Egg Consumption Does Not Impair Endothelial Function
By Anthony J. Brown, MD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 25 - In healthy adults, consuming two eggs
daily for 6 weeks does not have an adverse effect on endothelial
function -- an aggregate measure of cardiac risk -- nor does it increase
cholesterol levels, researchers report in the March 10th issue of the
International Journal of Cardiology. This suggests that egg consumption
may not be as harmful for the heart as many people contend.

Because of the cholesterol content of eggs, limiting their consumption
is generally recommended as a way to reduce cardiac risk, say the
investigators. However, emerging evidence suggests that dietary
cholesterol has a much smaller effect on this risk than does saturated
fat.
[...]
During the study period, FMD was stable in both groups and did not
differ significantly between them. Egg intake did not cause an increase
in either total or LDL cholesterol levels. By contrast, oat consumption
significantly lowered levels of both.
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Thomas