The Claim

In young, healthy adults, consuming up to three eggs per day for four weeks is associated with no significant change in fasting plasma TMAO concentrations, despite increased dietary choline intake, indicating that egg-derived choline does not reliably convert to this cardiovascular risk biomarker in this population.

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 up to three eggs a day for a month doesn't seem to raise levels of a blood chemical linked to heart disease, even though eggs contain a nutrient called choline. This suggests that the choline in eggs doesn't turn into that harmful chemical in healthy young people.

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In young, healthy adults, consuming up to three eggs per day for four weeks is associated with no significant change in fasting plasma TMAO concentrations, despite increased dietary choline intake, suggesting that egg-derived choline does not reliably convert to this cardiovascular risk biomarker in this population.

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

    This study found that eating up to three eggs a day for a month didn’t raise TMAO levels in healthy young adults, even though they ate more choline from the eggs. So, eggs don’t seem to turn into this heart-risk chemical in people who are young and healthy.

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