Eating Egg Yolks Nearly as Bad for Heart as Smoking | Ecorazzi

Eeewww.

“The mantra ‘eggs can be part of a healthy diet for healthy people’ has confused the issue,” says Dr. David Spence, a professor of neurology at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry in London , Ont. “What we have shown is that with aging, plaque builds up gradually in the arteries, and egg yolks make it build up faster — about two-thirds as much as smoking. In the long haul, egg yolks are not OK for most people.”

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