Egg Yolk vs. Egg White: What's the Difference?

What is the difference between egg yolk and egg white? Are egg yolks unhealthy? Watch this quick video to find out. 

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Timestamps: 
0:00 Egg Yolk vs. Egg White: What's the Difference?
0:10 Are egg yolks bad for you? 
1:16 Nutrients in egg yolks
2:22 Nutrients in egg whites
3:42 Why you should eat the whole egg

In this video, I want to talk about the difference between egg yolk and egg white. This is a question I get a lot. 

Many people only eat egg whites because they think that egg yolk is unhealthy, and it will lead to clogged arteries. This is a big mistake. Most of the good nutrition is in the yolk. Yes, egg yolks contain cholesterol, but this will not clog your arteries. 

Keep in mind that when you consume cholesterol, your body simply makes less of it. In fact, only around 25% of your cholesterol comes from your diet—your body makes the other 75%.
You need cholesterol for your brain, cells, membranes, and hormone production. 
Egg yolks also contain healthy fat-soluble vitamins—A, E, D, and K2. In addition, it contains trace minerals, vitamin B12, folate, phospholipids, calcium, and immunoglobins. 

Egg whites contain most of the protein, avidin, B2, B3, magnesium, and potassium. 

I recommend that you consume both egg yolk and egg white. Always go with farm-raised and organic eggs. 

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, 56 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of The New Body Type Guide and other books published by KB Publishing. He has taught students nutrition as an adjunct professor at Howard University. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

Disclaimer:
Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Thanks for watching. I hope this video helped answer your questions about egg yolks vs. egg whites. Feel free to leave a comment down below.

[AntonioDal.]

Unfortunately when people think of superfood, they think of some berries, nuts or spices but almost no one thinks of eggs.

[dirtisbetterthandiamonds]

As a farmer, I beat my head against the wall trying to teach people this information. Also, let me make this clear for those who have been misinformed, IF THERE IS NO ROOSTER, THERE IS NO BABY CHICK! The hen lays an egg every day even with no rooster. She plops it down and walks away and doesn't give it another thought, BUT it is a tiny little package of amazing nutrients for us! What a gift! If their IS a rooster, the hen has to actually be "broody", or ready to sit for 3 weeks on her eggs. This process called incubation is what actually activates the chick to grow. So if there is a rooster but you gather the eggs every day, there will be no chick yet. Hope this clears it up because I cannot tell you how many times people have cussed me out at the farmers market for "killing baby chicks", or the man who one time tried to tell me that the hen lays an egg and goes off to die...ya can't even make this stuff up y'all!

[tonymurray]

When us kids were sick and younger ( I’m 61), my mother used to boil an egg, break the shell, put it in a cup with salt n pepper and a knob of butter. Toast n a cup of tea. I can still taste how good it was. Who knew the old ways were best!!!!

[sahilbalgotra]

Egg yolks have choline as well. Good for liver.

[JAMESARONHUNTER]

My lipid panel actually gets even better when I eat more eggs 🍳. I’ve historically have maintained a good healthy lipid panel on my labs. And I eat eggs with the yolk everyday 👍🏼

[zuririvera]

Shared this with a friend of mine. It always breaks my heart when I see people discarding the yolk. Thanks for this great video.

[interwebtubes]

Just passing this along to,

Hard boiled eggs are extremely good for diabetics,

High in protein and low in sugars,

Not to mention that they are the perfect sized snack,

Good health everyone 👍

[janinemaddox]

Thanks again for being a wonderful teacher. It would of been nice to have you in school back when and Im 65 now. I always share your videos. God bless❤😇

[mrs.h]

You should never split up what nature put together

[Blue-moon]

I'm glad you did this video. Dispelling the myth that yokes are no good. Just eat the whole egg!

[nguyenminhchau]

Conclusion: Eat the whole egg you guys.

[glendahowes]

Battling significant muscle wasting - having 2- 3 eggs per day - reversing body breakdown. Thankyou for egg research - plenty of nay sayers for my egg consumption.

[closeenough]

I was eating 6 eggs a day and my blood pressure and cholesterol shot up. When I reduced to 2 eggs and half a cup of egg whites, things came back to normal. I guess everyone really is different.

[johnjames]

I eat 4 eggs per day, have done for years and I feel great

[SarFirraEdits]

*MAKE SURE THEY ARE PASTURE RAISED AND ORGANIC*

[jystaguy]

12 lbs down in 1 week with 1 1/2 lbs lean muscle gained. Doing one meal a day keto with 20 hour fast. Thank you! 🙏

[rebeccajosteelman]

Good morning all, and dear Dr Berg, ..great info, big hug and thanks!

[bearbear]

4 pounds down in 5 days adding 4 yolks to 2 whole eggs every night with my dinner with OMAD. That’s the only extra fat I add to my diet. 👍 I’m on board with your 30 day challenge... 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[barbtullos]

Great video. I'm eating carnivore. I eat 3 eggs every day I get so tired if people saying Ooh, you're gonna raise your cholesterol. I have been doing this for 5 yrs.. according to them I should have died by now !!!! DO TGE RESEARCH PEOPLE !!!! Eggs are a complete food, and loaded with nutrients

[Ziyana_Zenn]

Salted duck-egg yolk is the rage here in Singapore. Really... It's off the charts with the variety of snacks they created here recently. Crispy fish skin with egg yolk is my guilty pleasure!