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014: 2 Fun Facts About Eggs - Should you eat eggs raw or cook them? Do eggs raise your risk of cardiac disease? Lets find out…

Should you eat eggs raw or cook them? Do eggs raise your risk of cardiac disease? Lets find out…

  1. Evenepoel P, Geypens B, Luypaerts A, Hiele M, Ghoos Y, Rutgeerts P. Digestibility of cooked and raw egg protein in humans as assessed by stable isotope techniques. J Nutr. 1998 Oct;128(10):1716-22. doi: 10.1093/jn/128.10.1716. PMID: 9772141.

    Demonstrated that the digestibility of cooked eggs was 90% vs raw eggs 50%.

  2. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2016): Article Title: Dietary cholesterol provided by eggs and plasma lipoproteins in healthy populations Authors: Maria Luz Fernandez, et al. DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.122317

    This review suggests that dietary cholesterol from eggs has limited effects on plasma lipoproteins in most people.

  3. Journal of the American College of Nutrition (2017): Article Title: Effect of a high-egg diet on cardiometabolic risk factors in people with type 2 diabetes Authors: Nicholas R Fuller, et al. DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2016.1150718

    This study found that a high-egg diet did not negatively impact cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes.

  4. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2015): Article Title: Dietary cholesterol from eggs increases plasma HDL cholesterol in overweight men consuming a carbohydrate-restricted diet Authors: Maria Luz Fernandez, et al. DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.103846

    This study suggests that dietary cholesterol from eggs can increase plasma HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol.

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