Orla Walsh on Observational nutrition studies are too…

Orla Walsh

Registered dietitian and physiologist; former performance nutritionist to the Irish Olympic team.

Instead of looking at the impact of single nutrients on our body, they started looking at the impact of single foods on our body. After all, we don’t eat single nutrients like cholesterol. We eat the food that provides cholesterol, among other things.

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Orla Walsh, “Should you limit eggs because of the cholesterol they contain?,” June 11, 2024.

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Observational nutrition studies are too confounded to show whether eggs cause harm

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Eggs are a net-beneficial food for the general population

After all eggs naturally contain many essential micronutrients necessary for optimal health including vitamins B2, B5, B12, folic acid, biotin, as well as iodine, phosphorus and selenium. In addition eggs can be one of the few natural food sources of...

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