NO YOLK: EATING THE WHOLE
EGG AS DANGEROUS AS SMOKING
http://kplr11.com (CNN)
- A new study suggests eating egg yolks can accelerate
heart disease almost as much as smoking. The study published online in
the journal Atherosclerosis found eating egg yolks regularly increases
plaque buildup about two-thirds as much as smoking does. Specifically,
patients who ate three or more yolks a week showed significantly more
plaque than those who ate two or less yolks per week. It may seem harsh
to compare smoking with eating egg yolks, but lead study author Dr.
David Spence says researchers needed a way to put it into perspective
since both eating cholesterol and smoking increase cardiovascular risks –
but the general public believes smoking is far worse for your health.
The
issue is with the yolk, not the egg, says Spence, who is also a
professor of neurology at the University of Western Ontario’s Schulich
School of Medicine & Dentistry. “One jumbo chicken egg yolk has
about 237 milligrams of cholesterol.” Keeping a diet low in cholesterol
is key, says Spence. Even if you are young and healthy, eating egg yolks
can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases later.
“Just
because you are 20 doesn’t mean egg yolks aren’t going to cause any
trouble down the line,” Dr. Spence says. For those patients with
increased coronary risk, such as diabetics, eating an egg yolk a day can
increase coronary risk by two to five-fold, he adds. Atherosclerosis,
also called coronary artery disease, occurs when plaque builds up in the
blood vessels leading to the heart, specifically the inner arterial
wall, and limits the amount of blood that can pass through. Using data
from more than 1200 people in London, it appeared those who ate three or
more egg yolks a week had significantly more plaque in their arteries
than those who ate less.
The study confirms
what doctors already know about eating cholesterol and cardiovascular
disease, says Dr, Gordon Tomaselli, chief of cardiology at John Hopkins
University School of Medicine and the former president of the American
Heart Association. “Cholesterol intake should be limited to 300
milligrams a day, particularly in people who have underlying heart
disease,” he says.
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Eggs
are typically considered a ‘superfood,’ full of protein, vitamins and
fatty acids. However, a new study suggests the cholesterol in egg yolks
is almost as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. Researchers found that
eating egg yolks regularly increased the thickness of arterial plaque
approximately two-thirds as much as smoking would. This warns that for
those over 40, the number of egg yolks consumed per week accelerates the
thickening of arteries almost as severely as does cigarette smoking. In
addition, eggs are products of cruel unnecessary violence on the poor
hens performed daily in factory farms.
WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?
Spoon
Revolutionaries reject all that is harmful to our health and the health
of the planet in general ... We have the right to know what we eat,
where it comes from, who produces it and what consequences it brings. We
have to know and can choose what suits us. If our diet makes others
suffer needlessly we are committed to change it and make more people
aware of it. The Truly Revolution begins at your plate.. A member of the
Spoon Revolution is a 100% vegetarian and he or she does not take the
lives of any animals including birds and fish and even does not eat eggs
that are the product of the most terrible concentration camps that
exist in the world for hens . All that is on your plate should represent
the ideals of the Spoon Revolution, and in that way you will be a True
Revolutionary, otherwise you will be a hypocrite. It is impossible to
consider a person who feels responsible for the environment and is still
eating corpses.
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