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BMJ 2015; 350 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h835 (Published 18 February 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;350:h835 A draft version of a document due out later this year may no longer warn consumers to limit their consumption of dietary cholesterol. The 2015 version of the Dietary...

Background Prevailing recommendations call for restricting intake of dietary cholesterol and eggs for those at risk of heart disease, despite accumulating evidence challenging this association. Our prior studies showed no short-term adverse effects of daily egg intake on cardiac risk...

The September 2014 issue of the British Nutrition Foundation’s Nutrition Bulletin included an article on a conference held at the Royal Society of Medicine entitled ‘Dietary guidelines: Scientific substantiation and public health impact’ on Thursday 27 March 2014. Below is an overview of...

Background Short-term clinical trials suggest that dietary protein lowers blood pressure (BP); however, long-term effects of total, animal, and plant proteins are less clear. Our goal was to evaluate effects of these dietary proteins on mean systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) and...

Abstract Background The evidence supporting recommendations to limit intake of cholesterol rich foods is inconclusive. We aimed to examine the association between egg consumption and carotid atherosclerosis phenotypes, and the association with clinical vascular events in a prospective...

In the 1960s, the thesis that dietary cholesterol contributes to blood cholesterol and heart disease risk was a rational conclusion based on the available science at that time. Fifty years later the research evidence no longer supports this hypothesis yet changing the dietary...

Background: Dietary protein intake may help to manage blood pressure (BP) and prevent complications associated with elevated BP. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether 4 wk of increased protein intake (∼25% compared with ∼15% of energy intake that isoenergetically...

A conference was organised by the Royal Society of Medicine Forum on Food and Health in July 2000, chaired by Professor Gilbert Thompson (Emeritus Professor of Clinical Lipidology, Imperial College, London). The conference was held in order to focus on and to help resolve issues...

Background/objections Egg consumption has been associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), but evidence isscarce and inconsistent. Our aim was to examine the association between egg consumption and incidence of CVD in aprospective dynamic Mediterranean cohort of 14 185...

Context Reduction in egg consumption has been widely recommended to lower blood cholesterol levels and prevent coronary heart disease (CHD). Epidemiology studies on egg consumption and risk of CHD are sparse. Objective To examine the association between egg consumption and risk of CHD and...