Oh man... here we go again! Another example of stupid science and clueless "researchers" that clearly don't understand one thing about nutritional biochemistry.
If you missed the headlines, several popular news websites published an article just last week with headlines claiming that eating eggs is just as bad for you as smoking for your health and gives you clogged arteries. I refuse to even link to these flawed articles, because they were the biggest heap of garbage I've seen in journalism in years!
But let's dive in and see why these articles and this supposed "study" were 100% flawed...
The first problem with this supposed "study", is that it was not really a study at all... it was actually a SURVEY based on people's self-reported habits. This is drastically different from a controlled clinical study, in which all variables are accounted for and controlled.
The major problem with this "study" (survey) is that there is absolutely no control over isolating variables. For example, even though egg yolk eaters self reported that they ate more egg yolks than non egg eaters or egg white eaters, there's no control to tell us whether they also did other things that were the real culprits of their artery problems, such as a lifetime of eating trans fats (quite likely), smoking, drinking excessively, drug use, a high sugar intake or high intake of inflammatory breads, refined oils, or stress levels.
Or what about the fact that the average person that doesn't really care about their health probably eats those eggs with waffles, pancakes, fake maple syrup (corn syrup), breads, or other health-deteriorating refined grain foods such as sugary cereals, bagels, or muffins, all of which are known to negatively affect your triglyceride and LDL levels, as well as pack on body fat through disrupting blood sugar and insulin balance.
I mean, we aren't talking about the types of people that read this newsletter and most likely eat their healthy egg breakfast with loads of veggies, avocado, and grass-fed organic sausage, washed down with some antioxidant-rich green tea. Hmm, are you starting to see the flaws with this "study".
In addition, since egg yolks have been so wrongly vilified over the years, and the majority of the population still falsely thinks they are unhealthy, it's quite likely that egg yolk avoiders are also the types of people that exercise more, drink more tea, avoid sugar and trans fat, or eat more vegetables, just simply because they are health conscious... In that example, it isn't the fact that those people avoid eggs that's leading to their good health...it's the fact that they exercise more and eat more veggies, teas, and other antioxidants, and avoid sugar and trans fat.
Yet these so-called "researchers" who don't know a thing about nutrition clearly did not discuss those factors.
Author and researcher, Mark Sisson (author of The Primal Leap), recently pointed out a few real studies (not surveys) that show the healthfulness of whole eggs..
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