Govt. Says Eggs are good to eat after all

Good day all. I hope you’re in a far warmer place then I am. It’s below zero outside the Anger Central offices right now. In any case, one way to keep warm is to eat something tasty. I like eggs, scrambled or fried. For decades, we’ve been told that eggs really aren’t good for us. Now the United States Government has changed their mind.

Apparently, all those warnings about food with cholesterol in them weren’t actually correct. Here are the wonderful details from the Washington Post:

The nation’s top nutrition advisory panel has decided to drop its caution about eating cholesterol-laden food, a move that could undo almost 40 years of government warnings about its consumption.

The group’s finding that cholesterol in the diet need no longer be considered a “nutrient of concern” stands in contrast to the committee’s findings five years ago, the last time it convened. During those proceedings, as in previous years, the panel deemed the issue of excess cholesterol in the American diet a public health concern.

I wonder what changed their minds?

The finding follows an evolution of thinking among many nutritionists who now believe that, for healthy adults, eating foods high in cholesterol may not significantly affect the level of cholesterol in the blood or increase the risk of heart disease.

So what do they think is bad for you now?

The greater danger in this regard, these experts believe, lies not in products such as eggs, shrimp or lobster, which are high in cholesterol, but in too many servings of foods heavy with saturated fats, such as fatty meats, whole milk, and butter.

So, in other words, eating like a pig is the problem, not eating a basic meal filled with tasty food? Since most people don’t eat a dozen eggs, a pound of bacon with a side of five lobsters and two pounds of shrimp when they have breakfast, then most healthy people shouldn’t have a problem. Nice of these knotheads to finally figure out what everyone else on earth already knew.

The new view on cholesterol in food does not reverse warnings about high levels of “bad” cholesterol in the blood, which have been linked to heart disease. Moreover, some experts warned that people with particular health problems, such as diabetes, should continue to avoid cholesterol-rich diets.

Since people with medical issues such as high levels of “bad” cholesterol by definition they aren’t healthy people. Since I just had a physical and my levels are quite good, bring on the bacon and eggs!!

While Americans may be accustomed to conflicting dietary advice,

Primarily by ignoring it.

the change on cholesterol comes from the influential Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the group that provides the scientific basis for the “Dietary Guidelines.”

And who cares about them? This is the problem with all these guidelines and studies regarding food. No two groups can agree on anything. They like to think that humans are one big collective group and tend to ignore individual differences. What might be bad for one person may have no effect on another and actually be beneficial for a third. As far as I’m concerned, as long as you watch what you eat, don’t overindulge, you can enjoy whatever you like to eat. Now if you will excuse me, I think I’m going to go make a nice brunch.

Thatisall

~The Angry Webmaster~

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