Eggs are one of the food products that usually occupy an important space in the discussions of nutrition experts, as opinions vary between their benefits and side effects.
What is the appropriate amount of eggs for heart health that can be eaten per week?
In this report, published by the Spanish newspaper "El Confidencial", author Patricia Matai said that eggs have been the subject of scientific research for decades, and are sometimes referred to as a food dangerous to heart health because they cause high cholesterol;
While some consider it an important component of a healthy diet.
Nothing is more frustrating for the consumer than the uncertainty he is experiencing today after years of arguing over the food we consume on a daily basis.
Nutritional risk factors play an essential role in reducing CVD.
Among the many studies conducted over the past decades, dietary cholesterol is the focus of greatest interest due to its relationship to an increased risk of heart disease.
Some evidence suggests that the association between dietary cholesterol and risk of cardiovascular disease is not certain.
(Dietary cholesterol is what enters the body through food in eggs, butter, meat, etc., and it differs from the internal cholesterol that the body produces on its own).
4 eggs
A study dealt with the consumption of eggs and its health effects, in which experts from 6 countries participated in cooperation with the Spanish “Cypropene” Center for Biomedical Research in the Pathophysiology of Obesity and Nutrition of the Spanish University of Navarra, and was published in the “European Journal of Medical Nutrition”, and included an analysis of 39 studies with more than 1.8 million participants, and concluded that in general you can eat 4 eggs per week.
Miguel Martínez González, one of the study participants, said: “We collected all the longitudinal studies that evaluated the long-term relationship between egg consumption and the risk of vascular disease, including myocardial infarction, strokes, and mortality from cardiovascular disease and heart failure. We subjected All of this data is combined into a common statistical analysis called a meta-analysis using random-effects mathematical models, which are used to summarize and analyze the available scientific evidence.”
Another data supporting the research findings was that eating an egg per day on average was not associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, except for heart failure, and that was only in studies conducted in the United States or those involving people with diabetes.
“People with diabetes can consume up to 4 eggs per week, but no more,” explained Estefania Tolado, one of the study participants.
Toledo stressed that these results mean that most of the population can consume up to 4 eggs per week, noting that “the controversy that a study conducted in the United States can raise is due to the fact that eggs are usually accompanied by other unhealthy foods such as bacon, "Especially at breakfast. It is not clear if eggs would have the same negative effects if they were part of a healthy eating pattern like the traditional Mediterranean diet."
Dr. Martinez Gonzalez said, "It is better to indicate the total consumption per week, as it is acceptable to consume up to 7 or 8 eggs per week except for diabetic patients who should consume 4 eggs per week as a maximum."