Chen Yunbin (TCM) The relationship between eggs and cholesterol is 1. Who is more likely to get fatty liver, those who don't eat egg yolk or those who eat three eggs a day? Many people have a misunderstanding about eggs, thinking that yolk contains too much cholesterol and dares not eat more. Some people are more extreme. They only eat egg whites and never eat egg yolks. How will this affect your health? Let's start with two real cases. There are two elders, one is in his sixties, and his body is thin and he has always been healthy. Since he read in the newspaper more than 20 years ago that egg yolk is a high cholesterol food, he has only eaten protein, not egg yolk. Two years ago, physical examination found that blood lipid and cholesterol became higher and fatty liver was mild, which was very unexpected. When I arrived at the hospital, the doctor looked at the physical examination results and said without thinking, "Eat less meat and drink less." He replied, "I don't drink and I never smoke. I eat vegetables and fruits every day and seldom eat meat. The doctor said, "Then you should take more exercise. He replied, "I walk six or seven kilometers every day. The doctor was speechless and could not find the reason. Finally, I can only tell him to pay attention to his diet in general. The second elder, who is in his eighties, was in poor health when he was young and has been ill. He likes eating eggs. He eats four eggs every day, two in the morning and two at noon. He has been eating eggs for twenty or thirty years now, but his blood lipid is not high at all and his blood pressure is normal. Who is this elder behind him? It's Mr Lu Guangshen, a famous old Chinese doctor. I was surprised when I first met Mr. Lu. His appearance looks only 60 years old at most, and he has a quick mind and even a better memory than many young people. Chen Yunbin (TCM) The relationship between eggs and cholesterol is 1. Who is more likely to get fatty liver, those who don't eat egg yolk or those who eat three eggs a day? Many people have a misunderstanding about eggs, thinking that yolk contains too much cholesterol and dares not eat more. Some people are more extreme. They only eat egg whites and never eat egg yolks. How will this affect your health? Let's start with two real cases. There are two elders, one is in his sixties, and his body is thin and he has always been healthy. Since he read in the newspaper more than 20 years ago that egg yolk is a high cholesterol food, he has only eaten protein, not egg yolk. Two years ago, physical examination found that blood lipid and cholesterol became higher and fatty liver was mild, which was very unexpected. When I arrived at the hospital, the doctor looked at the physical examination results and said without thinking, "Eat less meat and drink less." He replied, "I don't drink and I never smoke. I eat vegetables and fruits every day and seldom eat meat. The doctor said, "Then you should take more exercise. He replied, "I walk six or seven kilometers every day. The doctor was speechless and could not find the reason. Finally, I can only tell him to pay attention to his diet in general. The second elder, who is in his eighties, was in poor health when he was young and has been ill. He likes eating eggs. He eats four eggs every day, two in the morning and two at noon. He has been eating eggs for twenty or thirty years now, but his blood lipid is not high at all and his blood pressure is normal. Who is this elder behind him? It's Mr Lu Guangshen, a famous old Chinese doctor. I was surprised when I first met Mr. Lu. His appearance looks only 60 years old at most, and he has a quick mind and even a better memory than many young people. Experts at home and abroad have repeatedly done an experiment to let a group of elderly people over 60 eat two eggs a day. After a period of examination, their blood lipids did not increase. Some fatter people have thinner waistlines. The experience of a middle-aged friend also confirmed that the benign effect of eggs is not limited to the elderly. This friend used to have a slightly higher blood lipid, which was at the upper limit of the normal range. After giving birth, eat two or three eggs a day in order to supplement nutrition. Two years later, the physical examination again found that the blood lipid was too low, close to the lower limit. The doctor approved five words on the physical examination results: please strengthen nutrition. After reading it, she was really in distress situation. She said: "I eat so many eggs and often eat animal offal, and I never shy away from eating them." I ate all the fat that the whole family didn't eat. How can we strengthen nutrition? 2. Even if you don't take cholesterol from food at all, your body will make it by itself, and simply analyze it from food ingredients. An egg yolk contains the same amount of cholesterol as the human body needs in a day. The friend in the back eats two or three eggs every day, and his blood lipid should have exceeded the standard long ago. How can it be lower? And what happened to the man in front who ate low-cholesterol food all the year round and got fatty liver? In fact, the reason is that most of the cholesterol in the human body is not eaten, but synthesized by itself. People can't live without cholesterol, so the human body should strive to keep cholesterol stable. How to maintain it? It is the amount of self-synthesis and the amount of food cholesterol absorbed by the intestine. If you eat less cholesterol, the intestine will try to fully absorb them and synthesize more by itself; Too much cholesterol, less