Previously I was told eating eggs lead to increased cholesterol, yet, news articles repeat that it’s not true. How can the conclusions be so contradicting given that it’s simply about measuring cholesterol before and after eating eggs?
I can’t help but feel suspicious knowing ‘bacons are good for the heart’ ‘doctors smoke’ were all propaganda campaigns.
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Science is always evolving as we learn more, including nutritional science. Eggs are naturally high in dietary cholesterol. Logically one would think that dietary cholesterol would increase the cholesterol levels in your blood.
Over years we have learned that the link is not one-to-one and that saturated fat, which is also present in many high cholesterol foods, is a bigger contributor. Eggs and shellfish are the exception, at least if they are not fried.
See https://www.heart.org/en/news/2023/08/25/heres-the-latest-on-dietary-cholesterol-and-how-it-fits-in-with-a-healthy-diet
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