The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends that individuals with type-2 diabetes (T2D) limit their cholesterol intake to less than 300 mg per day. A single large egg contains about 200 mg. Their rationale is that there is limited research regarding optimal dietary cholesterol intake, and go on to reference the Nurses' Health Study that found a 37% increase in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in women for every 200 mg of cholesterol per 1000 kcal consumed. Two meta-analyses appear to support this recommendation; one showed that individuals with T2D who ate eggs more than once per day were 69% more likely to develop CVD comorbidity than those who ate eggs less than once per week, while the other showed that, for each 4/week increment in egg intake, the risk of CVD increased by 40%. Pretty scary stuff, isn’t it? At the same time, oatmeal is recognized as a “heart-healthy” food and has...
