Unless one is a diabetic, eating eggs can lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes. It turns out eggs have many, many nutrients that are more beneficial than the cholesterol is harmful. Overall, eating up to 1 egg per day is unlikely to increase the risk of heart attacks or strokes in healthy men and women.

5-6 eggs per week appears the best for men, lowering the coronary artery disease risk by 10%, although eating 7 or more per week raised the risk by 8%.

For women, eating eggs lowered the risk of heart disease most at 1 per week or at least one per day - both lowered the risk by 18%.

For diabetics, the risk of heart attacks and strokes goes up by eating eggs.

(JAMA, April 21, 1999)