eggs

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in ayurvedic medicine eggs are highly nourishing foods - in clinical

nutrition all foods are compared to the egg yolk, in terms of their

nutrient, vitamin and mineral content - it is the gold standard of

nutrition

 

eggs have taken a bad rap as of late, because of the concern over

cholesterol and saturated fat, but all of this can be seen to be

absolute nonsense - i myself eat lots of eggs and in some patients I

have had them approaching 40 eggs a week, with healthy lipid profiles

and a healthy weight - we always encourage people to get the

free-range, grass/vegetable fed variety

 

the idea that egg yolk is 'static' (tamasic?) isn't something I can

relate to because it is not borne out by any kind of methods I use or

results that i have seen - the only time i have seen problems with eggs

is with the whites specifically, which can be an antigenic food and

needs to be cooked properly - certainly you could ascribe qualities to

eggs such as guru, snigdha, sthira, etc. all qualities of kapha

 

in the vedic tradition the universe began as an egg - eating one

perhaps aligns you to the cosmic potential? anyone can say anything to

fit in with their philosophical outlook - all i know is that ayurveda

is much more pragmatic than that

 

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> I have a yoga/meditation teacher who follows Indian tantric science,

> and says that egg yolk is a static food.

Caldecott

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On 21-Jun-05, at 3:29 AM, ayurveda wrote:

 

> The yolk of the egg is like glue,and binds to the intestines.

 

that does not conform to my experience when eaten as a normal part of

the diet

yes eggs can be used as a binding (emulsifying) agent, but this is due

to lecithin, which is found in many vegetarian products such as soy

(e.g. tofu) - thus, its not a reason to be down on eggs specifically

 

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> Digestion takes a lot of energy too.

 

of course, but the net input to digest eggs would be more than

compensated by the output - otherwise people would eat and starve

 

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> So if I have an inbalance in my pitta, then eating a certain food that

> adds to the inblance (like egg yolks in my case) because of the taxing

> of my digestion,and producing too much heat(of which I can verify they

> do) then maybe it is not a panacea for everyone.

 

i am not sure that i said they are a panacea - however, if you lightly

cook the eggs, say with cilantro and a little sea salt, and ate this

with steamed vegies, i doubt they would cause too much problem - but i

am not discounting the possibility

 

rather, it appears the issue is a derangement of agni - this needs to

be treated - with a good agni you should be able to eat all healthy

foods without problem

 

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> I do have Candida overgrowth, wich certainly is effecting my

> digestion, though I take enzymes,but still try to stay away from yolks.

 

eggs are a totally fine food for candida - in fact, we usually

recommend eggs as part of a low carb approach to treating this

condition - very effective

Caldecott

todd

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"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public

relations, for Nature cannot be fooled."

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