Eggs -- once good for you, then bad, then good again, now bad

Here's Ryan W. Miller at USA Today, Eggs linked to higher risk of heart disease and early death, study says:

Are eggs good for you? The long-standing dairy discussion may have more answers, and it looks like bad news for egg lovers.

A new study suggests people with a higher consumption of eggs or cholesterol may be at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease and early death.

And here's Marla Paul at Eating Eggs and Cholesterol Linked to Heart Disease and Death Risk:

The new study looked at pooled data on 29,615 U.S. racially and ethnically diverse adults from six prospective cohort studies for up to 31 years of follow up and found:

-Eating 300 mg of dietary cholesterol per day was associated with 17 percent higher risk of incident cardiovascular disease and 18 percent higher risk of all-cause deaths. The cholesterol was the driving factor independent of saturated fat consumption and other dietary fat.
-Eating three to four eggs per week was associated with 6 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease and 8 percent higher risk of any cause of death.

It's the yolks that contain the cholesterol. So it may still be safe to eat milk carton egg whites. Oh, and hold the bacon.

P.S. Here a link to the abstract of the JAMA article they're relying on.

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3:10 PM 3/17/2019