Eating too many eggs is considered harmful to your health. A medical student at Harvard University wanted to prove the opposite and did a crazy experiment on himself.
Boston – Harvard medical student Dr. Nick Norwitz recently conducted an unusual experiment: He ate 24 eggs every day. He ate a total of 720 eggs within a month. His goal was to study how changing his eating habits affected his cholesterol levels.
As is well known, eggs are considered to be high in cholesterol. According to the German Heart Foundation 100 grams of eggs contain around 470 milligrams of cholesterol. The body receives around 280 milligrams of cholesterol per egg. This can put your heart health at risk. Who one If you’re on an egg diet, you should actually be careful.
After a crazy self-experiment: Harvard researcher eats 24 eggs and is healthier than before
But before his experiment, Norwitz put forward the “hypothesis” that eating 24 eggs a day would not increase his bad cholesterol. At least not in the short term.
And in fact: Although Norwitz consumed more than 100,000 milligrams of cholesterol per day through his unusual diet, his cholesterol level did not rise. He published a video about his experiment on the video platform YouTube. Even more amazing: Norwitz’s LDL cholesterol levels, also known as “bad” cholesterol, actually fell by two percent within the first two weeks and then by another 18 percent in the following two weeks of the experiment.
Eggs cause heart attacks? New research refutes this
Current research supports Norwitz’s thesis. A small study recently found that eating two eggs compared to one Egg-free breakfasts high in carbohydrates had no significant effect on blood cholesterol levels. Reported about it healthline.com. The study also found that consuming six to twelve eggs per week among people with health problems, including diabeteshad no negative effects on total blood cholesterol levels or risk factors for heart disease. Rather, it increased HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol, also called “good” cholesterol.
Scientists now assume that diet is only partially responsible for cholesterol levels. In fact, genetic disposition is more important. People with fewer LDL receptors are less able to regulate their cholesterol levels than people with many LDL receptors. “Certain adjustment screws in the body have a much greater influence on cholesterol levels than our diet,” says Ulrich Laufs, professor and head of cardiology at Leipzig University Hospital, in an interview Focus online. (jus)
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