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Comment by James O'Keefe

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Preventive cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
The urban myth out there is that eggs are bad for your heart. It's not a total myth, but we've known that guidelines for healthy eating took out previous advice to limit dietary cholesterol, because it really didn't make a big difference in overall cholesterol.
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Eating a dozen eggs a week doesn't hurt your cholesterol: Study
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Eggs are a net-beneficial food for the general population
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AI Verified O'Keefe says dietary cholesterol made little difference to overall cholesterol and eggs are a valuable protein source, supporting net benefit. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified O'Keefe says dietary cholesterol did not make a major difference to overall cholesterol and identifies eggs as a useful protein source. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified ABC News article dated 2024-03-28 attributes this wording verbatim to Dr. James O'Keefe. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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