Is Eating Eggs Every Day Safe?

For most healthy people, the answer is a clear “yes.”

Older dietary advice often warned against eating too many eggs, especially the yolk, because a single large egg contains about 186 mg of cholesterol. At the time, it was believed that the cholesterol we eat directly raises the cholesterol in our blood, which was linked to a higher risk of heart disease.

However, modern science has a different view. Studies have shown that for the majority of people, dietary cholesterol—the cholesterol found in food—has a much smaller effect on blood cholesterol levels than we once thought. When you eat more cholesterol, your body naturally adjusts by making less of it on its own.

For most adults without specific health issues, eating one to two eggs daily is considered safe and doesn’t increase the risk of heart disease. The main exceptions are individuals with rare genetic conditions like familial hypercholesterolemia or those who have been specifically advised by their doctor to follow a very strict low-cholesterol diet.

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