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'Eggs got an undeserved bad name because we used to be told that the cholesterol in the yolks would raise blood cholesterol levels,' says Anna Denny, nutrition scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation. 'However, that is now known not to be the case. Blood cholesterol levels are raised by a diet high in the saturated fats often found in pastry, processed meats, biscuits and cakes; the cholesterol in other food, including that in eggs, is not to blame.' Even a nine-egg-a- day habit is unlikely to cause significant cholesterol provided the rest of the diet is balanced, low fat and healthy, says Denny. Two years ago, Dr Bruce Griffin, an expert in egg research at the centre for nutrition and food safety at the University of Surrey, analysed 30 egg studies carried out over 30 years.
He found eggs 'have no clinically significant impact' on heart disease or cholesterol levels. Meanwhile, a study from Harvard University showed that people eating one or more eggs a day were at no more risk of cardiovascular disease than non-egg eaters. In fact, in his most recent study, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition this summer, Dr Griffin showed that two eggs a day might help people cut cholesterol levels, not raise them. He gave overweight, but otherwise healthy volunteers, two eggs a day for 12 weeks; they also followed a reduced calorie diet prescribed by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). A control group followed the same BHF diet but cut out eggs altogether. Both groups experienced a drop in the average level of blood cholesterol and also lost between 7-9lb in weight.
'Eggs make a nutritional contribution to a healthy, calorie-restricted diet,' says Griffin. 'We've shown that when two eggs a day are eaten by people actively losing weight on a calorie-restricted diet, blood cholesterol and weight can be reduced.'
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