The Claim

In young, healthy adults, consuming one to three eggs per day for four weeks is associated with a significant reduction in the LDL-c/HDL-c ratio compared to no egg intake, indicating a potentially improved lipid profile for cardiovascular risk, independent of changes in total cholesterol or body weight.

Source: Consumption of up to Three Eggs per Day Increases Dietary Cholesterol and Choline while Plasma LDL Cholesterol and Trimethylamine N‐oxide Concentrations Are Not Increased in a Young, Healthy Population

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

Eating one to three eggs a day for a month might help improve your heart health by lowering the bad cholesterol relative to the good cholesterol, even if your overall cholesterol and weight don’t change.

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In young, healthy adults, consuming one to three eggs per day for four weeks is associated with a significant reduction in the LDL-c/HDL-c ratio compared to no egg intake, indicating a potentially improved lipid profile for cardiovascular risk, independent of changes in total cholesterol or body weight.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Consumption of up to Three Eggs per Day Increases Dietary Cholesterol and Choline while Plasma LDL Cholesterol and Trimethylamine N‐oxide Concentrations Are Not Increased in a Young, Healthy Population

    Eating up to three eggs a day for a month helped healthy young adults improve their 'good' cholesterol and lower their 'bad' cholesterol ratio, without making them gain weight or raise their overall cholesterol. This suggests eggs might be heart-friendly for healthy people.

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