Published in the Atlantic Wire the following was done. Just remember the eggs you are consuming, research shows that free range chickens eating a normal diet have significantly lower cholesterol when compared with industrial eggs. This is an alarming article, and one that should not be carelessly thrown around. Eggs are good for you, in moderation, but they have to be happy chickens. I believe it is true that the factory-farmed chickens are more stressed, having poor diets, therefore deficient in the good stuff and have more of the bad stuff, including cholesterol.
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PROBLEM: Last year, the average American consumed 247 eggs -- over 40 percent more than the world per-capita average.
Because egg yolks are high in cholesterol, eating whole eggs increases
cholesterol, a known risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) and
heart attacks. Previous research also links CAD with cigarette smoke.
METHODOLOGY: Canadian researchers examined 1,231 patients at
London's Health Sciences Centre's University Hospital. The average age
of all the patients was 62. Ultrasound measurements of the carotid
arteries established the presence and quantity of atherosclerotic
plaque, and the scans were accompanied by lifestyle surveys. Smoking was
measured in pack-years (number of packs per day multiplied by the
number of years spent smoking). Egg yolk consumption was measured in egg
yolk-years.
RESULTS: Aging was associated with a linear increase in arterial plaque after age 40, but smoking and egg consumption were each independently associated with an exponential increase in plaque. Egg consumption had two-thirds of the effect of smoking.
CONCLUSION: Egg yolks are almost as bad for your carotid arteries as smoking.
IMPLICATION: While the link between eggs and cholesterol -- and between cholesterol and heart disease -- is well established, this study sheds light on the extent of their potential harm if eaten routinely in large quantities. A single large egg contains more than 180 mg of cholesterol -- more than a third of a person's daily recommended intake. By this measure, a typical American breakfast alone, with two eggs (plus bacon!), would push well past that. Egg whites, meanwhile, remain excellent.
SOURCE: The full study, "Egg Yolk Consumption and Carotid Plaque," is published in the journal Atherosclerosis.
Study: Eggs Are Nearly as Bad for Your Arteries as Cigarettes
By Aug 14 2012, 8:00 AM ET The cholesterol in delicious egg yolks accelerates atherosclerosis (the build-up of plaque in our arteries) almost as much as smoking.anneh632/Flickr
PROBLEM: Last year, the average American consumed 247 eggs -- over 40 percent more than the world per-capita average.
Because egg yolks are high in cholesterol, eating whole eggs increases
cholesterol, a known risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) and
heart attacks. Previous research also links CAD with cigarette smoke.RESULTS: Aging was associated with a linear increase in arterial plaque after age 40, but smoking and egg consumption were each independently associated with an exponential increase in plaque. Egg consumption had two-thirds of the effect of smoking.
CONCLUSION: Egg yolks are almost as bad for your carotid arteries as smoking.
IMPLICATION: While the link between eggs and cholesterol -- and between cholesterol and heart disease -- is well established, this study sheds light on the extent of their potential harm if eaten routinely in large quantities. A single large egg contains more than 180 mg of cholesterol -- more than a third of a person's daily recommended intake. By this measure, a typical American breakfast alone, with two eggs (plus bacon!), would push well past that. Egg whites, meanwhile, remain excellent.
SOURCE: The full study, "Egg Yolk Consumption and Carotid Plaque," is published in the journal Atherosclerosis.
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