Guide to Eggs: Are Eggs inflammatory or beneficial?

Eggs aren’t detested in the endo community like meat and dairy are, but there’s still a good amount of competing information out there to make us wonder about their impact on our pain and health. That’s because some books — like Recipes and Diet Advice for Endometriosis by Carolyn Levett — recommend using egg replacers in the place of eggs, saying eggs cause inflammation, while others in the paleo + ancestral health community applaud eggs and nutrient dense gold in a shell.

So what gives?

The basic truth: eggs are some of the most nutrient-dense foods in the world. More specifically, the yolks is, which houses an assortment of nutrients so many of us endo girls are utterly deficient in: omega 3’s, choline, B vitamins, vitamin A, E, D, K,  calcium, iron, phosphorus, folate, and pantothenic acid. It’s like a delicious multi-vitamin in a shell that your body can actually absorb.

The endo truth: your body may react negatively to eggs, as studies are showing a trend of about 1 in 3 folks with chronic illness reacting poorly to eggs. The reaction may not be black and white, though. Maybe eggs don’t give you tummy upset but rather symptoms of inflammation, like headaches, insomnia, joint pain, fatigue, or something else. Or, you may react to the whites but not the yolk; maybe you react now but not in a few months after healing and sealing the gut; or you may react to a whole egg for your whole life. Bummer. And confusing AF, right?

In the following posts I lay out a little but more about eggs, why they may be inflammatory for some of us but definitely not all of us!! Read it here.