[HN Gopher] Regularly eating eggs supports a lower risk of death...
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       Regularly eating eggs supports a lower risk of death from
       cardiovascular disease
        
       Author : gnabgib
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2025-02-05 18:40 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | a_cardboard_box wrote:
       | > Background/Objectives: Egg consumption in adults has been
       | linked with a modestly increased risk of all-cause and CVD
       | mortality. However, evidence on adults aged 65 y+ is limited.
       | 
       | So, according to the authors of the study, it has already been
       | established that egg consumption in adults is linked with
       | _increased_ mortality, but they wanted to see if this is still
       | true for those 65 years and older.
       | 
       | The study found lower mortality in those who reported eating eggs
       | weekly compared to those who ate eggs never or infrequently. It
       | did not establish causality. So it could be that eggs improve the
       | health of the elderly, or it could be that healthy elderly people
       | are more able to cook for themselves, and people who cook for
       | themselves are more likely to eat eggs. The study does not
       | distinguish between these possibilities.
        
         | aradox66 wrote:
         | The same findings have been made with other animal protein in
         | general, the going theory is that animal foods are protein
         | dense and protect against sarcopenia which is very well
         | established to contribute a lot to all cause mortality in the
         | elderly.
        
           | aradox66 wrote:
           | The protective effects against sarcopenia end up outweighing
           | the negative cardiovascular and cancer risks past a certain
           | age
        
         | snailmailstare wrote:
         | This answer seems plausible, but I also see no control for
         | people who eat eggs through their entire life being more likely
         | to die prematurely or those taking measures like not eating
         | eggs being deeply unhealthy.
        
       | tensility wrote:
       | https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eggs-us
        
       | SirMaster wrote:
       | Really? They tell us this now in the midst of an egg shortage???
        
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