WHY WE AVOID IT:

Eggs took the hardest hit when researchers blamed cholesterol as enemy of the state for heart disease. It’s true that egg yolks have the most cholesterol of any food, with about 212mg per yolk. More recently, a study from the University of Western Ontario claimed that egg yolks were almost as bad as smoking. Clearly, your breakfast is out to murder you.

WHY WE SHOULD EAT IT:

One day we’re told that eggs are good for us; the next day they’re as bad as smoking. Let’s skip to the final verdict: eggs are healthier than ever. The cholesterol content in eggs is much lower compared to 10 years ago, mostly because hens are no longer fed bone meal.
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Regardless, the whole “cholesterol causes heart disease” hypothesis has to be thoroughly rethought. A national study found that almost 75% of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had normal cholesterol levels. The logic behind lowering bad LDL cholesterol to prevent a heart attack has prompted a multibillion industry in developing and prescribing statin drugs. However, careful analysis of the facts over the years has shown that 1) statins have not proven to help any woman of any age, 2) statins have not been proven to help anyone over the age of 65, and 3) the only group that might benefit from statins are middle-aged men who have had a previous heart attack.
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Cholesterol is so essential to life that the body is able to synthesize it on its own, regardless of how many egg yolks you eat. To illustrate, a study that involved volunteers eating two eggs a day for 12 weeks found that none had raised cholesterol. High cholesterol does not cause heart disease. Rather, inflammation and oxidation of LDL are the true bad guys. To tackle this, eat more vegetables, eat fewer industrialized vegetable oils, eat more fish, exercise (to raise HDL cholesterol) and, for crying out loud, eat your eggs whole.