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Article: The sunny side ups (and downs) of egg substitutes.
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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Many people eat egg substitutes on the assumption they are better for you than whole eggs. True? Not necessarily.
The American Heart Association no longer sets a limit on the number of eggs a healthy person can eat, as long as the total amount of dietary cholesterol averages no more than 300 milligrams a day (one egg contains 213 milligrams cholesterol).
What's in an Egg? For years, eggs were on the no-no list because experts believed cholesterol in the diet increased blood cholesterol. But we now know that for most people saturated fat has much more of an effect. And eggs, though high in cholesterol, are low in saturated fat, unlike most other ...