This year's campaign, Make Sense of What You Eat, is dispelling myths about nutrition. Like all animal foods, eggs contain cholesterol. Cholesterol is natural and essential and is found in all animals, including humans.
Cholesterol is necessary to make hormones, vitamin D and bile.
You only get a small amount of cholesterol from the food you eat. Your liver makes more to meet your body's needs. There are many factors that can affect your blood cholesterol level. Saturated fats are the biggest culprit when it comes to heart disease. They are found in many prepackaged foods such as cookies, crackers and chips, whipped toppings, as well as in many baked goods such as croissants, cakes and danishes.