"Egg" is the most common cheap food in daily life, because of its cooking method and its simplicity, taste and texture, so it stands out among the food and has become an indispensable role in the kitchen.
Moreover, a large number of studies have shown that eggs contain certain high protein, lecithin and other beneficial ingredients, which have certain health benefits.
However, in recent years, as the incidence of hyperlipidemia has continued to rise, eggs have changed from the initial healthy cuisine to the object of criticism by many health practitioners.
The reason for this is because health care practitioners believe that eggs contain a certain amount of cholesterol, and eating a large amount of cholesterol will increase the chance of suffering from high blood lipids, and even increase the possibility of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
So the question is, what is cholesterol in the end, eggs really have such a big harm, will it cause cholesterol too high?
Studies have shown that cholesterol is widely present in the body of animals, the body is mainly through liver synthesis and food intake of cholesterol, food cholesterol in food only accounts for about 1/5, the remaining 4/5 are liver synthesis.
It can be said that cholesterol is an essential substance for the human body, and after the liver is synthesized, it is present in various organs and tissues of the body, especially brain tissue and nerve tissue.
The value of cholesterol to the human body is mainly three categories, namely the formation of bile acid, the composition of cell membranes, and the synthesis of hormones, so it is a special substance that the body must not lack.
However, cholesterol also has a bad avoidance, when the cholesterol in the body is seriously exceeded, it will develop hypercholesterolemia, which has an adverse effect on the body. Relevant research surveys have shown that diseases such as atherosclerosis, venous thrombosis, and cholelithiasis are closely related to hypercholesterolemia.
But as mentioned above, only 1/5 of the body's internal cholesterol needs to be ingested from food. More and more evidence investigations show that the body's absorption of cholesterol has a strong automatic regulation ability. The cholesterol substances ingested in food have a very small effect on plasma cholesterol.
Therefore, in the new version of the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents launched by the mainland, the restriction on cholesterol intake has been abolished.
If we turn our heads over to look at the food of eggs, the cholesterol contained in an egg is about 200 milligrams, and the body's absorption rate of food cholesterol is only about 30%.
If you eat one egg a day, the body can absorb 60 mg of cholesterol. Relevant data surveys show that each person can consume 200mg from food per day to meet the needs of the body.
Therefore, simply from the perspective of the cholesterol contained in eggs and the amount of cholesterol required by the human body, eating an egg every day will not lead to excessive cholesterol.
In clinical view, no matter which disease of hypercholesterolemia or hyperlipidemia occurs, cholesterol is not the only causative factor.
Family genetics, obesity, age growth, unhealthy diet, long-term smoking and alcoholism, etc., are all related to the onset of the patient's disease, and everyone cannot blindly control cholesterol and ignore other aspects.
All in all, when you see the bad side of cholesterol, you can't completely erase the benefits of cholesterol to the human body, you know, it is one of the elements that the human body must not be less. Therefore, instead of paying too much attention to the intake of cholesterol, we should choose a reasonable combination of three meals, maintain a scientific lifestyle, and actively carry out physical exercise, which is the root of health.