Can Eggs Fit Into A Heart- Healthy Diet or Not?
A lot of people bristle at the idea of eating eggs as a quick meal,” says Janine Clifford-Murphy, a Boston-area dietitian. “For instance, a woman might tell me she hasn’t touched an egg in 20 years, that she stopped using eggs when her husband was informed he had high cholesterol in, say, 1982. But she continues the ban even though she was widowed several years ago and has never had high blood cholesterol herself.” The attitude of people like Ms. Clifford-Murphy’s patient is similar to the attitude of many whose health consciousness came of age in the 70’s and 80’s. The message getting out there was not so much to limit saturated fat (and certainly not to limit trans fatty acids) but to cut down on cholesterol. And the egg, the single greatest source of cholesterol in the American diet, was the most logical target. The message getting out there was not so much to limit saturated fat (and certainly not to limit trans fatty acids) but to cut down on cholesterol. And the egg, the single g
