Put down the eggs, guys!
Categories: Healthy Habits, Diet & Weight Loss, Celebs & Entertainment, Nutrition & Supplements, Men's Health
Put down the eggs, men! Well, not all of them. For some of you, anyway.Middle-aged men who ate seven or more eggs per week had a higher risk of earlier death, say U.S. researchers reporting on the 20-year-long Physicians' Health Study. And men with diabetes who ate any eggs at all raised their risk of death.
Eggs have long been controversial -- and this research adds to a growing body of evidence about the safety of the possibly-forbidden food. Here are some initial conclusions:
- Men without diabetes could eat up to six eggs a week with no extra risk of death.
- Consumption of seven or more eggs a week was associated with a 23 percent greater risk of death.
- Among males with diabetes, any egg consumption was linked with overall mortality and a greater risk of heart attack and stroke.
- Men who ate the most eggs were older, fatter, ate more vegetables and less breakfast cereal, and were more likely to drink alcohol, smoke, and refrain from exercise -- all heart attack risk factors.
- More study in the general population is necessary.
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