Saturday, November 16, 2024

Are Eggs A Heart Disease Risk?

I found this amazing explanation at 6/24/11 NPR.  When inflation started to drive ip prices in the 1960s, President Johnson responded to each increase in commodity price with a slightly different solution instead of asking the obvious question:

"When egg prices rose in the spring of 1966 and Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman told him that not much could be done, Johnson had the Surgeon General issue alerts as to the hazards of cholesterol in eggs."

"For most people, an egg a day does not increase your risk of a heart attack, a stroke, or any other type of cardiovascular disease."


1 comment:

  1. And it was Ladybird who complained to him first. Spouses matter, thank goodness we won't have to deal with Ms. Emhoff.

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