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Message: <blockquote data-quote="graj0" data-source="post: 740785">The eggs might not be so contentious as it is generally accepted that what we eat does not affect our total cholesterol levels, the less we eat, the more our body produces, the more we eat, the less our body produces. Basically it's because our body needs cholesterol.As for eggs, the University of Surrey has done research on this fantastic food source. They had a group of students eat at least two eggs a day for 12 weeks, and another group eating no eggs, they also put them on a diet recommended by the BHF. They actually recorded no change or even a drop in total cholesterol for both groups. Even Ancel Keys, the perpetrator of the "fat is bad for you brigade" had this to say about cholesterol.“There’s no connection whatsoever between the cholesterol in food and cholesterol in the blood. And we’ve known that all along. Cholesterol in the diet doesn’t matter at all unless you happen to be a chicken or a rabbit.”Some of the early research into fat and cholesterol was actually done on chickens and rabbits, hence him mentioning them. Trouble being that the human being's body works differently to chickens and rabbits, so they weren't a good example for them to start with, their initial research was somewhat flawed, big time.I try to check all my sources and look to see that the stuff I'm quoting can be cross referenced with multiple sources.</blockquote>

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