Is there such a thing as too many eggs?

[montrealeater]

I've been thinking about this for awhile and just read a comment on another thread re: egg yolks being OK if you limit yourself to one a day (if dieting). Now, I am not dieting, but, I eat a LOT of egg yolks. Maybe 6 a day on average. I don't eat the whites (they get scrambled and given to the dogs), I just really love very soft-poached egg yolk. AFAIK, eggs aren't the devil anymore, and neither are egg yolks. A friend speculated I may be setting myself up for an allergy.

Is there any reason not to eat lots of egg yolks? Is there anything to the allergy comment - that in eating so many I am somehow priming myself to become allergic? Various people have also commented on the food safety issue, assuming that soft boiled yolk could be unsafe...is this true? Don't certain gym bunnies eat a lot of completely raw eggs? Are they suffering from frequent food poisoning or what?

[ipsedixit]

If you do not have a cholesterol issue (with the obvious caveat that dietary cholesterol has very little effect on HDL/LDL levels or ratios), then the only thing to worry about with eating alot of egg yolks is the saturated fats.

[escondido123]

IMHO, the eggs are not a problem unless it is leading to an unbalanced diet without decent fruits and vegetables.

[sueatmo]

If you are in good health, and have no cholesterol issues, then I don't know why not. I'm not sure that even if you have cholesterol issues it is bad to eat egg yolks. I confess that I eat eggs more than I feel I should, but I love them, yolks and whites.