7 Health Benefits of Eggs Eggs were given a bad rap during the
1980s. The popular line was that they were a high source of
dietary cholesterol which eventually leads to heart disease.
Many people started to shun eggs back then, or at least, the
yolks. Medical science now has come to the conclusion that trans
fats and saturated fats play a bigger role in raising LDL "bad"
cholesterol than dietary cholesterol is. In fact, according to
the Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating. "No research
has ever shown that people who eat more eggs have more heart
attacks thank people eat few eggs." Eggs are back on the good
list and should be part of a healthy diet. The top 7 reasons
include: Eggs assist weight loss. Eggs are high in protein and
keep you full (satiated) for longer reducing the need for in-
between meal snacking. Recent studies have found that people who
ate eggs for breakfast snacked less than people who ate toast. A
study from St. Louis University found that egg eaters consumed
264 fewer calories a