The dangers of eggs aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Adding an extra 200 milligrams of cholesterol a day to the diet barely increases blood cholesterol levels in most people and boosts, in theory, the risk of heart disease by only a small amount. But eggs aren’t just packets of cholesterol. They are very low in saturated fat and contain many other nutrients that are good for you: protein, some polyunsaturated fats, folic acid and other B vitamins, vitamin D, lutein, and more. So the effect of eggs on heart disease risk can’t be predicted by considering only their cholesterol content.
