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Daily Guides

Day 11

The Challenge Menu below shares what to eat today. If you have a busy day and can’t prepare the meals, the Busy Day Plan provides substitutions and alternatives to keep you on track.

Challenge Menu

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Day 11 Tips

  • Is it safe to eat eggs every day? For many years eggs were unfairly linked to heart disease.  Today, they are heralded as a heart-healthy food that improves your cholesterol profile, even for those with diabetes. A study revealed that people with type 2 diabetes were able to eat 12 eggs a week with no significant change to their total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, or triglycerides compared to a group that ate just two eggs a week (Fuller, et al).
  • Tomorrow’s Challenge Menu contains recipes that can be made ahead of time. View the recipes for Avocado Deviled Eggs and Pork Schnitzel.

Reference:

Fuller, N. R., Caterson, I. D., Sainsbury, A., Denyer, G., Fong, M., Gerofi, J., … & Markovic, T. P. (2015). The effect of a high-egg diet on cardiovascular risk factors in people with type 2 diabetes: the Diabetes and Egg (DIABEGG) study—a 3-mo randomized controlled trial–. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 101(4), 705-713.