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"  On the list of foods with the highest cholesterol content, the question of which came first the chicken or the egg appears to have been answered. At least when the chicken in question is the KFC Double Down, the infamous breadless sandwich that became a media sensation when it debuted in April. Given its ingredients - two pieces of bacon, two slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese, and a special mayonnaise-based sauce, all sandwiched between two fried (or for the virtuous grilled) chicken patties - one would guess that the Double Down would easily beat the seemingly innocuous egg in a high cholesterol content contest. But a new scientific review in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology says that egg yolks are more dangerous for those with cardiovascular risks than the KFC Double Down. According to Canada&amp;#039;s Globe and Mail, the researchers found that depending on its size, a single egg yolk contains on average between 215 and 275 milligrams of cholesterol. Compare that to the 150 milligrams in the KFC sandwich. The egg beat out other fast food favorites as well, including the massive Hardee&amp;#039;s Monster Thickburger, a behemoth 2/3-lb burger with four strips of bacon and 3 slices of American cheese, which contains 210 milligrams of cholesterol. The study naturally has those in the egg business feeling a little scrambled. In the Toronto Star, Bonnie Cohen, a marketing and nutrition manager for the Egg Farmers of Canada, called the study &amp;quot;irresponsible.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;If you look at the KFC website, the calories and fat content and sodium content just totally outweighs everything on the egg,&amp;quot; Cohen told the Star. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s 32 grams of fat on the Double Down sandwich and only five grams of fat in an egg.&amp;quot; Similarly the Monster Thickburger has 1320 calories and a whopping 95 grams of fat. The paper&amp;#039;s authors stress that they&amp;#039;re not prescribing these fast food calorie bombs. &amp;quot;The Hardees Monster Thickburger has 210 milligrams of cholesterol and that&amp;#039;s more than four days of meat for what I recommend to my patients,&amp;quot; Dr. David Spence, a professor at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry told the Star. The researchers chose these fat and calorie laden sandwiches to create a shocking comparison to fight what Spence calls, &amp;quot;propaganda from the egg marketers.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;The public thinks that egg yolks are okay; they&amp;#039;re not,&amp;quot; Dr. Spence told the Star. But he stressed, &amp;quot;Egg whites are fine.&amp;quot; Guess we&amp;#039;ll all have to start eating pancakes. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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