QUOTE]
Only a very small amount of cholesterol comes from the food we eat Annie. About 80% is made in the liver.
Where is cholesterol made?
Some of our cholesterol comes from the food we eat, but most (about 80%) is made in the liver in a complex 37-step process.
Cholesterol and another type of blood fat called triglycerides cannot circulate loosely in the blood, so the liver packages them into “parcels” called lipoproteins.
The lipoproteins are then released into the blood and carried around the body to wherever they're needed.
How is it broken down?
Once in the blood stream, some cholesterol will be returned to the liver and broken down. It’s used to make bile acids which are released into the intestines to help with digestion – bile acids break down the fats in food.
A small amount of bile acids will be removed from the body as a waste product in your poo. But most will be absorbed back into the blood, returned to the liver and used again for digestion.
Some treatments for high cholesterol work by stopping bile from being absorbed back into the blood. The liver has to take more cholesterol out of the blood to make more bile, lowering your cholesterol levels.
The short time that I was taking statins I was experiencing excess acid and trouble digesting fatty foods. Cholesterol also important for the assimilation of vitamin D, which in turn keeps your immune system healthy.
Nutritionist Munmun Ganeriwal explains in one of her IGTVs, "You should have the complete egg with the yolk. The egg yolk what we think is full of cholesterol is an excellent source of phosphor lipids. These are bioactive lipids or fats which have a beneficial effect on cholesterol metabolism. It also has beneficial effect on inflammation and HDL (good cholesterol) function."
Research has also highlighted that eating eggs does not negatively impact your cholesterol levels. Eggs are also a rich source of essential nutrients. These are power-packed with protein, B vitamins, iron, healthy fats, vitamin A and much more.
Cholesterol plays a vital role in how your body works. There is cholesterol in every cell in your body, and it's especially important in your brain, nerves and skin.
Cholesterol has three main jobs:
It’s part of the outer layer, or membrane, of all your body’s cells
It’s used to make vitamin D and steroid hormones
Cholesterol is not the bad boy it's made out to be......