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More Evidence Exonorating Eggs: One A Day Is Okay

We reported some time back on a study that found Eating Eggs is actually not a problem if you’re watching your cholesterol. Now, a team of Canadian researchers has bolstered that finding with results of its own following an analysis of three large, long-term, multinational surveys…

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The study is good news for the Egg producers who’ve been battling bad rep from some dietary and health experts for decades. The problem, of course, is cholesterol; the stuff that clogs your arteries leading to heart attack and stroke. But Eggs also contain large amounts of many essential nutrients, plus protein, and would otherwise be promoted as a superfood. The rehabilitation of Eggs’ reputation started with the discovery that dietary cholesterol does not equate directly to serum, or blood cholesterol. That’s when the pro-Egg researchers got to work.

What they did

In this latest study, a team from the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) of Canada’s world-renowned McMaster University data-mined three large, long-term, multinational studies to determine, once and for all, just how many Eggs a week would be safe for the average person to eat.

“The researchers analyzed three international studies conducted by the PHRI. Egg consumption of 146,011 individuals from 21 countries was recorded in the PURE study and in 31,544 patients with vascular disease from the ONTARGET and the TRANSEND studies,” according to an abstract of the study report.

What they found

“No association was found between egg intake and blood cholesterol, its components or other risk factors. These results are robust and widely applicable to both healthy individuals and those with vascular disease,” said Study Report First Author Mahshid Dehghan.

The takeaway

“Moderate egg intake, which is about one egg per day in most people, does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease or mortality even if people have a history of cardiovascular disease or diabetes,” Dehghan said.

Researchers confident in their findings

Salim Yusuf, Principal Investigator of the Study and Director of PHRI, noted that previous studies on Egg consumption and diseases have been contradictory: “This is because most of these studies were relatively small or moderate in size and did not include individuals from a large number of countries.”

My take

I’m glad to see that a major study has confirmed the healthfulness of Eggs. Eggs are not only full of good things but pop up in all aspects of cookery: Baking, Salads and Sauces; not to mention a whole host of beloved Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Mains, Soups and Sides from around the world.

I’m also glad that the study findings remind us all that dietary cholesterol intake does not equate directly with blood cholesterol levels. Let Eggs’ former bad rep Rest In Peace.

~ Maggie J.