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Q. Did the USDA say I can eat all the eggs I want?
Did you see this headline in the news? 
 
Back on the Table yes it's ok to eat eggs

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are jointly issued and updated every 5 years by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  In 2010 the traditional food pyramid was replaced with the choosemyplate.gov.  What you are hearing about are the 2015 guidelines which were just released. 

These guidelines are suggestions the Dietary Council does not have any authority over the USDA or any other federal agency or their money. They provide authoritative advice about consuming fewer calories, making informed food choices, and being physically active to attain and maintain a healthy weight, reduce risk of chronic disease, and promote overall health. 

What does the medical community have to say?

The medical community has suggested for many years by reducing dietary cholesterol you can reduce the amount of circulating cholesterol in your body resulting in lowered heart and stroke risks. 

Foods containing dietary cholesterol are any foods that come from animals such as beef, chicken, pork, including eggs, cheese, milk etc. Also, oils that sound Hawaiian such as palm oil.  

To learn more about cholesterol and the foods that contain it go to the American Heart Association. They are our best resource click here

Increased cholesterol does increase your risk of heart disease and stroke however it may not be the cholesterol in food. 

Cholesterol does increase risk factors for heart and stroke attack however only a small portion of the population's cholesterol is impacted by the foods we eat. Berkeley Wellness published the article How Much Does Cholesterol Really Matter  discusses everything you need to know about how to monitor your body's cholesterol numbers. 

Committee Drops Cholesterol From Dietary Guidelines
Committee Drops Cholesterol From Dietary Guidelines
A. Not exactly.
The 2015 Dietary Guidelines suggests if you do not have cardiovascular disease or diabetes you can have up to 6 eggs per week but that's not the whole story. 

If you caught the rest of the story you would have seen this too ...

The current recommendation by the USDA is for adults to consume no more than 300 mgs of cholesterol per day from dietary sources. The agency won't make any changes to those guidelines for at least six months and if they do, they will still caution diabetics and people who take statin medications to refrain from eating a lot of cholesterol.

So healthy people can enjoy eating the whole egg yoke and all. If you're already leading a heart-healthy lifestyle, and eating those fruits and vegetables, eating those whole grains, reducing the amount of animal protein (saturated fat), added sugars, and limiting your salt (sodium) intake, then you are on the right path. 
You many not know this ...

But depending on what the hens themselves ate, the nutritional value of the eggs differs greatly. In a sense we eat what they eat. Think about that a minute. 

Conventional Eggs - These are your standard supermarket eggs. The chickens are usually raised in an overfilled hen house or a cage and never see the light of day. They are usually fed grain-based crap, supplemented with vitamins and minerals. May also be treated with antibiotics and hormones. 

Organic Eggs - Were not treated with antibiotics or hormones and received organic feed. May have had limited access to the outdoors. 

Pastured Eggs - Chickens are allowed to roam free, eating plants and insects (their natural food) along with some commercial feed. 

Omega-3 Enriched Eggs - Basically, they're like conventional chickens except that their feed is supplemented with an Omega-3 source like flax seeds. May have had some access to the outside. - Authority Nutrition

Free-Range Eggs - Tests show free-range eggs have more vitamin A and more omega-3 fatty acids (healthy fats) than factory farm eggs. Now it turns out they have more vitamin D as well - three to six times as much. - Mother Earth News 

Where do your eggs come from?
Where do your eggs come from?
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