Egg Consumption Associated With Increased Mortality, Diabetes Risk
Men who ate one or more eggs daily were nearly 25% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than men who ate one or fewer eggs weekly, according to newly released results from a study of more than 21,000 American physicians. The results were gleaned from a 20-year study of male doctors’ health and dietary habits. Eggs are a rich source of cholesterol; a large egg contains about 212 mg of cholesterol.
The study also concluded that diabetic subjects who consumed the greatest number of eggs per week were twice as likely to die of cardiovascular disease as diabetic subjects who consumed the fewest eggs. A related report concluded that daily egg consumption significantly increases a person’s risk of becoming diabetic.
Interestingly, the last definitive study to address the subject of eggs and heart disease, published nearly a decade ago, failed to find a significant link between egg consumption and cardiovascular disease. But even that study identified an increased risk of coronary heart disease among egg-eating diabetics.
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