Eggs and heart health

Introduction:

Eggs consumption was related to elevated cholesterol level and recommendations was a consumption of 3 eggs or less per week and 300 mg of cholesterol intake per day. But sticking to these guidelines was difficult as one large eggs contain 210 mg of cholesterol. Research did examine that consumption of eggs alone don’t really affect cholesterol level; rather consumption of eggs with bacon, sausage and butter may increase cholesterol level.

How Agencies React to studies:

The American Heart Association did relax their recommendations of egg consumption, despite its effect on cholesterol level, eggs have many benefits on health as they are rich in protein, vitamins, essential amino acids and fatty acid.

If you have risk of heart disease, diabetes or high lipid profile you should take care of your egg consumption especially the yolk as it is rich in cholesterol. So adding it to your regimen require careful monitoring of your cholesterol level.

There are many ways to maximize the health benefits of eggs in your lipid-lowering diet, including:

Watch how you prepare your eggs. Method of preparation matters. You can consume eggs with vegetables and whole grains instead of high saturated fatty food. Replace butter with olive oil is a good choice. In addition adding flavour can be done with spicy instead of salt.

Consume eggs in moderation. Try to consume one egg daily to avoid elevated cholesterol level.

There are alternatives to consuming eggs. Using egg substitute is a good option or you may remove egg yolk for limiting eggs consumption while assuring moderate cholesterol level

Sources:

https://www.verywellhealth.com/can-you-eat-eggs-when-watching-your-cholesterol-697505?utm_campaign=livinghealthy&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=15586252&utm_term=list_gl_ot_vft-default

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323001.php