Egg yolks = smoking

[Luke S]

http://www.thestar.com/living/articl...s-david-spence

So, I'm yet to read the study to point out the flaws. Regardless, I'm not buying it. Have any of you guys read it yet?

[rumblefish]

The study? No, I scanned through the article and realized that, if this is true, I died about 5 years ago. But then again I'm not 40 yet, so I guess I can eat eggs for a couple more years.

[Simma Park]

I'm 40 now. If the study is correct, I should be dead within the year. Will keep you posted.

[blandrick]

I was about to post this. Read the article, not the study itself. My guess is there's some confounding variable that was poorly controlled for, or that they're skewing the results, not mentioning another component like exercise or whatever.

[Dastardly]

My dad is in his 80's, when he was younger he ate around 5 eggs a day (most of them raw) and now he has a minimum of two, fried.

His heart health, blood pressure etc are all perfect. Which is actually strange compared to relatives and other people from the ethnic background in this country, for whom which diabetes & heart disease are EXTREMELY common, well above average.

[Ezpeasy]

The study also found that those eating three or more yolks a week had significantly more plaque area than those who ate two or fewer yolks per week.

Three a WEEK? I probably eat three a day on average...

How about everyone else?

[pigeons=protein]

So can I suicide myself by eating more eggs?

[Simma Park]

Three a WEEK? I probably eat three a day on average...

How about everyone else?

I eat anywhere from 3 to 6 eggs a day. I'm doomed for sure.

[kinski]

What is the actual point of these hackneyed, "yahoo! news" level "lifestyle" articles? Why would any halfway reputable publication waste breath on something so trivial? Is anyone going to consciously decide to stop eating eggs based on 6 half assed paragraphs that say absolutely nothing?

[Corrie]

What is the actual point of these hackneyed, "yahoo! news" level "lifestyle" articles? Why would any halfway reputable publication waste breath on something so trivial? Is anyone going to consciously decide to stop eating eggs based on 6 half assed paragraphs that say absolutely nothing?

Yes. There are people out there who will read the headline and it will either reinforce what they already believe or they will take it at face value and start going around spouting that the newest research says blah blah blah.

I work with a girl who tends to bring up all of these headlines. She'll say "hey did you hear they say now that egg yolks are bad for you?" Then I'll say that I was familiar with the article she was talking about and I will point out the flaws in the study. She'll then just kind of slough it off and make some logical backflips as to why it is true.

At that point I just smile and nod and go back to working.