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It's preposterous to think that a study can determine that a single food, in this case eggs, makes you live longer or shorter. There is no way you can control for the tens of thousands of variables that occur during a persons life to determine that eating two eggs a day killed them earlier than if they didn't eat eggs. There's genetics, the myriad of other foods in one's diet, degree and type of exercise, environmental factors like exposure to the thousands upon thousands of chemicals out there, the water you drink, and on and on. Ridiculous.
I think it's important to note that this article is from a Vegan website, and they're answering a question that vegans and vegetarians ask.
Anyone who has heart disease is already aware that they need to be mindful of, and make changes to their diets to avoid heart attacks. You know you should limit animal fats. You know you should watch your cholesterol.
IMO, it's not that eggs are SOOO bad, in and of themselves. At least, not anymore than all the other animal fats we consume. And many of us consume a LOT of animal fat.
1) "Eggs are high in cholesterol" but the real "problem is eating saturated fat from animal products including eggs, dairy, meat and poultry."
2) "Eating eggs increases your risk of early death, according to a new study."
3) "High levels of egg consumption can cause an increased risk of type 2 diabetes."
4) "Eating an egg a day can kill you, according to this study on heart failure."
5) "The calories in eggs are mostly from fat. Eggs have zero fiber."
6) "Chickens are one of the most abused farm animals on the planet."
My opinion: Of course there can always be exceptions such as someone eating two eggs every morning and living to the ripe old age of 95 or more. But we have no way of knowing if we will be that person or if we will be the one who lives a shorter life. It's all about risk.
I don't know about all the bad health implications of eating eggs. The studies seem to contradict each other. But for me, #6 is the reason I buy local yard eggs when they are available, or humane certified free range eggs when they are not. Takes us about a month to go through a dozen, so it's very affordable.
1) "Eggs are high in cholesterol" but the real "problem is eating saturated fat from animal products including eggs, dairy, meat and poultry."
2) "Eating eggs increases your risk of early death, according to a new study."
3) "High levels of egg consumption can cause an increased risk of type 2 diabetes."
4) "Eating an egg a day can kill you, according to this study on heart failure."
5) "The calories in eggs are mostly from fat. Eggs have zero fiber."
6) "Chickens are one of the most abused farm animals on the planet."
My opinion: Of course there can always be exceptions such as someone eating two eggs every morning and living to the ripe old age of 95 or more. But we have no way of knowing if we will be that person or if we will be the one who lives a shorter life. It's all about risk.
yet Warren Buffet gets a $3 egg mcmuffin and drinks coke every day at Mcdonalds..........guy is worth 86 billion and is 91 yrs old
Anyone who has heart disease is already aware that they need to be mindful of, and make changes to their diets to avoid heart attacks. You know you should limit animal fats. You know you should watch your cholesterol.
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Not everyone. I have always been a big dairy eater, whole milk, butter, cheese, eggs. Enjoyed all sort of animal fats and sweets as well. Had been a heavy, then a moderate drinker for more than 50 years.
5-1/2 years ago at the age of 69 I was hospitalized with persistent permanent afib and congestive heart failure. I was also diagnosed with lymphoma, treated with chemo, then diagnosed with leukemia a few months later.
A side effect of the leukemia is a swollen spleen that makes me feel full all the time, I am almost never hungry and don't have an appetite. After being diagnosed I lost 30 lbs. in a few months and realized to stabilize my weight I had to eat all the things that were fattening, that I had previously avoided when I was worried about gaining weight. So to maintain my weight I eat lots of cheese, butter, sour cream, half and half, sweets, tasty fatty meat like lamb chops and pork chops and hamburgers with cheese. I've been doing this for the past 5 years. My weight stabilized at 180lbs. (I"m 6' 1-1/2").
A side effect of my leukemia is my cholesterol dropped more than 100 points from 205 to 97. I've been on heart meds these 5-1/2 years and my ejection fraction raised over that period from 25% to 45% (almost 50% which would be normal). I can't take blood thinners because of two previous internal bleeding incidents of my prostate where I need 8 pints of blood one time, and 6 pints the second time, so I am supposed to be at 5x normal risk for a stroke. My leukemia has a median life span of about 24-30 months so I've beaten those odds as well a couple of years ago. But I'm 75 and still around, maybe because I walked a couple of miles a day at a normal pace for decades. Maybe because before being hospitalized I had been a drinker for 50 years.
My father died of a massive heart attack at 64 and he was meticulous about avoiding dairy and fat. He had been bicycling the day before. There wasn't an ounce of fat on him. He lived longer than his 3 brothers who all died of heart disease. My Mom lived to 85, loved junk food and sweets. She also was trim, but never exercised. My father in law lived to 91, ate and drank whatever he wanted to, was 100 lbs. overweight and never exercised in his life. I personally believe it's all in the genes.
My Great Aunt ate 3 eggs EVERY DAY for breakfast and it ended her life prematurely. Poor old girl only lived to be 95 years old!
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