Recently, a news of "eating an average of 4 eggs a day gallbladder full of stones" appeared on the hot search.
Mr. Wang from Hanchuan, Hubei Province, 46 years old, was diagnosed with gallbladder stones as early as two years ago, and at that time, in order to protect his gall, he "endured pain" for two years.
Usually he has an irregular schedule, due to work reasons, he will often eat eggs (estimated to be a fitness coach), as little as 4 a day, as much as 6-7, and rarely drink water.
But recently, Mr. Wang found that his gallbladder had another seizure, and he couldn't bear it before going to the hospital.
After the doctor's final examination, it was found that Mr. Wang had a lot of gallbladder stones, so after surgery, hundreds of densely packed small stones were removed, and the gallbladder was finally successfully saved.
Are gallbladder stones really caused by eggs?
In fact, the news is full of uncertainty.
Some information in the news is accurate, such as when there is pain in gallbladder stones, advise you not to endure the pain, and consider treatment as soon as possible.
But some information is incorrect, such as gallstone formation has a lot of unknown factors, does not mean that eating eggs can be caused, usually diabetes, high blood lipids, obesity, drugs, high cholesterol diet, etc. will cause gallstones.
The egg itself is a food with high nutritional value, which contains protein, amino acids, vitamins, calcium, magnesium and other nutritional elements that help the human body supplement nutrition and enhance immunity.
However, eggs have also been questioned by many people, the most important reason is the cholesterol contained in eggs.
What exactly is cholesterol?
Because eggs contain cholesterol, many people are afraid that eating eggs will lead to elevated cholesterol, so they deliberately control the intake of eggs, and even remove the yolk when eating eggs and only eat protein.
In fact, cholesterol is a must for the human body, it has the effect of protecting nerves, synthesizing vitamin A, etc. If cholesterol can be maintained at normal levels, there will be no adverse effects on health.
At the same time, cholesterol is also good or bad, of which hdL lipoprotein is good for health and belongs to good cholesterol, while LDL is not good for health.
People say that cholesterol is too high, generally refers to the rise of LDL, which will cause blood vessels to harden and narrow, which is extremely detrimental to blood vessel health.
HdL lipoprotein can maintain the normal operation of the body, and because of this, the body will synthesize cholesterol.
Does eating too many eggs really lead to cholesterol?
While eggs are indeed rich in cholesterol on their yolks, there is currently no scientific evidence that eating eggs causes LDL to rise.
From the nutritional value of the egg itself alone, the nutrients in the yolk are very beneficial to health.
For example, the oleic acid, linoleic acid, palmitic acid, etc. contained in it have the effect of lowering cholesterol, and the egg yolk is also rich in a variety of vitamins, which also helps to reduce cholesterol.
In addition, eggs are rich in phospholipids, which can make cholesterol particles extremely fine, thus avoiding depositing it on the blood vessel wall, indirectly reducing the cholesterol content in the blood, it can also remove some deposits on the blood vessel wall, thus helping to prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular disease.
An ordinary-sized egg, with a cholesterol content of about 250 mg, does have a slightly higher cholesterol content compared to other ingredients, but this does not mean that cholesterol will rise after eating eggs.
If it is an ordinary person, there is no high cholesterol situation, eating 1 to 2 eggs a day will not make cholesterol rise, but also conducive to nutritional supplementation.
Rather than eating eggs or not, cholesterol sufferers need to make changes in their diet and lifestyle habits
Patients with high cholesterol should avoid eating high-fat foods in their diet, avoid eating animal offal, bone marrow, brain and other parts, usually eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and consume more coarse fiber foods such as oats and coarse grains.
Usually, physical exercise should also be strengthened, if it is an obese person, it should be actively lost weight.