Are eggs mostly good (HDL) or bad (LDL) cholesterol?

When you eat eggs, you aren't eating LDL or HDL. You are eating dietary cholesterol, saturated fat, plus a wholee host of fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E,K), omega 3 fatty acids, choline, and numerous other helpful vitamins. It is your body that produces LDL and HDL from what you eat. read more

When you eat eggs, you aren't eating LDL or HDL. You are eating dietary cholesterol, saturated fat, plus a wholee host of fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E,K), omega 3 fatty acids, choline, and numerous other helpful vitamins. It is your body that produces LDL and HDL from what you eat. read more

After 12 weeks, total and LDL (“bad”) blood cholesterol did not change in either group. Moreover, though both groups showed a range of cholesterol improvements due to the carb restriction, the egg eaters had a greater boost in HDL (“good”) cholesterol as well as increases in sizes of both HDL and LDL particles, which was attributed, at least in part, to types of fat in eggs called phospholipids. read more

Chicken eggs are high in cholesterol, but the effect of egg consumption on blood cholesterol is minimal when compared with the effect of trans fats and saturated fats. read more