Twenty years later, the egg market in Britain was rocked by the salmonella crisis, when vulnerable people were advised to avoid uncooked eggs. Dr McNamara is director of the Egg Nutrition Centre in Washington, which is supported by the US Department of Agriculture and the egg industry. He will tell the Royal Society of Medicine's forum on food and health that a study by Harvard School of Public Health of 117,000 men and women could find no link between eating high cholesterol foods and heart disease. This research scotches a very old myth. For most people there is no risk.
Japan has the highest rate of egg consumption and one of the lowest rates of heart disease.
An egg a day is fine for most people and can actually be good for them. The cholesterol issue with eggs is so ingrained in people's minds. It has had a great impact. The British Heart Foundation is staying with the advice to keep to a limit of three eggs a week. Privacy Policy Copyright 2000.