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Brushing aside the possible argument of "GM
Magic", it's worth pointing out that the cholesterol
in eggs is only harmful for part of the time. Every
few years, it's found to be a major cause of
cardiovascular disease then, a few years later, it's
found not to be. |
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These periods are not synchronised around the
world - for example, eggs are often fine in the USA
even when they're major killers in Europe. |
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Thus, one simply needs to be prepared to travel a
little if one wants to eat eggs continuously. |
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// the cholesterol in eggs is only harmful for part of the time. // |
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For centuries, eggs weren't harmful at all; no-one knew that there even
was such a thing as cholesterol. |
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Conclusion: "Doctors make you ill" |
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I'd say longevity maximization through health science has
impinged the quality of life in terms of using fear of
impending death as a way of enforcing new health
regimes. If every new health discovery corresponds to
some decision to be made that directly affects the
longevity of your own life, participation in new health
regimes are literally imposed on the masses by threath of
death by shadowy labcoat wearing professionals. |
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// threath of death by shadowy labcoat wearing professionals. // |
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Presumably preferable to shadowy labcoat wearing amateurs; bad
enough being threatened, worse when it isn't done very well ... |
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Not doing things very well is my profession as an amateur. |
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Egg Beaters (TM) are eggs which have been engineered to be cholesterol free. [see link] And there are several other brands which are commercially well-known and widely distributed which make the same claim. Just sayin'. (And, for the record, I'm a fan of the products and use them regularly at home for omelets, fritattas, scrambled egg dishes and baking recipes. They're good!) |
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//Egg Beaters (TM) are eggs which have been
engineered to be cholesterol free// "Engineered" is
a slightly misleading term. They have been
"processed", and are no doubt disgusting. |
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Have that discussion with your cardiologist after you have sampled the product, MB. I am quite certain that your personal chef can find ways to incorporate them into your menu in ways that you will find are both healthy and delicious. |
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And just to dispel any whiff of product endorsement, I wasn't offering a stock tip, merely identifying a product which I enjoy that I thought fulfilled [sanman]'s design specifications and was already widely known to exist. I have no intimate connection to or stock ownership in the product or company, its purveyors or investors. |
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I use egg beaters, or their knock-off equivalent
frequently. I also have no fear at all of regular eggs,
actually they're cheaper.
I'd argue, given that fats are necessary or life, and
protein is necessary for life, that, if you're going to
cut calories, do it in the carbs. They are not
necessary for life. By by trimming the others, you
may be doing more harm than good. |
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//I wasn't offering a stock tip// |
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Well I am:
Use chicken. Much better than eggs. |
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I don't eat eggs any more, but when I did it was partly to take
advanntage of the cholesterol as a raw material for adrenal
hormones. If there were no cholesterol in them, there would be less
reason to eat them. |
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//Presumably preferable to shadowy labcoat
wearing amateurs; bad enough being threatened,
worse when it isn't done very well ...// |
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Amateurs, who do something for the love of it,
have sometimes been held in higher regard than
professionals, whose main motive is assumed to be
money. I personally try to resist the modern
stereotype that the work of professionals is
necessarily of higher quality than the work of
amateurs. |
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That's an interesting and valid point of view, well worthy of further
discussion and investigation. |
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//resist the modern stereotype that the work of
professionals is necessarily of higher quality than the
work of amateurs// On the other hand, when
choosing a dentist... |
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... the choice of an amateur who is heavy-handed with the injectable
anaesthetics is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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As it happens, I had some dental work done by a
dental student, who was strictly acting in an
amateur capacity, in that she was not being paid. I
understand her motives to have been a desire to
learn, and to do the best job she could. (She's one
of those rare people who genuinely enjoy helping
others for its own sake). I was very pleased with
the result. |
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At the other end of the scale, some private
practice dentist seem to operate on a drill, fill,
and bill production line, and don't place such a
high priority on the wellbeing of the patient. |
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And in the middle, the level of care by the more
amateurish professionals in community dental
hospitals seems to be very high. If they were in it
solely for the money, they'd be in private practice. |
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Tell me one good reason why I should synthesize my own cholesterol when a chicken can do it for me. |
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I've seen another study that indicates dietary
cholesterol intake is preferable to metabolic
synthesis as it appears to result in lower LDL scores. |
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I prefer the study which shows that alcoholics have
some of the cleanest arteries in town. |
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Moderate drinking is the healthy choice but drinking tends
to slur the distinction between "I'm moderate" and
immoderate. |
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Tell the truth, [Max]... Flenting Wax is just arterial
plaque, isn't it? |
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Only if you insist on eating it, [Ubie]. |
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Not to ovo simplify things, but...the cholesterol, proteins,
etc., contained in an egg are there because they have
worked for a very long time. If a study finds that a
heterogenous group of individuals react, in the statistically
significant range, to the egg's composition (positively or
negatively, doesn't matter) then we can say something of
the group, not the egg. |
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Unfortunately it is very hard to distinguish good dietary
science from bad. This has nothing to do with food, rather
with the fact that we are unwilling to view all humanity as
containing subtle differences. An Inuit diet will kill most
'normal' humans, for egg sample. |
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// An Inuit diet will kill most 'normal' humans // |
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So will a Glaswegian diet ... humans don't last long when fed on
deep-fried Mars bars, Buckie, pies, Diamond White cider, chips, and
knuckle butties ... |
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//An Inuit diet will kill most 'normal' humans, for egg
sample.// |
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The trick is to eat the whole Inuit, and not just the
muscle. |
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//not just the muscle// that joke had to happen, I knew it. |
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Sp. "That joke had to happen, Inuit" |
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