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Study: Eggs Don’t Increase Heart Risk |
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Study: Eggs Don’t Increase Heart Risk |
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Consuming an egg a day does not increase a healthy person's risk for heart disease or stroke, but it can pose a potential risk for diabetics. Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston tracked the egg consumption and analyzed the medical data of more than 100,000 men and women. Their study results show that even healthy people with high egg consumption, one egg a day, did not show a higher risk for heart disease or stroke. Earlier research suggested those people who wanted to lower their blood cholesterol levels and reduce their heart disease risk should limit their consumption of eggs to no more than a few eggs a week. Researchers suggest eggs may not influence heart disease risk because there may be nutrients in the egg that counter the effects of its high cholesterol content. "It is conceivable that the small adverse effect of cholesterol in an egg on plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels is counterbalanced by potential beneficial effects on high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and triglycerides, and of other nutrients including antioxidants, folate, other B vitamins and unsaturated fat," researchers write in the April 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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