How the egg evolved from ‘bad guy’ to dietary hero

If you’re still under the influence of some outmoded – and not to mention deadly — dietary advice about eggs, it’s time to start scrambling, poaching, and frying ’em up again!

And I’m talking about real eggs… from actual chickens… not some food factory that makes a no-fat, no-cholesterol “egg product” in a carton.

Of course, good news about eggs shouldn’t come as a surprise to eAlert readers. For years, we’ve been telling you how they’re an important part of your diet that shouldn’t disappear from your kitchen due to ghastly guidance from the feds.

But now, what might be one of the largest studies done to date is again confirming how important it is to eat them every day, not just on special occasions when the party platter of deviled eggs gets passed around!

Because this research is telling us that eggs not only aren’t the cause of heart disease – they can actually prevent it!

 An omelet a day…

For decades, eggs were considered to be Public Enemy No. 1. Why, the feds and their friends at the American Heart Association wanted us to believe eggs were so dangerous that even thinking about eating one could give you a heart attack!

But look at where that advice took us: In 1961, when the AHA first issued its fat-bashing, cholesterol-fearing guidelines, 1 in 7 people in the U.S. were obese – it’s now 1 out of 3.

For diabetes, it’s even worse. At the beginning of the 1960s, 1.59 million Americans were diabetic. As of 2015, that number had shot up to more than 23 million. It’s unbelievable!

While a bevy of fake, sugary, and high-carb foods helped fuel this epidemic, there was also the little matter of all the healthy foods that got left in the dust – with the humble egg topping the list.

And although the feds have recently made an attempt to reverse themselves when it comes to cholesterol, you can’t undo 40-plus years of scaring people silly about eggs and other healthy foods by just saying “never mind!”

A just-released study out of China is now adding to the large amount of evidence proving that kicking eggs out of your diet is like writing yourself a recipe for heart disease.

This research, from the Peking University Health Science Center, involved a large number of people – over 400,000 – who were all free of heart disease at the start of the study. The researchers, both from China and the UK, followed the details of their health for nearly a decade.

And when all of that data was carefully analyzed, they found that “daily egg consumers” had a 26 percent lower risk of suffering a deadly type of stroke, called “hemorrhagic,” that is caused when blood “spills” in or around the brain.

The egg-eaters also knocked down their odds of dying from heart disease by almost 20 percent and achieved a 12 percent reduction in coronary artery disease (a.k.a. hardening of the arteries).

No surprise here, but the mainstream egg-throwers weren’t very happy with this news. Dr. David Spence, who appears to lead the pack of fake-egg enthusiasts, told Reuters how dangerous eggs are for those at risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke… and how they’re especially risky for anyone who has diabetes.

But just a couple of weeks ago, I told you how that ridiculous concept was proven wrong by a doctor in Australia who has been studying that very topic for years now.

And his conclusion was that those with type 2 who enjoy eggs every single day aren’t living life in the fast lane after all! Because in his research, eggs didn’t raise blood sugar or blood pressure or increase their risk of heart disease.

When you think about it, the fact that eggs lower your risk of stroke and heart disease makes perfect sense. Egg yolks are high in vitamins A, D, and E, and they contain large amounts of heart-friendly omega-3 fatty acids, as well as the B vitamins folate, B6, and thiamin.

Remember, however, that getting your eggs from organically raised hens is a better idea all around. They’re safer and more nutritious, with some research finding them to contain three times more omega-3, double the amount of vitamin E, and a whopping 70 percent more B12.

“Daily egg consumption may reduce cardiovascular disease” BMJ, May 21, 2018, ScienceDaily, sciencedaily.com