Eating egg yolks is as ‘bad as smoking’ in speeding up coronary heart disease
There was a time when we didn’t have to worry about what we eat, how much we eat or what would it do to our health.
The things we grow up to eat and love (same things that we were taught to be healthy) are now threatening our health.
How many parents have spent hours on that kitchen table trying to make your child eat an egg?
Of course it is still mandatory for kids to eat eggs for a healthy nutrition but what we teach them to love may hurt them in the long run.
A new study suggests eating egg yolks can accelerate heart disease almost as much as smoking.
The study published online in the journal Atherosclerosis found eating egg yolks regularly increases plaque buildup about two-thirds as much as smoking does. Specifically, patients who ate three or more yolks a week showed significantly more plaque than those who ate two or less yolks per week.
It may seem harsh to compare smoking with eating egg yolks, but lead study author Dr. David Spence says researchers needed a way to put it into perspective since both eating cholesterol and smoking increase cardiovascular risks – but the general public believes smoking is far worse for your health.
The issue is with the yolk, not the egg, says Spence, who is also a professor of neurology at the University of Western Ontario’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. “One jumbo chicken egg yolk has about 237 milligrams of cholesterol.”
