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Cardiologist and preventive health physician.
dietary cholesterol does not raise serum cholesterol, so don't worry about the cholesterol content of eggs,
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Michael Twyman, quoted in Victoria Whittington, "This Is What a Cardiologist Eats for Breakfast for Better Blood Pressure," EatingWell, January 11, 2026.
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Eating eggs regularly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease
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AI Verified Relevant: in source context, Twyman is answering the concern that eating more eggs might be bad for heart health, and he says the cholesterol in eggs should not be a concern because dietary cholesterol does not raise serum cholesterol. That is a direct reason bearing on whether regular egg consumption increases cardiovascular-disease risk, so a determinable stance on the complete statement is substantially more likely. ([health.yahoo.com](https://health.yahoo.com/conditions/cardiovascular-health/articles/cardiologist-eats-breakfast-better-blood-130000187.html?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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AI Verified In the article’s heart-health context, he says 'dietary cholesterol does not raise serum cholesterol' and 'don't worry about the cholesterol content of eggs,' which strongly implies opposition to the claim that eating eggs regularly raises cardiovascular risk; the inference is about CVD risk from his reassurance about eggs rather than an exact restatement. ([eatingwell.com](https://www.eatingwell.com/what-a-cardiologist-eats-for-breakfast-for-better-blood-pressure-11880398)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Verified: the supplied EatingWell URL is fetchable, shows the article as published on January 11, 2026, identifies the expert as "Michael Twyman, M.D.", and contains the exact sentence "dietary cholesterol does not raise serum cholesterol, so don't worry about the cholesterol content of eggs," followed by "Twyman explains," which confirms both verbatim match and attribution. ([eatingwell.com](https://www.eatingwell.com/what-a-cardiologist-eats-for-breakfast-for-better-blood-pressure-11880398)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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