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Eggs are delicious, as many people will agree. The problem with eggs, however, is that they are rumored to be loaded with cholesterol. Sadly, this is true, but there is some interesting things to know about eggs and egg cholesterol.

For instance, all the bad things that you’ll find in eggs is located in the yolk. This means that you can use egg whites to substitute for a whole egg (it should take 2 egg whites to equal a regular whole egg). There’s nothing in the whites at all.

Another thing people probably don’t know is how this cholesterol affects someone. The truth is that it varies from person to person. On average, a typically healthy person should consume no more than 300mg of cholesterol a day. Someone with a cardiovascular disease, or high cholesterol is said to have a limit of about 200mg. A single large egg, for example, contains around 213mg, meaning it takes up the majority, if not all, of your limit in a single egg. For the typical egg lover, that means a lot.

There is good news, however, and that’s that it can be replaced like most things. The manual way to substitute a whole egg is to use two large egg whites to replace one whole egg. There are, of course, naturally made substitutes as well, that have little to no cholesterol at all.

Eggs aren’t just bad for you, either. They have a lot of nutrition, like high protein. This could help control cholesterol because by eating eggs, you can eat less of other things that may have high cholesterol, like fish or meat. Unfortunately, eggs only have some of the necessary nutrition that would be found in fish or meat, so it’s not a complete replacement.

What’s so great about egg substitutes is that they’re almost no different than an actual egg. Granted that would mean no “sunny-side-up” breakfast anymore, but everything else is essentially the same. It can be used to replace eggs in baking and for the typical breakfast. Not to mention that the prices are the same and the nutrition may even be better (depending on the brand).

We, as human beings, use eggs a lot. They’re very universal, and despite their cholesterol they’re also quite healthy. It’s a universal food that’s used in so many places, so the draw backs can be quite crippling (which is why it’s important to know them!). Equally important is to know how to get around it.

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