Committee on Nutrition, Health Council of the Netherlands

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Advisory committee of the Health Council of the Netherlands (Gezondheidsraad) that reviews evidence on nutrition and health

Speaks on: Eggs Health Health Public Health Eggs Ethics In Research

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Location: Netherlands

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Eggs are a net-beneficial food for the general population
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There is strong evidence that consumption of eggs increases LDL cholesterol with approximately 0.10 mmol/L per one egg per day.
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Eating eggs regularly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease
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elevated LDL cholesterol, which is an established CHD risk factor that may well be on the causal pathway form egg consumption to CHD.
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Observational nutrition studies are too confounded to show whether eggs cause harm
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the committee concluded that the evidence for egg consumption and its association with CHD risk is inconclusive because there were both suggestions of neutral and protective associations reported, and findings were not always robust in subgroup analy...
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