Cracking the Limits: The Jaw-Dropping Story of a Doctor Who Ate 720 Eggs in a Month – What Happened to His Health
- Although it is one of the most beloved foods among health enthusiasts, it is still suspected to be one of the main causes of increased cholesterol levels in...
- The debate over whether eggs raise cholesterol levels is still inconclusive.
- A medical doctor and PhD student at Harvard University in the US, Nick Norwitz, took on the role of "maruta" to determine the harmfulness of eggs.
Doctor Conducts Crazy Experiment: Eating 720 Eggs in a Month
Eggs are a food with extremely mixed reviews. Although it is one of the most beloved foods among health enthusiasts, it is still suspected to be one of the main causes of increased cholesterol levels in the body.
The debate over whether eggs raise cholesterol levels is still inconclusive. For decades, some experts believed that the cholesterol in egg yolks was directly responsible for raising blood cholesterol. However, new evidence is accumulating that cholesterol in foods has little to do with blood cholesterol.
The Experiment
A medical doctor and PhD student at Harvard University in the US, Nick Norwitz, took on the role of “maruta” to determine the harmfulness of eggs. He ate 24 eggs a day for a month, observed any changes in blood cholesterol levels, and shared the results in a YouTube video.
According to the YouTube video, Dr. Norwitz’s blood cholesterol levels had dropped. He said he conducted the experiment to prove that eating eggs does not raise cholesterol levels and that the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the so-called “bad cholesterol”, which is one of the factors that actually promote atherosclerosis, was lowered by 18%.
The Results
“Eating 720 eggs in a month means you’re consuming 133,200 mg of cholesterol, but we assumed that this wouldn’t increase your body’s cholesterol, especially LDL cholesterol, and it didn’t,” Dr. Norwitz said.
He added: “Even though my cholesterol intake increased more than fivefold (compared to before the experiment), my LDL levels actually decreased.”
Dr. Norwitz’s bad cholesterol levels dropped 2 percent in the first week of starting the Egg Binge diet. Then it dropped dramatically, down to 18 percent in the final two weeks.
The Role of Carbohydrates
After the first two weeks, Dr. Norwitz added 60 grams of carbs to his daily diet. He got his carbs mostly from fruits like bananas, blueberries, and frozen cherries. To get 60 grams of carbs, he ate two bananas and about 20 ounces of blueberries every day.
He said that increasing carbohydrate intake can further lower cholesterol levels. He explained that people on a low-carb diet often have high LDL cholesterol levels because they start burning fat for energy, but when they consume more carbohydrates, LDL levels tend to decrease because the body uses carbohydrates instead of fat.