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BMJ 2018; 361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2243 (Published 24 May 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;361:k2243- Zosia Kmietowicz
- BMJ
I hear eggs are back on the menu?
A large prospective cohort study published in the journal Heart has found that people who eat about five eggs a week are less likely to have a stroke and other cardiac events than those who eat no eggs.1 The effect was especially noticeable for haemorrhagic stroke.
But I thought eggs were bad for cholesterol?
Eggs are a major source of dietary cholesterol, but their overall contribution to cardiovascular risk is very small. The Heart authors said that eggs may enhance high density lipoprotein function …
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