In Defense of Eggs

I’m sure you have been told that eggs high cholesterol content will cause heart disease… My question is “How true is this?” An egg has about 187 mg of cholesterol in it, but is it a risk factor for heart disease? Let’s talk about where cholesterol comes from… 85 percent of the cholesterol is secreted by the liver, and 15 percent of cholesterol can be retrieved by the diet. Cholesterol is actually a precursor for secreting vitamin D (hormone D), bile, acids for food breakdown, and acts as a nourishing agent for the myelin sheath and the rest of the …read more