CHICAGO — Not egg-specially good news if you happen to be a fan of eggs. According to a new study, eating too many delicious eggs can increase risks of heart disease and permanent sleep. <br /><br />According to Northwestern Now, the large-scale Northwestern Medicine study examined pooled data on 29,615 U.S. racially and ethnically diverse adults from six prospective cohort studies for up to 31 years of follow up. <br />The study was published last Friday in the medical journal JAMA. <br />According to co-author of the study Norrina Allen, "the take-home message is really about cholesterol, which happens to be high in eggs and specifically yolks."<br />"As part of a healthy diet, people need to consume lower amounts of cholesterol. People who consume less cholesterol have a lower risk of heart disease."<br /><br />One large egg can have up to 186 milligrams of dietary cholesterol in the yolk. <br />Eating less than 300 milligrams of cholesterol per day used to be the U.S. dietary guideline recommendation, until it was dropped in 2015. <br />The study found eating 300 mg of dietary cholesterol per day was associated with 17 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease and 18 percent higher risk of all-cause deaths. <br /><br />The cholesterol was the driving factor independent of saturated fat consumption and other dietary fat. <br />They also found eating three to four eggs a week was associated with 6 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease and 8 percent higher risk of any cause of death. <br /><br />So does this mean giving up eggs and red meat? Of course not—moderation is the key. And maybe cut out the daily three-egg breakfast omelette.
