But this week, nutrition experts have lifted their egg
restriction. The committee is called
the Dietary
Guidelines Advisory Committee, which now says Americans no longer have to
avoid high cholesterol foods like eggs and shrimp. Why?
After a lot of research, they have found dietary cholesterol has little
impact on our blood cholesterol. At
least for most people. (Some, those
whose cholesterol levels rise after eating eggs and foods high in cholesterol,
will still need to restrict their dietary cholesterol.)
The committee stated, “Cholesterol
is not a nutrient of concern.”
And, “available evidence
shows no appreciable relationship between consumption of dietary cholesterol
and [blood] cholesterol.”
The experts have found that it isn’t eggs or shrimp that
raise our blood cholesterol but the type of fat we eat and refined carbs. The American Heart Association notes that
our blood cholesterol levels are more influenced by consumption of foods high
in saturated fat.
Based on these new guidelines, we can once again enjoy our
scrambled eggs, omelets, and fried egg sandwiches. (I fry my eggs in olive oil or Pam which are
heart healthy.)
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