Compulsive eating of 25 eggs per day = normal cholesterol

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Dear Group,

I would resist posting this. Wow!

http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/liver/eategg

s.html

The major metabolic product of cholesterol is bile acids. The

disposal of bile acids by secretion into bile is one of several

factors that serve to maintain normal blood cholesterol

concentrations, as was demonstrated in an elderly man with a

compulsion to eat eggs.

The subject of this case was an 88-year-old man living alone in a

retirement community. He was healthy except for having Alzheimer's

disease. He also had a compulsive disorder which led him to consume,

in addition to regular meals, 25 soft-boiled eggs every day.

Remarkably, there was good evidence from several sources that this

egg-eating behavior had been going on for at least 15 years.

The patient's medical records documented numerous serum cholesterol

measurements within the normal range. A number of metabolic studies

indicated that the patient had several compensatory mechanisms in

place which enabled him to maintain normal blood cholesterol

concentrations in the face of longstanding and massive cholesterol

intake:

·Marked reduction in cholesterol absorption - the mechanism for this

effect is not known

·Greatly increased synthesis of bile acids - the patient synthesized

roughly twice the mass of bile acids as control subjects

·Reduced endogenous cholesterol synthesis

The authors indicated that it would have been interesting to study

this patient on a low-cholesterol diet, but that his behavioral

disorder prevented it.

What do you all think about this?

Bee

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>>>>>·Marked reduction in cholesterol absorption - the mechanism for this

effect is not known

·Greatly increased synthesis of bile acids - the patient synthesized

roughly twice the mass of bile acids as control subjects

·Reduced endogenous cholesterol synthesis

The authors indicated that it would have been interesting to study

this patient on a low-cholesterol diet, but that his behavioral

disorder prevented it.

What do you all think about this?

-------->i think we already know that body adapts to cholesterol

consumption. generally, when you consume too little, endogenous production

goes up. when you consume huge quantities, endogenous production goes down.

selective absorption has been recorded with other nutrients as well, so it

seems like a normal adaptive mechanism. also, the absorption rate for

cholesterol has a big range...i've read figures ranging from something like

5% up to more than 30% i believe. i guess that would depend somewhat on an

individual's need for an exogenous source of cholesterol.

hmmmm...so maybe 25 eggs/day is a prescription for folks with low bile acid?

LOL!

Suze Fisher

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[Guest guest]

>·Greatly increased synthesis of bile acids - the patient synthesized

>roughly twice the mass of bile acids as control subjects

Well, shoot ... maybe if a person has problems digesting

fats they should eat lots of eggs!

-- Heidi