A New Study Declares Three or More Eggs A Week Is a Health Risk

Close your eyes and imagine breakfast. What food comes to mind? Eggs are as synonymous with the day's first meal as snow is with winter. But a brand new study now puts a threshold on the number of eggs a person should consumer per week warning that anyting above three can increase chances of heart disease and early death.

Published in the medical journal JAMA, the paper points out that one egg contains about 186 milligrams of cholesterol. For the study, researchers followed more than 29,000 people over the course of 17 years, on average. During the follow-up period, researchers logged 5,400 Cardiovascular "events" that broke down like this:

• 1302 fatal and non-fatal strokes
• 1897 Incidents of fatal and non-fatal heart failure
• 113 other heart deaths
• 6,132 patients died of other causes not related to the study

An extra 300 milligrams of cholesterol taken in through consuming eggs increases chances of heart disease by 3.2% and early death by 4.4%. Fire up the griddle -- pancakes may be gobbling up the breakfast spotlight in the very near future.

Mike Doria is a professional Journalist and certified Life/Career Coach who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.