by Mac Stevenson

Created on: May 17, 2009   Last Updated: December 06, 2011

As you travel along life's highway and encounter its many speed bumps, have you noticed how many so-called experts tell you that almost everything you enjoy eating is bad for you? When they told us that eating eggs would do us in, that was the last straw.

As the years roll by, it's equally disturbing to find out that much of what health care pundits have warned us about is erroneous. For years, food experts and health specialists have warned us that eggs will endanger our health because of their high cholesterol content.

Scientists tell us that a single egg has about 210 mg of cholesterol, which is over two-thirds of the American Heart Association's recommended daily limit of 300 mg. When we eat two or three eggs in one day, it puts us over the suggested limit; however, figuring one egg's cholesterol count, we could eat several egg dishes per week or one egg per day without exceeding the recommended limit.

Scientists disagree on whether or not there is a link between dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol, which is produced by the bodily functions. In simpler terms, they aren't sure whether eggs hurt us or not.

Many high cholesterol foods are high in saturated fats, but the egg is not. An egg has about 5g of fat and just 1.5 of that is saturated. The problem is the high-fat foods such as bacon and sausage that we often eat with eggs.

Here's some great news for all the depressed egg devotees out there: Eggs that are eaten with a certain degree of moderation are not harmful to your health. In fact, eggs are a great source of protein and they are made up of more than a dozen vitamins and minerals, including zinc, foliate, iron, phosphorous, riboflavin, and vitamins A, D, E and B-12. And a single egg has just 70 calories, which is moderate considering all the beneficial components.

After giving up many wonderful breakfasts of eggs and their delicious side dishes for the past 15 years or longer, we now learn that the American Medical Association has adopted the stance that eggs aren't really harmful, just the high-fat foods associated with them. Some studies even show that eggs raise our good cholesterol instead of the bad.

The American Heart Association has altered its stance against our most beloved breakfast. With all the studies that have been done and the indisputable fact that eggs are a marvelous source of nutrition, the AHA now decrees that you can safely eat one egg per day instead of just three or four each week. It seems a safe assumption for us to

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