The Claim

In overweight adults following a healthy low-carbohydrate diet, replacing refined grains and added sugars with eggs results in substantial increases in dietary cholesterol intake without worsening blood lipid profiles over a 12-month period.

Source: Associations of Changes in Blood Lipid Concentrations with Changes in Dietary Cholesterol Intake in the Context of a Healthy Low-Carbohydrate Weight Loss Diet: A Secondary Analysis of the DIETFITS Trial

What the research says

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In plain English

If you're overweight and eating a low-carb diet, swapping out bread and sugar for eggs will bump up your cholesterol intake from food—but your blood fats won't get worse after a year.

See the scientific wording

In overweight adults on a healthy low-carbohydrate diet, replacing refined grains and added sugars with eggs is a common dietary pattern that leads to substantial increases in dietary cholesterol intake without worsening blood lipid profiles over 12 months.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Associations of Changes in Blood Lipid Concentrations with Changes in Dietary Cholesterol Intake in the Context of a Healthy Low-Carbohydrate Weight Loss Diet: A Secondary Analysis of the DIETFITS Trial

    When overweight people eat more eggs instead of sugary or starchy foods while cutting carbs, their cholesterol intake goes up—but their blood fats don’t get worse. So, eating eggs like this is safe for heart health.

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