Written by PETA
If you had the same reaction that I did (i.e., violent retching) when you heard about KFC's hideously unhealthy Double Down (you know, the sandwich that replaced bread with fried chicken and forced you to think about all those globules of deadly gunk gumming up people's blood vessels), get this: A single egg yolk contains vastly more cholesterol than an entire Double Down. As Dave Barry says, I am not making this up.
With heart disease being the number one killer of Americans, the cholesterol-bomb egg industry has resorted to ever-more-desperate "move along, nothing to see here" tactics to try to pass the blame, but a new report in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology calls them out on their bull … uh, chicken poop. The take-away? Eating just one whole egg per day can double your risk of coronary disease.
Looking to break the egg habit? It's as easy as (eggless custard) pie—check out these tips and recipes!
Written by Jeff Mackey
eggs are chicken periods - who'd want to eat them anyway?
Us fine folks (PETA members), are concerned individuals who wish to ensure a positive, animal-free-killing environment for years to come. From your post, you obviously must support the egg industry. That's fine, if you like abused birds crammed into cages, begging to be free. Everyone has their own opinion.
A simple Google search would show the fine folks at PETA, that the cholesterol in eggs, is not the same as the cholesterol in a KFC Double Down. The cholesterol in eggs is dietary cholesterol that is recognized by the body, meaning while a small amount of egg cholesterol may get into your blood stream, because your body can process it, it means your body will balance out the cholesterol intake.
you need to display the facts correctly. yes eggs contain high amounts of cholesterol, however, there are 2 types of cholesterol and the human body does not absorb the cholesterol from eggs.
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