Does anyone know why we can’t have egg yokes in pre-op diet? I am allowed egg whites but obviously not as good haha. All I can find on google is possibly they effect cholesterol.

I wasn't allowed eggs until my fifth week post op and I did not have the yolk restriction.

Edited July 26, 20188 yr by Danny Paul

Maybe it's the fat content? Here is the first thing that popped up on Google:

The egg white contains about 4 grams of protein, 55 mg of sodium and only 17 calories. The egg yolkscarry the cholesterol, the fat and saturated fat of the egg. One egg yolk has around 55 calories, 4.5 grams of total fat and 1.6 grams of saturated fat, 210 mg of cholesterol, 8 mg of sodium, and 2.7 grams of protein.

7 minutes ago, ChaosUnlimited said:

Maybe it's the fat content? Here is the first thing that popped up on Google:

The egg white contains about 4 grams of Protein, 55 mg of sodium and only 17 calories. The egg yolkscarry the cholesterol, the fat and saturated fat of the egg. One egg yolk has around 55 calories, 4.5 grams of total fat and 1.6 grams of saturated fat, 210 mg of cholesterol, 8 mg of sodium, and 2.7 grams of protein.

and all of the flavor...

On 07/26/2018 at 18:45, macadamia said:

and all of the flavor...

Ugh yes and all the flavor is correct!

I guess I wonder if it’d be okay to cheat on my diet if I had plain scrambled eggs a couple of times a week?? I mean of course it’s not okay to cheat but if I did at least it’d be healthy?

One thing I used to do when I was doing the "Body for Life" plan was to make scrambled eggs using one whole egg and three egg whites. Obviously, it is too much food at one time, but maybe try this and portion it into four meals. Less of the yoke, but some so there is still flavor and a bit of yellow color.

@macadamia ohhh that’s actually a really good idea! Thank you!