Cholesterol Overload Damages Eggs

All-cause mortality, cholesterol and eggs.

To the Editor: The review by Spence et al concludes that those at risk of vascular disease (which Canadian is not?) should avoid cholesterol, particularly eggs. Before abandoning eggs, let us first consider total cholesterol and all-cause mortality. In most population studies, those with low(est) cholesterol die first. Typical is the Austrian Vorarlberg study with top mortality in the bottom qu...

Eggs and dietary cholesterol – dispelling the myth

Dietary cholesterol in foods such as eggs has only a small and clinically insignificant effect on blood cholesterol, especially when compared with the much greater effects of dietary saturated fatty acids on blood cholesterol. These facts are now well established and, as a consequence, recommendations from major food and health bodies concerning dietary cholesterol have been relaxed in the UK a...

Position Statement for Healthcare Professionals Eggs, Plasma Cholesterol and Lipoproteins

Fatty acid and cholesterol in eggs: a review.

Elevated serum cholesterol, a major cause of vascular disease, has been strongly correlated with eating greater than normal amounts of cholesterol and saturated fatty acids. The role at omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), especially eicosa pentanoic acid (EPA) and decosahexaconic (DHA), has been associated with the prevention of degenerative disease. Breast milk and eggs fulfill the hum...

Dietary cholesterol, eggs and coronary heart disease risk in perspective

The idea that dietary cholesterol increases risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) by turning into blood cholesterol is compelling in much the same way that fish oil improves arthritis by lubricating our joints! Dietary cholesterol, chiefly in the form of eggs, has long been outlawed as a causative agent in CHD through its association with serum cholesterol. However, the scientific evidence to su...