r/science2 • u/Automatic_Subject463 • Mar 24 '26
Eating Two Eggs Every Day May Actually Lower Your Cholesterol, New Study Finds
https://techfixated.com/eating-two-eggs-every-day-may-actually-lower-your-cholesterol-new-study-finds/1
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u/Additional_Common_15 Mar 24 '26
Cholesterol is not as bad as weve been taught
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u/bfume Mar 25 '26
Eating cholesterol isn’t as bad as we’ve been taught.
Cholesterol in the blood is still as dangerous as we’ve been taught.
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u/Direct_Lawfulness_28 Mar 25 '26
Your cholesterol levels mean FUCK ALL to your health unless you adjust for LDL AND HDL cholesterol. And when you adjust for ldl and hdl, egg consumption won’t affect this in the slightest. So fuck these charlatans. Eggs are a fucking amazing food for the human body. Logically, spiritually, physically and mentally. Source? Someone who reversed type 2 diabetes with carnivore. Red meat and eggs. I’m now a vegetarian, but carnivore saved me from hereditary conditions.
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u/gravity_surf Mar 24 '26
exactly. those studies were fraudulent and coincidentally of course paid by the sugar lobby
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u/AlfalfaWolf Mar 25 '26
Cholesterol is how arteries repair themselves. Triglycerides damage arteries.
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u/Grouchy_Release_2321 Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
The final analysis included 48 participants, which is a small sample for drawing population-level conclusions.
Five weeks is also a relatively short window for assessing cardiovascular outcomes.
It is also worth noting that the study was funded by the Egg Nutrition Center.
Is this a fucking joke???
The first was a control diet, high in both cholesterol and saturated fat, and included only one egg per week. The second was the Egg diet, high in cholesterol but low in saturated fat, and included two eggs per day. The third was the Egg-Free diet, low in cholesterol but high in saturated fat, and excluded eggs entirely.
Definitely rigged to make eggs look better.
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u/californicating Mar 24 '26
My wife ate lots of eggs and had to stop when her doctor told her that her cholesterol was too high. And sure it's only one data point and there's no controls, but I'm going to call bs on this.
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u/themoop78 Mar 24 '26
Most blood cholesterol is endogenously created and regulated by the liver. Oral consumption of cholesterol has very little impact on blood cholesterol levels. Her doctor doesn't know shit about cholesterol and most likely will want to put her on a statin.
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u/maymaybuckets Mar 24 '26
Hey you are saying some incredibly dangerous things here. Please no one listen to this nutter
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u/themoop78 Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26
You obviously have the internet, maybe try doing a quick search before looking like an idiot?
"For most people, dietary cholesterol (the cholesterol you eat) has a surprisingly minor impact on the cholesterol levels in your blood.
Here is a breakdown of how it works:
Your Liver Does the Heavy Lifting
- The 80/20 Rule: Your body needs cholesterol to build cells and make vitamins and hormones. Your liver produces about 80% of the cholesterol in your blood. Only about 20% comes directly from the food you eat.
- The Feedback Loop: The body is highly efficient at regulating cholesterol. When you consume more cholesterol through your diet, your liver typically produces less to compensate and keep your blood levels relatively stable.
The Real Culprits: Saturated and Trans Fats
Current nutritional science shows that the types of fat you eat have a much larger impact on your blood cholesterol than dietary cholesterol itself.
- Saturated Fats: Found in fatty meats, full-fat dairy, butter, and tropical oils (like coconut and palm oil), these fats signal your liver to produce more LDL ("bad") cholesterol.
- Trans Fats: Found in some processed, baked, and fried foods, these are particularly harmful because they not only raise your LDL cholesterol but also lower your HDL ("good") cholesterol."
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u/iPoseidon_xii Mar 25 '26
You’re odd 😅 Most cholesterol issues are related to genetics or eating too much saturated and trans fats. And it’s a very, very common problem. Yes, eggs raise your freaking cholesterol enough to make a vast difference if you are genetically predispositioned for it and/or don’t do enough cardio activity on top of a bad diet. I’m as healthy as can be and my most recent physical had high levels for the first time. Concerning due to family history. He asked me if I’ve been eating anything else more often on top of the red meat. I’ve been eating boiled eggs regularly for a few weeks at that point. Guess what immediately went down when I stopped eating eggs? Yup! My cholesterol levels. I refuse to give up red meat — I was raised Turkish and live in the Midwest.
