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Eggs don’t just raise good cholesterol—they make the good cholesterol work better at cleaning up artery gunk.

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Is There a Correlation between Dietary and Blood Cholesterol? Evidence from Epidemiological Data and Clinical Interventions

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2022 May 23

This study found that eating foods like eggs, which have cholesterol, doesn’t raise bad blood cholesterol but can actually make the 'good' cholesterol (HDL) bigger and better at cleaning up artery gunk, which might help prevent heart disease.

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Is There a Correlation between Dietary and Blood Cholesterol? Evidence from Epidemiological Data and Clinical Interventions

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DOI: 10.3390/nu14102168

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