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No yolk: eating the whole egg as dangerous as smoking?
Los Angeles Times ^ | August 14, 2012 | Melissa Healy

Posted on 08/16/2012 8:02:53 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Just as you were ready to tuck into a nice three-egg omelet again, comforted by the reassuring news that eggs are not so bad for you, here comes a study warning that for those over 40, the number of egg yolks consumed per week accelerates the thickening of arteries almost as severely as does cigarette smoking.

Server, can you make that an egg-white omelet instead, please?

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KEYWORDS: antitobaccoscam; eggs; food; health; scam
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I turned 71 the 29th of last month. I have no health problems except Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Terminal as there is no cure. I have always eaten a lot of eggs, bacon butter, salt. I'm thinking that it just in the genes.
101 posted on 08/16/2012 3:30:45 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek (He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will j rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
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