Eggs

[Plumjuice]

Hi all,

Just a quicky really, am coming off CD and onto Atkins and am wondering how many eggs you all eat per week? I had a lovely omlette today made with 3 eggs prawns tuna and cheese and am wondering if it would be bad for me to have 1 of these each day? Had this for lunch, dinner was tuna and cucumber and breakfast was a protein shake.....is this ok?
I read somewhere that you shouldnt consume more than 6 eggs a week, is this correct?

 

[ladyfelsham]

Hi Plum

I go through about a dozen eggs a week and I'm fine Eggs are your friends on Atkins, go for it!

Susie

 

[Plumjuice]

Is it bad to eat alot of tuna (canned in either water or brine) Ive heard something about mercury levels?

 

[Jim]

I eat between 3 and 6 eggs a week Plum, can't help on the Tuna, I don't like it, and I've heard something about the mercury as well, not sure quite what though. I found this through google

Food Standards Agency - Mercury in fish

 

[Spinoza]

I know pregnant women are advised to have a maximum of one portion per week - don't know that that has been expanded to cover everybody though.

 

[ladyfelsham]

I'm big enough for four pregnant women - so, more for me

 

[Plumjuice]

Well Ive been having 2 eggs (scrambled with cheese and prawns) and 1 tin of tuna in brine with mayo per day......perhaps I need to switch one meal for veggies and fish or cheese........hummmmmmmmmmmm decisions!

 

[Jupiter]

According to the food standards agency, there is no limit to the number of eggs you can safely eat. They are a perfect protein and although they contain cholesterol, this is not going to have a unwelcome effect on blood cholesterol. It just doesn't work that way - hence why on Atkins you can eat the fat on meat etc. I eat two eggs most days and I feel quite happy with that.

 

[Spinoza]

Yeah, I'd say I have at least two eggs per day - one fried, one in a MiM.

 

[ladyfelsham]

If you're losing weight, in a healthy way and in a way that can be sustained for the rest of your life, then surely the benefits of that outweigh all of the other things...

 

[tazbabe]

we both eat lots of eggs, we have chickens, and so to me a fresh free range egg is far more nutritious and harmless than processed anything!

 

[Jim]

You a country girl then Marty?