Hey everyone.. maybe this is a dumb question, but recently I’ve been wondering why people hate Mayo and say it’s so unhealthy!
Like isn’t it just.. eggs, oil, and seasoning?
Those are all things that to their own extents aren’t considered unhealthy when being looked individually, so why is it that when put together to create Mayo, they suddenly create something unhealthy?
I know Mayo is considered a fat, but I didn’t think it was THAT bad? And aren’t there healthy fats as well?
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It’s not that it’s bad, but it is calorie dense. People often don’t think about condiments when counting calories, but adding mayo to a sandwich could add 100 calories.
Mayo isn’t as bad for you as previously thought as neither the cholesterol in eggs nor the fats in oils (unsaturated fats) are as bad as previously thought. However, it’s a very energy dense food so you should eat very little of it.
It’s made from eggs and oil and neither of those are as bad for you as previously thought. However, mayo uses just the egg yolks which is quite cholesterol-dense, so it’s easy to eat more than you should (you shouldn’t eat more than an average of 1 egg per day. And definitely not in combination with foodstuffs that’s high in cholesterol and saturated fats, like bacon). The saturated fat part is because much of the LDL cholesterol in your blood comes from the liver (which turns saturated fats and transfats into cholesterol).
I don’t hate mayo because it’s unhealthy. I hate it because it’s nasty and makes me want to puke.
1tbsp Ketchup has approx. 17 kcal.
1tbsp Mayonnaise has approx. 94 kcal.
It’s not technically “unhealthy”, but compared to its most popular alternative, it has about 5.5x more kcal for the same amount of sauce. I hope this answers your question.
It’s not, but it’s high calorie and too many people conflate the two. Now for me, mayo isnt the best idea but that’s because my digestive system doesn’t do well with high fat foods anymore and I end up feeling really sick (oh do I miss fried food). But unless your body also struggles to properly digest fats, it’s fine in moderation.
Fat has the highest density of calories of anything you can eat and digest, and mayo is almost pure fat. It’s very high calorie and it’s easy to use too much.
It’s not that it’s unhealthy but people tend to pile it onto whatever they’re eating. It’s really easy to add 100-200 extra calories due to the condiments
Unhealthy because it is almost entirely soybean oil, which is horrible. Get some Chosen Foods avocado oil mayo and you’re good
I hate it because I think it’s disgusting. I don’t care that unhealthy… I just have never liked it.
There’s this guy named “Kenny” who begs to differ. Eats mayo on every meal and is never willing to share with others. Real piece of shit guy. He even threw a bedpost at his ex-wife in the past.
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