Are egg whites bad for you?!

Are egg whites bad for you?

I know eggs are good but they can raise cholesterol. Is it eating the white and the yolk though? Or do egg whites do the same thing?

wow- so much misinformation about cholesterol!
The nutritional logic that gave good eggs a bad rap goes something like this. Foods high in cholesterol are bad for the heart. Eggs are high in cholesterol. Therefore, eggs are bad for the heart.

While this may meet the standards of a logical argument, it isn't altogether true. New insights into the fatty foods/heart disease connection reveal that in people with normal cholesterol metabolism it's not cholesterol that clogs arteries, it's foods high in saturated and hydrogenated fats.

Eggs are an excellent nutrient-dense food that packs six grams of protein, a bit of vitamin B-12, vitamin E, riboflavin, folic acid, calcium, zinc, iron, and essential fatty acids into a mere 75 calories. Second to the protein in human milk, eggs have the highest quality protein of any food. I