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Eggs and dietary cholesterol – dispelling the myth
Author(s) -
Gray J.,
Griffin B.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
nutrition bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1467-3010
pISSN - 1471-9827
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2008.01735.x
Subject(s) - dietary cholesterol , cholesterol , blood cholesterol , ldl cholesterol , cholesterol lowering , food science , medicine , environmental health , endocrinology , biology
Summary Dietary cholesterol in foods such as eggs has only a small and clinically insignificant effect on blood cholesterol, especially when compared with the much greater effects of dietary saturated fatty acids on blood cholesterol. These facts are now well established and, as a consequence, recommendations from major food and health bodies concerning dietary cholesterol have been relaxed in the UK and elsewhere in recent years. However, in the minds of the public, cholesterol in the diet, specifically from eggs, continues to be viewed with suspicion and that view is still reflected in the advice of some professionals.