Eating one egg per day may help lower risk of heart disease, study suggests
FILE IMAGE - Eggs in a carton sit on a kitchen counter in Lafayette, California, in a file image dated Jan. 15, 2021. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Eating up to one egg per day may help lower the risk of developing heart disease, according to a new study.
The study, published last week in the peer-reviewed journal eLife, found that moderate egg consumption can increase the amount of heart-healthy metabolites in the blood — which may partially explain the protective effect of moderate egg consumption on cardiovascular disease, according to the researchers.
Eggs are loaded with a variety of nutrients, while also containing a high level of dietary cholesterol — leading to conflicting evidence and confusion as to whether eggs are, in fact, healthy.
A 2018 study published in the journal Heart found that those who ate about one egg per day had a substantially lower risk of heart disease and stroke, compared to those who ate eggs less frequently.
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