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How Eggs and Your Gut Can Give You a Heart Attack
How Eggs and Your Gut
Can Give You a Heart Attack
new study
Apr 25, 2013 7:51 AM CDT

How Eggs and Your Gut Can Give You a Heart Attack

Scientists: lecithin found in yolks interacts dangerously with intestinal bacteria

(Newser) - Eggs could be hazardous to your heart health, and not just for cholesterol-related reasons. A group of researchers has discovered that a compound called lecithin interacts with our gut bacteria to produce a chemical called TMAO, which is associated with increased heart disease and stroke risk—and egg yolks happen...

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