eggs per month—far beyond the old recommendations that people limit themselves to a few eggs per week.
When she went in for her routine checkup, she prepared herself for a lecture about her eating habits.
The Shocking Blood Test Result
The doctor looked at her cholesterol panel and was genuinely surprised.
Her LDL (“bad”) cholesterol—the one we’re always told to worry about—had actually decreased. Her HDL (“good”) cholesterol had increased. Her triglycerides were in a healthy range. Overall, her blood work had improved, not worsened, despite eating eggs every single day.
This aligns with what a growing body of research has been showing over the past decade: dietary cholesterol is not the villain we were told it was.
Why the Science Has Shifted
For decades, eggs were demonized because their yolks are high in cholesterol. But the cholesterol you eat has a much smaller impact on the cholesterol in your
