An egg a day can not hurt cholesterol
An egg at breakfast is always there, but often eat eggs would increase our bad cholesterol levels and thus increase the risk of heart disease. Nevertheless indicates a new Finnish study that an egg a day can not hurt the heart, even in people with a genetic predisposition to cholesterol.
An egg at breakfast is always there, but often eat eggs would increase our bad cholesterol levels and thus increase the risk of heart disease. Nevertheless indicates a new Finnish study that an egg a day can not hurt the heart, even in people with a genetic predisposition to cholesterol.
An average egg (yellow) contains about 186 mg of cholesterol, a serious bite out of the daily recommended amount of 300 mg. Because studies are linking high cholesterol to heart problems, the egg is often put on the list of "dangerous" foods. No need, which is wrong. The egg also contains many healthy nutrients and the recommendation not to eat too many eggs becomes obsolete. Finnish scientists support this now with numbers. They conclude that an egg a day does not increase the risk of heart attack.
Follow-up Study of 21 years
1,032 men aged between 42 and 60 years were followed for 21 years in the field of diet and cholesterol. None of them had to contend at the start of the study with a heart condition. 21 years later showed that 230 of the surveyed men had a stroke and that 32.5% of the participants were carriers of the APOE-4 gene. That hereditary gene creates a greater impact of diet on blood cholesterol levels. They should pay more attention, in other words, healthy eating to get their cholesterol under control.
Follow-up Study of 21 years
1,032 men aged between 42 and 60 years were followed for 21 years in the field of diet and cholesterol. None of them had to contend at the start of the study with a heart condition. 21 years later showed that 230 of the surveyed men had a stroke and that 32.5% of the participants were carriers of the APOE-4 gene. That hereditary gene creates a greater impact of diet on blood cholesterol levels. They should pay more attention, in other words, healthy eating to get their cholesterol under control.
Eggs only
The main control group of the study participants consumed a whopping 520mg of cholesterol per day, and they eat one egg a day. In these people, no heart infarct or APOE-4 gene was identified, which concluded that the consumption of eggs to cardiovascular disease is not linked at all. Even in individuals with a genetic predisposition to cholesterol, the researchers found no increased risk. However, it is important to give the fact that this study focused specifically on eggs, and not to other cholesterol-rich foods. These findings thus can not be generalized for other foods with high cholesterol levels.
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