bird egg; chicken egg; eggs

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Adverse effects

egg consumption is not associated with coronary heart disease or stroke^[1]^[3]
- exception of excess coronary heart disease risk in patients with diabetes mellitus^[1]
frequent egg consumption or high dietary cholesterol is associated with increased cardiovascular risk & mortality^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rong Y et al. Egg consumption and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: Dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. BMJ 2013 Jan 7; 346:e8539 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2329518 <Internet> http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.e8539
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Zhong VW, Van Horn L, Cornelis MC et al Associations of Dietary Cholesterol or Egg Consumption With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality. JAMA. 2019;321(11):1081-1095 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30874756 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2728487
Eckel RH Reconsidering the Importance of the Association of Egg Consumption and Dietary Cholesterol With Cardiovascular Disease Risk. JAMA. 2019;321(11):1055-1056. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30874737 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2728465
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Drouin-Chartier JP et al Egg consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease: three large prospective US cohort studies, systematic review, and updated meta-analysis. BMJ 2020;368:m513 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32132002 Free Article https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m513
Odegaard AO. Egg consumption and cardiovascular disease. BMJ 2020;368:m744 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32131997 https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m744