A month ago I wrote about the very undeserved bad rap bananas have gotten. And like I mentioned in that piece, I believed the negative hype and avoided bananas for a while. But life is about learning and adapting. I learned the truth about bananas and very quickly adapted my diet include them again, quite happily – and, actually, just had homemade banana ice cream with full-on flavor for dessert after lunch. Killer!

Along with bananas, there’s another exceptionally popular food that, until very recently, has been unfairly criticized: eggs. Their crime: allegedly raising blood cholesterol and increasing the chances of heart disease. Wrong – and that’s based on objective scientific research, meaning scientific research that is not tainted by industry self-interest. Still, if you query “latest research on eggs and health“, and I urge you to do that on your own – and be sure to check both the source and date of what you find – you will still find continued “good vs. bad” controversy.

Regarding cholesterol, yes, eggs are high in cholesterol and are also extraordinarily rich in protein and other vital nutrients. As Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, author of The Clot Thickens , said in a January 2022 interview you can see by clicking this link or the image below and going to the 4 minute 40 second mark, an egg yolk is so rich in cholesterol “because it takes an awful lot of cholesterol to build a healthy chicken”. (My bold for emphasis.)

You can read more about Dr. Kendrick and his scientifically-based work by checking out my last blog. As I wrote in that piece, I’ve put his diet and health advice to practice – and love it for the foods I enjoy, how I feel as a young 66 year old and my consistently outstanding blood test results.

Next up: pan fried scrambled eggs – the first thing I ever tried to cook long ago but… Ha! I’m asking you to wait -not too long – to see exactly what that “but” means.