Myth about eating eggs

 

As egg yolks contain lots of cholesterol, so, logically, eating cholesterol leads to high cholesterol.

The reality is most of the cholesterol in the body is made by the liver, not delivered through diet. And while diet does matter, research has found that cholesterol levels have more to do with the fat you eat, namely saturated and trans fats, than cholesterol.

And eggs contain healthy nutrients, including vitamins A and D, as well as protein. Long-term population studies show that eating an egg a day has not been linked to higher rates of heart attack or stroke.

Dr. Stephen Devries, a preventive cardiologist and executive director of the educational nonprofit Gaples Institute in Deerfield, Illinois recommended sticking to no more than four full eggs a week — that is, including the yolk, where almost all the cholesterol is, along with about half the protein. 

As a matter of fact, one large egg contains 1.6 grams of saturated fat and a whopping 187 milligrams of cholesterol.