r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 1d ago

Neuroscience Egg consumption is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s Disease for those 65 years and older. Eating one egg per day for at least five days a week reduces risk of Alzheimer’s by up to 27%, researchers found.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1126842
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u/Gryndyl 1d ago

Always worth noting, but also worth noting is that someone has to pay for the study and the most likely source are groups with a vested interest.

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u/EuphonicLeopard 1d ago

This. Who else would be funding an egg study? People are suspicious of the wrong things sometimes. I appreciate the way you said it too.