Eggs and Cholesterol

On March 31, 2024, Easter was celebrated according to the Catholic Christian rite. The Orthodox Christian tradition will celebrate it on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

As everyone knows, the egg is one of the quintessential Easter symbols, which in European pagan cultures represented the return of spring and was associated with rebirth and regeneration as a symbol of new life.

Catholicism reinterpreted these traditions in the perspective of the risen Christ, as the egg resembles a lifeless stone, like the stone tomb in which Jesus was buried, but from which new life emerges from what seemed to be dead. The egg thus becomes a symbol of resurrection.

After this premise, it is a common belief that eggs, from a nutritional perspective, raise cholesterol levels and should therefore be avoided by people at risk of cardiovascular diseases.

It seems that this is one of many dietary myths. In fact, a recent study by the American research institute "Duke Clinical Research Institute" in Durham, North Carolina, evaluated the effects of a diet with 12 or more eggs per week compared to a diet without eggs on both good and bad cholesterol levels, as well as other key indicators of cardiovascular health.

The study was called Prosperity! The result showed that cholesterol levels were similar between those who consumed eggs and those who did not!

For more information click here on the ANSA website where the news is reported.