Expert opinions on Eggs And Health

The new study's results aren't generalizable to people with high cholesterol. For instance, eggs can raise LDL levels if you have familial hypercholesterolemia.

People with Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH): FH is a genetic condition that impairs the liver's ability to regulate cholesterol. People with FH cannot compensate effectively for dietary cholesterol intake, so eggs do raise LDL in this population m...

While egg yolks are high in cholesterol, it is saturated fatty acids that have a greater effect on our blood cholesterol levels.

For the general healthy population, eggs can be included as part of a heart-healthy eating pattern.

In Japan, a large cohort study published in 2006 showed that daily or nearly daily egg consumption did not increase the incidence of coronary heart disease. Conversely, a recent US study associated high egg consumption with increased cardiovascular d...

When it came to eggs, each half egg caused a 6% and 8% increased risk, respectively.

Some people have familial hypercholesterolemia, a condition that genetically predisposes them to elevated cholesterol levels. This increases your sensitivity to dietary cholesterol, which is found in eggs. In this case, it’s often recommended to limi...

For most people, in most situations, we are more similar than different. [...] there is currently insufficient evidence to support truly personalized nutrition for most people.

In this observational study, VDD was significantly associated with an increased risk of HNC, with consistency across subtypes and a dose-response gradient. However, the observational design precludes causal inference, and residual confounding cannot ...

This includes the largely observational evidence base, and with it, unmeasured confounding and determining causality (or ruling out reverse causality).