intestinal absorption, less synthesis. For example, egg yolk contains high cholesterol. If the human body doesn't need so much, it will direct the intestine to absorb less, and the excess will be decomposed and excreted. But if you are constipated, these things will be reabsorbed if you stay in the intestine for a long time, but they have been decomposed and have no use value, and they become waste accumulation. Therefore, if you are healthy, whether the food you eat contains high cholesterol or low cholesterol, your body will help you keep your cholesterol at the best level. On the other hand, if there is something wrong with your metabolic function, no matter whether the food you eat contains high cholesterol or low cholesterol, you may get hyperlipidemia. It will take a long time to explain this truth. I'll talk about it later, and I'll talk about it briefly here. It mainly shows that foods with high cholesterol, such as egg yolk, are not directly related to hyperlipidemia. Some people have cholesterol deposits in their blood vessels, mainly because of abnormal metabolism. 3. Egg yolk contains cholesterol and also contains substances that can lower cholesterol. One more thing, why do friends who eat two or three eggs a day have low blood lipids? Nature is wonderful. Eggs have perfect nutrition and their nutritional components are balanced with each other. Everyone knows that lecithin was first found in egg yolk, so it is also called egg yolk, and its content is particularly high in egg yolk. What role does lecithin have? It can reduce blood lipid, remove cholesterol deposited on blood vessel wall and protect liver. Egg yolk contains cholesterol and lecithin. Lecithin can turn cholesterol into extremely fine particles, which are fully absorbed and utilized by the human body and will never accumulate in blood vessels. A healthy person eats a lot of egg yolk, and his body will automatically not absorb excess cholesterol. Lecithin is absorbed by human body, but it has the function of lowering blood fat. This one-in-one imbalance makes blood lipids lower and lower. Moreover, lecithin protects the liver. Ancient Chinese medicine has long found that eggs can regulate liver disease, which depends on the role of lecithin. Human fat is metabolized by the liver, which is healthy, so there will be no excess blood lipid. This is the reason why the more eggs she eats, the lower her blood lipid. Of course, everyone's physique is different. Some people can eat more eggs, but some people lack the ability to decompose protein and fat, so they can't eat too many eggs. Not because of cholesterol, but because it can't break down a lot of protein and fat. How much should I eat? For the average person, an egg a day can keep a balanced nutrition. As I said before, eggs are nutritious. This kind of nutrition is produced by the combination of egg yolk and protein, and both are indispensable. Children especially like to eat egg yolk. When I was young, my father always let us eat. Mom will stop when she sees it and say, "Be sure to eat egg white and egg yolk together to keep the acid-base balance. Later, it was found that it was not just an acid-base balance. When egg white and egg yolk are matched together, there will be a balance between cold and heat, a balance between ascending and descending, and a balance between qi and blood ... To sum up, it is a balance between yin and yang, which is most beneficial to the human body. Eating any one of them alone is prone to deviation. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, protein is cool and can clear away heat and detoxify; Egg yolk is warm and can stop vomiting and diarrhea. Protein is more important than qi, invigorating qi; Egg yolk focuses on the taste and nourishes blood. Protein is refreshing and yolk is soothing. Protein can moisten the lungs and regulate hot cough and sore throat; Egg yolk can nourish the heart and regulate anxiety and insomnia. Protein and egg yolk are used together to tonify qi and blood, nourish yin and moisten dryness, tonify kidney and replenish essence. Therefore, if you only eat one kind, not only the nutritional value will be greatly reduced, but also the imbalance of yin and yang will be caused after a long time. Balance between yin and yang is the way of life. From eggs to the universe, without exception. I remember once being asked a question by a four-year-old child: "What was the world like before BIGBANG?" I don't know how to answer. It is said that the universe was chaotic at first. Why can everything in the world be created from chaos? One day, I saw the latest scientific discovery that the universe is in the shape of an egg and was immediately inspired. Isn't the chaotic primitive universe like an egg? In the language of China's traditional philosophy, the universe is composed of Yin and Yang, just like the yolk in an egg and protein. Yin and Yang gather to generate energy and gather to a certain extent. When the big bang happened, everything in the world came into being. Just like a chaotic egg, suddenly one day it cracked and a chicken with a head and feet emerged. Eggs are like a primitive little universe. Egg yolk and protein, combined with yin and yang, have all the nutrients needed for life, and a life can be cultivated without any foreign substances. This perfect balance of yin and yang, don't destroy it, make good use of it, is the way to conform to nature. How can you not live long by following the way of nature? This article is taken from Nourishing Stomach and Keeping Healthy/Chen Yunbin (Chinese Medicine)/Trojan horse culture.