Always remember to ask your doctor before making any change to your renal diet!
From the time the Framingham research during the 1960s connected high-cholesterol to heart problems, eggs have developed a bad reputation. In fact, a single egg yolk provides about Two hundred milligrams of bad cholesterol and most low cholesterol renal diets limit cholesterol to three hundred milligrams or fewer each day.
Lately, a new study unveils that it's not the egg yolk to raise cholesterol levels for anyone, even those on dialysis; usually, it's an overproduction of ldl cholesterol from the entire body or even a malfunction in transport of cholesterol in the bloodstream towards the liver. In fact, an eating plan full of saturated fat (and trans-fat) is a lot more harmful in terms of artery-clogging than any egg.
You could possibly remember a tv show financed from the Egg Council with an egg in jail and the statement that eggs are actually free to be a part of a a good (renal) diet. There are many myths plus more truths that each and every man or woman, expecially those on renal diet, ought to know about eggs.
Myths: renal diet vs eggs
- Eggs are meant to be eaten only at breakfast
NOT TRUE: other cultures eat eggs at any time of the day. There are a lot of recipes including eggs for any meal. - A lot of eggs brings salmonella
NOT TRUE: studies showed that, in every 30.000 eggs only one is infected, and still you can destroy salmonella cooking it at at least 170°F for a min. - Eggs raise cholesterol levels
NOT TRUE: Researches revealed that merely a very few individuals have a rise in cholesterol levels consuming eggs. - It is safe eating raw eggs when the shell is intact
NOT TRUE: salmonella could be present in eggs with unbroken shells
Eggs and renal diet: the truths
- Egg's fat has a lower impact on cholesterol than other fats.
- A big egg contains 100mg of phosphorus and 7gr of proteins
- Eggs have albumin, the best high-quality protein, fundamental in a renal diet
- Most of the phosphorus is in the yolk
- Pasteurized eggs are safe to eat not cooked.
- All the cholesterol is in the yolk
- Eggs are one of the cheapest source of good protein
Putting eggs in your renal diet
There are a lot of recipes including eggs that could be suitable for a renal diet. Italian pepper and eggs is one of my favorites, not to mention deviled eggs, omelet, egg salad, etc.
