Does Eating Eggs Increase Your Risk Of Stroke Or Heart Disease?

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Levels. If you’re like most people, you’re sick of being mixed-up and confounded by conflicting media reports about the latest research on which foods are good or bad for us. You know what I’m talking about: one day eggs are unhealthy, and the next day they are a miracle food. So, should we avoid or embrace eggs in our diet? In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I talk about research that has both led to and debunked concerns associated with eating eggs. I also talk about the production of a gut metabolite called TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide) and how the health of our gut microbiome influences our TMAO levels. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Levels. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 35 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. By leveraging biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), Levels provides real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Learn more about Levels by going to levels.link/HYMAN. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

The research that laid the foundation for the claim that eggs cause blood clots (3:22 / 1:17)

Supplemental choline vs dietary choline (4:57 / 2:50)

Follow-up research assessing whether eggs raise TMAO levels and cause blood clots (5:23 / 3:16)

Debunking myths around eating eggs and high cholesterol (6:05 / 4:05)

How gut health influences TMAO production (8:37 / 5:43)

Research discussed in this episode Gut Microbe-Generated TMAO from Dietary Choline Is Prothrombotic in Subjects Dietary Choline Supplements, but Not Eggs, Raise Fasting TMAO Levels in Participants with Normal Renal Function: A Randomized Clinical Trial TMAO Response to a High-Fat High-Sugar Meal Challenge in Generally Healthy United States Adults