Think eating eggs raises your cholesterol? Not so, according to researchers from Thailand’s Samutsakhon General Hospital. In a study with 56 healthy adults with an average age of 35 years, eating one additional egg per day over 12 weeks actually boosted HDL (good) cholesterol levels and had no impact on LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. The authors say, "In the majority of healthy adults, an addition of one egg per day to a normal fat diet could raise HDL-c levels and decrease the ratio of [total cholesterol] to HDL-c. Therefore, egg consumption might benefit blood cholesterol."
Source: J Med Assoc Thai, 2008; 91(3): 400-7
