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American Egg Board
Statement by the American Egg Board and Egg Nutrition Center on AJCN Study on Egg Consumption
April 25th, 2008
A study published in the April 2008 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition(i) suggests an association between high egg consumption and all-cause mortality, an unusual finding for which the researchers do not provide an explanation. The researchers, Djousse and Gaziano, analyzed data from the Physicians Health Study I which followed male physicians over a 20 year period. The fact is, healthy adults can continue to enjoy eggs as part of a balanced diet, and the findings certainly are not strong enough to suggest that anyone change their diet. As an epidemiological study, it does not show cause-and-effect and has other inherent weaknesses. The researchers did...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-04-25)
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