Daily Dose - Sunny upsides of eggs - 9/11/2007

Dear Friend,

For years, I've been trumpeting the news that eggs aren't the ticker-choking death bombs the mainstream claims. I've also been telling everyone who'll listen about eggs' enormous health benefits. Egg-eaters get a huge infusion of Omega-3s, protein, amino acids, and healthy fats every time they crack a yolk. These vital substances boost not only your heart health, but also your musculature, joints and bones, and even mental functioning (more on this in a minute).

And don't be lulled by the recent trend in the media that seems to paint eggs in a more positive light — the meat-hating mainstream still thinks eggs are the dregs. They've just been forced by THE FACTS to give them a certain amount of positive ink. Like this latest finding from the Yale Prevention Research Center in Connecticut…

According to a recent Reuters Health article, a six-week study of 49 adults showed that consuming two eggs daily does not adversely affect either cholesterol levels (completely misunderstood, by the way — but that's another Dose) or endothelial functioning, which is widely regarded as an early sign of arterial disease and an indicator of future heart risk. This finding is significant in that it DOUBLES the American Heart Association's recent blessing to a one-egg-a-day diet for good heart health. This Yale research follows several other key findings I've reported on in recent years, including:

• The University of Washington study, which showed that adding two daily eggs to the diet recommended by the National Cholesterol Program had no effect on plasma LDL (consider by the mainstream to be "bad" cholesterol) — even among those with elevated LDL
• A European study of 21,000 men, which concluded that dietary cholesterol was unassociated with heart disease risk
• A large body of epidemiological research (over 117,000 subjects, in fact) showing that overall adjusted risk for heart disease was identical whether participants ate no eggs at all or seven or more per week
  
  Of course, the article cautions that the study was conducted only on "healthy" adults (by this, they must mean "low cholesterol"), and that a two-eggs-a-day diet may have a different effect on those with elevated blood lipids. Another study targeting this group is planned. Obviously, the "Yalies" don't know about the University of Washington study, which already proves there's no correlation.
  
  And they clearly didn't bother to ask me — I could have saved them the trouble of all these studies by telling them the simple truth: No amount of dietary cholesterol consumption has any bearing (other than a positive one) on heart health or blood lipids.
  
  But a LACK of cholesterol in the diet can surely have a negative impact. Keep reading…
  
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