Are Eggs Harmful to Your Heart?
Trying to maintain a healthy diet can be tricky because it seems that what might be healthy at one point in our lives, might not be healthy for us later on. The onset of a low-carb lifestyle has made breads and starches the enemies, but such was not always the case. The same can be said for eggs.
Eggs are infamous for their high cholesterol content, but are they that bad for us? A new study in the online journal Risk Analysis helps shed light on how harmful or healthful eggs are. According to the study, “eating one egg a day accounts for less than 1 percent of the risk of heart disease…[this] helps deflate the myth that all eggs are always bad for you and can never be included in a heart-healthy meal plan”. After all, eggs are a healthy source of protein and are very filling. Additionally, “[t]he researchers cited lifestyle factors, such as a poor diet, smoking, obesity, and a sedentary lifestyle as chief contributors (30 to 40 percent) of someone’s heart disease risk, with men having higher risks than women”. The study finds that having an egg a day will not increase the risk of heart disease.
If you find one egg is not enough, you will benefit more from eating egg whites, as most of the protein but none of the cholesterol is found in the whites. NorthShore University HealthSystem’s heart disease forums are a great resource for those looking to make conscious decisions on heart health.
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