Calgary, Alberta - Eggs are not the dietary villain once thought by many to be. Scientific research over the last several years has vindicated eggs. Eggs are not a bad food. Clearly, for most people, it is not the dietary cholesterol in one's diet that is the main dietary culprit in increasing a person's blood cholesterol. Rather, the focus of one's healthy diet change should be to ensure the total fat and more specifically, the saturated fat in your diet are not too high. Eggs are not only a low fat food, but most of their fat is in the healthier unsaturated form. So, get cracking....guilt free! Include eggs as part of a healthy diet.

For the small percentage of people whose blood cholesterol is affected by dietary cholesterol, there is also good news. Egg yolks have less cholesterol than they used to have. Nutrient analysis done in 1999 shows that a large egg has 12% less cholesterol than when last analyzed eight years ago.

October 1, 2000