Eggs Were Wrongly Blamed for Decades – What Changed

For nearly 50 years, US dietary guidelines recommended strictly limiting dietary cholesterol – and eggs, being high in cholesterol, were among the main casualties of that advice.

Only in the 2015-2020 guideline cycle did the US nutrition advisory committee officially drop the explicit dietary cholesterol cap, as research showed that for most people, saturated fat affects blood cholesterol far more than cholesterol eaten directly from food.

Part of the confusion comes from the names themselves: LDL and HDL aren’t different “types” of fat, they’re lipoproteins – transport particles that carry cholesterol through the blood. The “good” or “bad” label refers to their effect on arterial plaque, not to the substance itself.

Sometimes a food needs half a century to earn its reputation back.

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