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I_like_cereal
Check this site
Whites are higher in protein, potassium, and sodium. Yolk has more fat and if you can cut that then do it. Some fat is healthy, but too much is not good. Remember good fat v. bad fat. Everything else you can get from a MV or other nutrition sources
That site is good for explaining some of the benefits of the yolk. Giving up the yolk is dumb. In fact, the whole low fat obsession is not helpful to our health at all. Eggs are a super food. Fat is generally a great way to get energy, and is necessary in other ways. (Yes, avoid trans fats, seed/"vegetable" oils, and maybe watch the Omega 3: Omega 6 ratio). Dietary fat is not what leads to fat accumulation either. See Gary Taubes' "Why we get Fat" (or "Good Calories, Bad Calories").