How Many Eggs Can I Eat During Pesach? | Cholesterol Guide Talk with Chemed's PA, Yehuda Naiman

guys I'm back here with PUD Diamond fromed Medical Center question to the doctor is pis is around the corner we going to be eating a lot of uh high cholesterol foods like fatty Meats um extra portions of eggs what does doct say how we should keep ourselves healthy throughout the Fantastic question actually just a little education about cholesterol is that extol is a natural and essential component of our body we need it to function our body naturally produces it uh and the reason why we need it is because our cells that make up our body our building blocks are have cholesterol in it it's a major component uh as well as a lot of different hormones that help us function as well as you know vitamins that we need for our body all have cholesterol as part of it as well so cholesterol is actually very important but obviously has to be done with uh moderation now how do we stay healthy on yam fantastic let's get to it so there's a lot of different types of fats there's something called saturated fats which actually are raise what's called bad cholesterol in our body triglycerides and those can clog Our arteries and KAS lead to heart disease and blood vessel disease and then something called unsaturated fats those unsat unsaturated fits actually lower the bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol there is something called good cholesterol so you know what's considered a saturated fat classic examples are different types of meat red meat beef lamb lamb chops as well as in the dairy compartment you know butter um ice cream uh different types of cheeses is those type of things actually have high saturated fats and actually are not great for us uh something else which actually a very common uh Staple in a PES household is uh macaroons macaroons have coconuts in it so coconuts coconut oil those type of that is actually has a lot of saturated fat in it and it's didn't know that yeah correct it's actually as tasty as as it is and that's maybe why it's very tasty but it is actually not great for us because it has so much uh saturated fat um and there's obviously uh unsaturated fats which again as I said are actually healthy for us and good for us so uh what are examples of unsaturated fats uh those are different types of nuts cashews almonds um avocado avocado fantastic one avocado oil sometimes people can use that as well those actually even though you know they have fat but it's actually not the bad form of the fat where does eggs come in picture I know when I was young I was told you can't eat more than two eggs a day is that's something that's uh that's a very good question actually eggs actually has a lot of different things in it uh it has a mix of what's you know of the unsaturated fats it has um you know poly and monounsaturated fats as well as a little bit of the saturated fat as well uh and then it does have high cholesterol but the cholesterol in it actually is not as bad because what raises the bad cholesterol in our body is really the saturated fat so eating an extra egg or two is not as bad as eating uh a lot of extra fatty Meats but again everything with moderation and then some great examples for of polyon curated fats are the omega-6 fatty acids and omega-3 fatty acids an omega-6 classic example is cot seed oil which can according to most authorities be used on pesak as well as omega3 famous is the a lot of different fishes for example sammon tuna sardines Herring these are fantastic fishes which have good components good fatty acids which raise the good cholesterol in our body and our uh essential to our diet so how do we go through pesak enjoying it but as well it's being healthy so what I would advise is that the main things that you eat on pesak should obviously be like lean meats chicken turkey if you're going to fry uh any schnitzel it should be done in olive oil cotton seed oil avocado oil avocado oil walnut oil uh these are all oils that are uh have unsaturated fat which is again raises the good cholesterol in our body um and again if you want to have obviously your macaroons and you going to have a steak again you want to have enjoyable yam you could have here and there obviously in moderation enjoy it but again just don't do it in excess and M them you have a great yff and you'll be healthy all right