The Claim
Consumption of eggs is associated with a 14% higher risk of all-cause mortality, a 24% higher risk of cardiovascular disease mortality, and a 10% higher risk of cancer mortality in postmenopausal women, and with a 14% lower risk of dementia mortality.
What the research says
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Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
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In postmenopausal women, eating eggs is linked to a higher risk of dying from heart disease, cancer, or any cause, but a lower risk of dying from dementia.
See the scientific wording
Consumption of eggs is associated with a 14% higher risk of all-cause mortality, a 24% higher risk of cardiovascular disease mortality, and a 10% higher risk of cancer mortality in postmenopausal women, despite being associated with a 14% lower risk of dementia mortality, indicating complex and opposing health effects depending on the cause of death.
Eggs increase cholesterol and choline in the blood, which leads to more plaque in arteries and inflammation that raises the risk of heart disease and cancer, but the same choline helps the brain make protective molecules that lower dementia risk.
What the research says
1 studyIn older women, eating more eggs was linked to a higher chance of dying from heart disease, cancer, or any cause, but a lower chance of dying from dementia — so eggs may help the brain but hurt the heart and body in other ways.
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