Cholesterol Smack Down

YES!  Finally, I have a come-back for all those people at work who harp on me about how I'm going to die because I eat an egg a day, and how my fatty chickens with their beautiful orange yolk eggs are probably producing massively cholesterol-filled eggs.

So I'm reading this book now -- "The Great Cholesterol Myth".  It's fascinating.  Anyway, I finally read the section that explains that this isn't the case.



Here is a quote from the book, that we can all paraphrase:

"The cholesterol you eat has a minimal effect on your blood levels of cholesterol, which is why the admonition to eat less of it and the prominent listing of cholesterol on food nutrition labels are not as significant as we are led to believe they are. If you eat less cholesterol, your liver will simply take up the slack and make more. If you eat more of it, the liver makes less. It is primarily, overwhelmingly made in the liver, though small amounts are made in other locations. For all intents and purposes, “manufacturing central” is the liver, and this is what responds to the “eat more/ make less, eat less/ make more” seesaw. The Framingham Heart Study found that there was virtually no difference in the amount of cholesterol consumed on a daily basis by those who went on to develop cardiovascular disease and those who did not. Egg-white omelet eaters, take note!"

Sinatra, Stephen; Bowden, Jonny (2012-10-15). The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-and the Statin-Free Plan That Will (Kindle Locations 811-817). Creative Publishing International. Kindle Edition.

YES!  YES!  YES!

For all you chicken lovers out there who have friends who harp on them about egg cholesterol....  give 'em the cholesterol SMACK DOWN!