So, in the last post, I referenced the Mayo Clinic article on eggs and cholesterol. It said that in the study they ate 7 eggs/day without it affecting their cholesterol. A couple of you caught that because it seemed like a ton of eggs! The recommendation used to be 3 eggs a WEEK. After hunting around, all I can pretty much find is that the recommended intake of cholesterol shouldn't exceed 300 milligrams/day (we don't actually need any, so you can have as little as you like . . . ) and that eggs contain about 213 mg/egg yolk. So one egg a day is going to pretty much use 2/3 or more of the recommended amount. So even if the study found there weren't harmful affects from eating 7 a day, I think the basic recommendation would be 1 per day (although I never did find it in no uncertain terms and didn't access the original article about the study).
Very interesting! (I know I was one of those who questioned the initial egg information). Here in Alberta, we recommend no more than 2 yolks per week although we say people can have more whites. I often get asked why and now I know how much cholesterol a yolk has in it so that will definitely help me out!!
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