Oh My Cholesterol! Eggs! | Dr. Neal Barnard Live Q&A
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🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Does an egg really have more cholesterol than a Big Mac? We crunch the numbers to find out!
Dr. Neal Barnard joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to examine the surprising amount of cholesterol found in eggs and whether eating them puts your health in jeopardy.
Plus, the Doctor's Mailbag is opened to answer more viewer questions:
- Can eggs cause diabetes?
- Can plant-based food raise your cholesterol?
- How long can your body store vitamin B12?
- What are the best vegan foods for lowering cholesterol?
- Does eating fat cause the body to produce more cholesterol?
- And many others!
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| 0:00.0 | how much cholesterol is actually in an egg? |
| 0:04.1 | A lot. |
| 0:05.6 | The eggs are the highest cholesterol food that there is. |
| 0:09.4 | Roughly 200 milligrams in a given egg. |
| 0:11.6 | Now the amount will vary because people |
| 0:14.2 | have been concerned about cholesterol. |
| 0:16.1 | And so with breeding techniques and different feeding |
| 0:20.1 | techniques, you can manipulate the amount of cholesterol |
| 0:22.5 | in an egg, but it's never anything other than very high. |
| 0:27.0 | You have two eggs. |
| 0:27.7 | You got also a little more than three grams of saturated fat. |
| 0:31.8 | That stimulates your body to make more cholesterol. |
| 0:35.4 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you |
| 0:43.1 | by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:45.1 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:47.9 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us. |
| 0:52.6 | This is Episode 53 from season four, number 248 overall. |
| 0:58.6 | And on the show today, we are talking about eggs. |
| 1:02.3 | You know, the majority of people believe |
| 1:04.3 | that eggs are a health food. |
| 1:07.2 | But could they be wrong about that? |
| 1:11.0 | Today, we will be looking at the surprising amount |
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