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"With all this good egg news lately, there was bound to be some bad.\nPinterestFacebookAnd here it is: egg yolks are almost as bad for your carotid arteries as smoking.\nCanadian researchers examined 1,231 patients--with the average age of 62--at London&amp;#39;s Health Sciences Centre&amp;#39;s University Hospital and surveyed them to find out how many egg yolks they&amp;#39;d eaten in their lives, and how many packs of cigarettes they&amp;#39;d smoked. Across the board, there was an increase in the patients&amp;#39; arterial plaque due to aging. But smoking and eating eggs were both individually associated with a huge increase in plaque. Egg consumption had* two-thirds* of the effect of smoking.\nOne full egg contains 180 mg of cholesterol, which is more than one-third of the recommended daily amount for adults--and this study shows that our heart may pay the price when we eating enough of them.\nWell! Shall we maybe stick to egg whites?Do you like eggs? Does this study surprise you at all?\nMore egg news:\n\nBreakfast At Your Desk: 5 Healthy Egg Recipes That Will Tempt Even Egg Haters (Like Me!)\n\n\nCheesecake-Stuffed Chocolate Easter Eggs\n\n The Egg Diet? This Woman Lost 30 Pounds Eating Eggs\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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