Is eating eggs good for you?Some people believe that egg intake increases LDL (bad cholesterol), an inflammatory marker associated with heart disease and diabetes, but others emphasize that eggs are highly nutrient-dense, and scientists have been divisive over the years. Recently, an article published in the journal Nutrients provides a new perspective on young people's egg consumption.
Catherine J., Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of ConnecticutThe Andersen team conducted a more comprehensive, clinically focused study comparing the differences between "no eggs", "3 egg whites a day", and "3 eggs a day" and found that participants who ate 3 eggs a day had a significant increase in choline in their blood samples.
Choline is a nutrient in egg yolk that is thought to support brain development and memory, but its intake is associated with increased metabolites of trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), which in turn has been linked to heart disease.
Catherine J. howeverAndersen's clinical test results found that despite the increase in choline, there was no significant change in TMAO in the blood samples, which is a good sign that important nutrients are being taken in without increasing metabolites that may promote cardiovascular disease.
The team also did not find any adverse changes in inflammation, blood cholesterol, and eating whole eggs had less negative effects on markers related to diabetes risk than eating only egg whites, and overall participants had a higher nutrient density when they consumed whole eggs.
However, the study also had a contrary result, that is, about half of the female participants were taking oral contraceptives, so the team tried to study the potential difference in egg nutrition between women who took contraceptives and those who did not, and found that the proportion of total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol in the blood samples of female participants who did not take contraceptives increased greatly, and HDL cholesterol is considered a risk factor for heart disease.
Hormonal contraceptives often cause adverse metabolic changes, but the results of the study suggest that eggs appear to have a protective effect on them, and it deserves to go deeper**.
Since HDL can carry hundreds of proteins, Catherine JThe Andersen program then continued to explore the differences in the nutritional outcomes of egg intake between older and younger participants.
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