{"id":30489,"date":"2025-07-01T18:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/30489\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:08:09","slug":"are-eggs-bad-for-you-or-good-for-you-we-settle-the-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/30489\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Eggs Bad for You? Or Good For You? We Settle The Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are few foods more controversial than eggs<\/a>. Once upon a time, it was said that eating an egg was akin to smoking\u2014a totally made-up rumor<\/a> that’s been totally debunked\u2014but the humble protein powerhouse has never seemed to be able to shake the bad reputation. So Vogue decided to investigate. Are eggs actually bad for you? Or are they good for you? Read on for the answer.<\/p>\n

The nutritional properties of eggs<\/p>\n

Eggs<\/a> are often referred to as a nutritional powerhouse. \u201cThey\u2019re a rich source of high-quality protein<\/a> and provide key nutrients like vitamin B12<\/a> and iodine that support nerve and thyroid function,\u201d confirms dietitian and scientist Emily Leeming, PhD, RD,<\/a> author of Genius Gut.<\/a><\/p>\n

Does eating eggs every day affect cholesterol?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been some confusion in the research around whether the cholesterol in eggs raises your \u2018bad\u2019 cholesterol levels, which is a risk factor for heart disease,\u201d Dr. Leeming shares. \u201cBut we need to be careful how we interpret those findings. Eggs are often eaten with bacon, sausages, and other processed meats, especially in Western diets, which already raise heart disease risk, so it\u2019s hard to separate out the effect of the eggs themselves, and any risk may end up being overstated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are eggs healthy?<\/p>\n

\u201cEggs can be part of a healthy way of eating,” says Dr. Leeming. \u201cBut what really matters is your overall diet.\u201d That means getting protein from an array of sources<\/a>\u2014including vegetarian options like sweet potatoes and broccoli<\/a>\u2014and having an overall balanced diet.<\/p>\n

\u201cEggs have definitely been through the wringer,” jokes Dr. Leeming when I bring up that old smoking rumor. She calls out that those with type 2 diabetes should be slightly more wary of the food, along with anybody who is over-consuming it. \u201cIf you\u2019re eating a huge amount of eggs, we need to think about what that might be displacing in the rest of the diet, and what foods you\u2019re usually having them with e.g., is it with bacon and eggs every morning vs. with avocado on whole grain seeded toast. It always comes back to balance, and your overall diet.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, it seems like variety\u2014and balance\u2014really is the right answer here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are few foods more controversial than eggs. Once upon a time, it was said that eating an…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[210,1182,67,132,68,3149],"class_list":{"0":"post-30489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-nutrition","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us","13":"tag-wellness"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114779318310522415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}