Whose Health Unaffected by Eggs?

Michael Greger M.D. FACLM · January 13, 2010 · Volume 3

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A leading stroke expert ruffles a few feathers.

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What’s the latest on eggs? Well, the fallout from the Harvard Physicians’ study continues—which, as I covered last year, showed that eating just a single egg a day, or more, significantly shortens one’s lifespan.

“More egg on [the medical profession’s] face?”, this editorial read in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Better [egg on our face] than having it go down [our] gullet.”

Dr. David Spence is Director of the Stroke Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research Center in Ontario—one of the world’s leading stroke experts. He ruffled a few feathers this year when he said that based on the latest research, you can eat all the eggs you want—if you’re dying from a terminal illness. Then, it doesn’t matter.

Now the egg industry’s nutritionist disagreed—to which Dr. Spence replied, “Who would you want to believe—the dietician who works for the Egg Farmers of Canada or a doctor who has spent 30 years trying to prevent strokes? I don’t have any interest in this at all, but they certainly do. They are selling eggs; I am selling stroke prevention.”

Since the Harvard Physicians’ Study results were published, egg consumption has also been linked to heart failure, along with dairy, as well as diabetes in both men and women. A single egg a day, or more.

To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by veganmontreal.

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Image thanks to Molly DG via Flickr.

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What’s the latest on eggs? Well, the fallout from the Harvard Physicians’ study continues—which, as I covered last year, showed that eating just a single egg a day, or more, significantly shortens one’s lifespan.

“More egg on [the medical profession’s] face?”, this editorial read in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Better [egg on our face] than having it go down [our] gullet.”

Dr. David Spence is Director of the Stroke Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research Center in Ontario—one of the world’s leading stroke experts. He ruffled a few feathers this year when he said that based on the latest research, you can eat all the eggs you want—if you’re dying from a terminal illness. Then, it doesn’t matter.

Now the egg industry’s nutritionist disagreed—to which Dr. Spence replied, “Who would you want to believe—the dietician who works for the Egg Farmers of Canada or a doctor who has spent 30 years trying to prevent strokes? I don’t have any interest in this at all, but they certainly do. They are selling eggs; I am selling stroke prevention.”

Since the Harvard Physicians’ Study results were published, egg consumption has also been linked to heart failure, along with dairy, as well as diabetes in both men and women. A single egg a day, or more.

To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by veganmontreal.

Please consider volunteering to help out on the site.

Image thanks to Molly DG via Flickr.

Doctor's Note

For more videos on the health risks associated with egg consumption:
Eggs and Cholesterol: Patently False and Misleading Claims
Who Says Eggs Aren’t Healthy or Safe?
Debunking Egg Industry Myths
Eggs and Arterial Function
How the Egg Board Designs Misleading Studies
Eggs vs. Cigarettes in Atherosclerosis
Eggs and Choline: Something Fishy
Eggs, Choline, and Cancer
Carnitine, Choline, Cancer, and Cholesterol: The TMAO Connection
Eggs and Diabetes
Total Recall
When Low Risk Means High Risk

And check out my other videos on eggs.

Also, be sure to check out my associated blog posts for more context: Bad Egg; Eating To Extend Our Lifespan; and Stool Size and Breast Cancer Risk.

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