Eggs and Heart Health
Dietary Intakes of Eggs and Cholesterol in Relation to All‐Cause and Heart Disease Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Publication
Journal
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Year
2020
Authors
P. Xia, Xiong-Fei Pan, Chen Chen, Yi Wang, Y. Ye, A. Pan
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Claims (8)
Eating foods that contain cholesterol—like eggs or shrimp—won't make a healthy person more likely to get heart disease.
In US adults who eat less than 250mg of cholesterol daily, eating a bit more cholesterol seems to be linked to living longer, with each extra 50mg per day associated with about 13% lower risk of dying from any cause.
If you're an adult in the US eating at least 250mg of cholesterol daily, research suggests that adding just 50mg more cholesterol to your diet might increase your risk of dying from any cause by about 7%.
Eating up to one egg each day doesn't seem to make adults more likely to die early or die from heart disease, according to a big study that tracked over 37,000 people for almost 8 years.
Eating more cholesterol might actually be linked to living longer if you eat small amounts (under 250mg daily), but eating lots of cholesterol (250mg or more daily) seems to be linked to a higher risk of dying from any cause.