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Physician-scientist and health writer.
The answer isn’t as simple as “good” or “bad.” It depends on which part of the egg you eat, how you cook it, what you eat it with, and who you are.
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Ben Jones MD PhD, "Are Eggs Healthy or Harmful? An MD PhD Weighs the Evidence," Medium, June 19, 2026.
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Eating eggs regularly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease
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AI Verified Relevant. In source context, this sentence is the article’s own framing/subheadline on a page surfaced as about whether eggs are bad for cholesterol and heart-disease risk, and it clearly signals a conditional/nuanced stance (“it depends”) rather than a straightforward yes-or-no position on the statement. ([medium.com](https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/are-eggs-healthy-or-harmful-an-md-phd-weighs-the-evidence-c538294973ef?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified The quote says eggs are not simply “good” or “bad” and that the answer “depends on which part of the egg you eat, how you cook it, what you eat it with, and who you are,” so the author is pushing back on a blanket claim that eating eggs regularly increases cardiovascular risk across the board. ([medium.com](https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/are-eggs-healthy-or-harmful-an-md-phd-weighs-the-evidence-c538294973ef)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The Medium page at the submitted URL contains the exact quoted sentence verbatim as the article’s subtitle, directly under the headline “Are Eggs Healthy or Harmful? An MD PhD Weighs the Evidence.” The same page credits the piece to Ben Jones MD PhD and dates it Jun 19, 2026, so the stored quote, author, date, and source URL are consistent with the fetchable source. ([medium.com](https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/are-eggs-healthy-or-harmful-an-md-phd-weighs-the-evidence-c538294973ef)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2mo ago
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