Saturday, November 22, 2008

An egg a day raises risk of diabetes

"People who eat eggs every day may substantially increase their risk of type 2 diabetes, researchers said. Men with the highest level of egg consumption - at seven or more per week - were 58% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who did not eat eggs, and women were 77% more likely to become diabetic if they ate at least an egg a day, Luc Djoussé, M.D., D.Sc., of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard, and colleagues reported online in Diabetes Care - Medpage Today

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