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Comment by Saumya Sekhar Jenasamant

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cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon
For most healthy adults, eggs aren’t the villain. The body produces much more cholesterol itself than what comes from eating a couple of eggs. When you eat foods high in cholesterol, the liver adjusts its production, so the overall effect is small. What matters more is how the eggs are cooked and what you eat them with.
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Eggs are a net-beneficial food for the general population
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AI Verified The quote says eggs are not the villain for most healthy adults and that their overall cholesterol effect is small, which is relevant to eggs being net-beneficial. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 3mo ago
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AI Verified Saying eggs are not the villain for most healthy adults supports the statement that eggs are net-beneficial for the general population. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 3mo ago
Eating eggs regularly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease
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AI Verified The quote is directly about the statement’s core claim: it says eggs are “not the villain” for most healthy adults, that the cholesterol effect from eating eggs is small, and that other dietary/context factors matter more. In the source article, this is part of the author’s reasoning that moderate egg consumption does not increase heart-disease or stroke risk, so a determinate stance on the complete statement is substantially more likely. ([indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/dietary-cholesterol-eggs-body-produces-heart-risk-expert-10410482/lite/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago
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AI Verified The quote says eggs 'aren’t the villain' and that their cholesterol effect is 'small'; in the article, the same expert adds that moderate egg consumption does not increase heart-disease or stroke risk for most people. That clearly opposes the claim that regularly eating eggs raises cardiovascular risk. ([indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/dietary-cholesterol-eggs-body-produces-heart-risk-expert-10410482/lite/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verified: the provided Indian Express URL contains the quote verbatim and attributes it to Dr Saumya Sekhar Jenasamant, consultant cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon at KIMS Hospitals, Thane. The article page is dated Jan 28, 2026, matching the stored date, and KIMS Hospitals independently corroborates the speaker’s name spelling and affiliation. ([indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/dietary-cholesterol-eggs-body-produces-heart-risk-expert-10410482/lite/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago
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