Eggs: Forget high cholesterol warnings, they're healthier than ever. By Sophie Borland Updated: 10:39 GMT, 14 February 2011 Good egg: The high cholesterol content which previously made eggs a health risk is now much lower compared to ten years ago If you're eyeing up your breakfast options and fancy going to work on an egg, there’s no need to hold back. For after years of telling us to shun them as an everyday food, the health police now say that eggs have become better for us. The cholesterol content of eggs – which was previously believed to be a health risk – is now much lower compared with ten years ago, a study suggests. Eggs also contain more vitamin D, which helps protect the bones, preventing diseases such as osteoporosis and rickets. The reason eggs have become more nutritious over the past decade is that hens are no longer fed bone meal, which was banned in the Nineties following the BSE crisis, the researchers claim.
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