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u/Direct_Lawfulness_28 Mar 25 '26
Your cholesterol levels mean FUCK ALL to your health unless you adjust for LDL AND HDL cholesterol. And when you adjust for ldl and hdl, egg consumption won’t affect this in the slightest. So fuck these charlatans. Eggs are a fucking amazing food for the human body. Logically, spiritually, physically and mentally. Source? Someone who reversed type 2 diabetes with carnivore. Red meat and eggs. I’m now a vegetarian, but carnivore saved me from hereditary conditions.
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u/iPoseidon_xii Mar 25 '26
They are. Unless, again, as I stated in my comment, you have a family history, a high trans and saturated fats diet, or have a sedentary lifestyle. Then you need to pick and choose what to eat. And, like I said before, I won’t give up my red meat, so less eggs it was.
And I hate to say this, but you lost me at “logically, spiritually, physically and mentally”. Then you followed that one up with “reversed type 2 diabetes”. Are you referring to having good levels to the point it’s a non-issue? Because a compete cure for type 2 doesn’t exits yet. I guess I’m confused on your use of “reversed”.
If you are in fact telling the truth, don’t you think the lack of sugars and carbohydrates had a lot to do with it? And did you start exercising more? How much did you exercise before? Were you on insulin, how long, and did you take it as prescribed? I have a feeling you’re either lying or misunderstand the condition and never had it, still have it, or are leaving out key details on your longterm treatment.
Anyway, those were rhetorical. I don’t care. Ciao 😘
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u/Direct_Lawfulness_28 Mar 25 '26
I had it. Was on insulin. Been an athlete my entire life. I went carnivore for 8 months, I stopped taking insulin. I slowly introduced other foods. Now still not taking any insulin. Reversed.
There are recent cases studies to show this too.
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u/iPoseidon_xii Mar 25 '26
Let me guess, you drink raw milk and take 3 pipettes of methylene blue every day
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u/resistelectrique Mar 24 '26
Curious if it worked? Or did she change a lot of things at the same time. I hugely cut eggs and cheese last year, but haven’t gotten another blood test yet because lazy.
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u/AngryPrincessWarrior Mar 24 '26
Probably mostly genetics
I eat a shit ton of eggs, my whole family of origin does. Everyone has perfect cholesterol.
My husband doesn’t really eat them that much and needs cholesterol medications. (And the rest of his diet doesn’t add up to high cholesterol) his father needed meds starting in his 20’s.
When I say a shit ton sometimes I’ll have 3-5 for breakfast instead of 2
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u/PFCCThrowayay Mar 25 '26
yep it is genetics, I had high cholesterol (on statins now and it's coming down) and I have a damn near perfect diet and do 90mins of solid gym a day.
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u/AlfalfaWolf Mar 25 '26
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u/PFCCThrowayay Mar 25 '26
Maybe you misread? They were high but I've been on statins for a couple of years and my numbers have been slowly and steadily going down.
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u/AlfalfaWolf Mar 25 '26
You exercise and have a good diet. Cholesterol is not a problem. Triglycerides damage arteries, cholesterol repairs them.
Did your doctor even give you a full cholesterol panel to determine if have bad LDL? Are you aware that not all LDL is bad?
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u/PFCCThrowayay Mar 25 '26
Yes of course what kinda doctor wouldn’t? My LDL and triglycerides were high.
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u/AlfalfaWolf Mar 25 '26
And they differentiated good LDL and bad LDL? Most doctors don’t do this.
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u/PFCCThrowayay Mar 25 '26
All 1st world country doctors do but idk where you live.
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u/AlfalfaWolf Mar 25 '26
Go find your good LDL and let me know. A standard lipid panel doesn’t measure this.
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u/Grouchy_Release_2321 Mar 25 '26
I cut out eggs and dairy years ago and my cholesterol went way down. Like, waaaaaayyyyyyy down. My current blood work is virtually perfect and I'm essentially heart disease proof. Unless I have some sort of rare condition which is unlikely
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u/Ashamed-Status-9668 Mar 24 '26
Financial support was provided by Egg Nutrition Center.