Shaun Andersen.
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“Eating eggs is bad for your heart.”

🔴 Myth (for most people)

Pooling three large studies of 215,000+ people — plus an updated meta-analysis — up to one egg a day was not linked to higher heart-disease risk in the general population. (People with diabetes are the possible exception.)

📋 Pooled cohorts + meta-analysis · 215,000+ people — Drouin-Chartier et al., BMJ 2020 · read the study →

Backed by a systematic review or meta-analysis — the top of the evidence pyramid. Not medical advice, just what the best evidence says.

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