A new study done on men and their consumption of eggs has been raising awareness about the amount of eggs that men should consume in a week’s time. If men consume more than six eggs a week, they are at a higher risk from dying of many different causes, but the risk seems to raise on every level because of egg consumption.
Those who are diabetic face a higher risk of death, according to the study. The study used only men and out of the 21,000 men who participated in the study, 23% saw a higher risk of developing a life threatening disease according the amount of eggs that they consumed within one week. All of the men studied ranged in age from 40 to 86. Over the length of about 20 years, the men completed a yearly questionnaire that asked about their daily egg consumption. It also questioned their
Cholesterol level, alcohol and smoking habits, and their
Diabetes status.
Those who consumed only one egg a week found that their risk for disease was relatively low. The consumption of eggs was not linked to raising the risk of
Heart attack or
Stroke, but is linked to risk of death from all causes, nearly doubling the statistic in men who consumed seven or more eggs a week. This was even more serious in those patients who had diabetes. Their risk of death from consuming a lot of eggs in a week was much higher than those who did not eat as many eggs.
The reason that the risks may be higher is because of the cholesterol in a single egg: nearly 200mg per egg. This is almost 75% of the daily limit to consume for those who are at risk for heart disease. Eggs are beneficial for the body as well, containing things like B vitamins, minerals, protein, and folate. The study finds that men who have diabetes may convert dietary cholesterol into the blood cholesterol quicker than men without diabetes. This is one of the explanations from the study that researchers will continue to study in the future.
