Does eating eggs every day increase the risk of death for older people?
Because eggs contain a lot of cholesterol, people used to say, 'You should avoid eating too many eggs because they will raise your blood cholesterol levels,' but later studies have shown that there is no evidence that cholesterol from food is involved in raising blood cholesterol levels. A new study has found that eating eggs in the elderly may improve heart health and even reduce the risk of premature death.
Egg Consumption and Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study of Australian Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Are eggs good or bad for our health?
https://theconversation.com/are-eggs-good-or-bad-for-our-health-249168
Holly Wilde of Monash University in Australia and her colleagues used data from the ASPREE (ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) study and its prominent substudies to analyze the diet, health, and mortality factors of Australians aged 70 and over and Americans aged 65 and over.
In the study that Wilde and his colleagues referred to, a questionnaire was conducted regarding their usual diet, asking, 'How often have you eaten eggs in the past 12 months?' Participants were asked to choose from the following options for egg dishes such as boiled eggs, poached eggs, and fried eggs: 'Never/almost never,' '1-2 times a month,' '1-2 times a week,' '3-6 times a week,' 'Every day,' and 'Several times a day.' The questionnaire did not ask about the type of egg, but Wilde added that 'most egg consumption in Australia is chicken eggs.'
When Wilde and his colleagues looked at 8,756 participants, excluding those with certain factors, and examined the association with health conditions, they found that those who ate eggs 1 to 6 times a week had the lowest risk of death during the study period, compared with those who ate eggs rarely or never, including those who ate eggs 29% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease and 17% less likely to die from all causes.
However, no difference was found in the risk of cardiovascular disease or all-cause mortality between those who ate eggs daily and those who ate eggs rarely or never. In addition, no association was found between egg intake and cancer mortality.
Overall, 2.6% of the 8,756 participants ate eggs daily, 73.2% ate eggs weekly, and 24.2% seldom or never ate eggs. In addition, when comparing those who ate eggs weekly or daily with those who seldom or never ate eggs, the former group was more likely to be older, have less than 12 years of formal education, have lower levels of physical activity, be non-alcoholics, and have a poorer diet.
When the analysis was restricted to people with a moderate to high quality diet, those who ate eggs one to six times a week had an even lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease compared to those who rarely or never ate eggs.
'We found that eating eggs one to six times per week in older adults was associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality. The Australian Dietary Guidelines recommend that adults eat up to seven eggs per week, but based on our findings there may be room to adjust this guideline for older adults,' said Wilde and his colleagues.
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