Eggs and Your Health: What Else You Need to Know | Dr. Neal Barnard Exam Room Live Q&A

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Are eggs a natural superfood? Some say yes, but others say the breakfast and cooking favorite could even send you to an early grave.

Explore the science of eggs with New York Times bestselling author and nutrition expert Dr. Neal Barnard as he joins “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.

You will hear what happened to one listener who ate a dozen eggs a day for year that left doctors puzzled and scrambling for answers.

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0:00.0	Coming up on the exam room. I gotta back that up. Are you really trying to tell us right now that a
0:06.1	potato has protein in it just like an egg? A potato, a baked potato has the protein just like an egg. That's what you're telling us.
0:15.0	Not just like an egg, more than an egg. A potato has more protein.
0:20.0	Yes, a large potato compared to a large egg. There's more protein in the potato. Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
0:36.3	Hi I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. Thank you so very much for raising
0:40.8	your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in more than
0:44.0	150 countries.
0:46.1	Hi to everyone listening in Rockford, Illinois, Vallejo, California, and Minsk, Belarus. Wherever you you are we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
0:57.0	This is episode 103 of season 6, number 499 overall.
1:05.2	And today we are putting the focus on eggs.
1:08.5	You know, there are a lot of people who question
1:10.9	whether they are a natural superfood. Well a lot of people actually say yes but
1:16.7	others say this breakfast favorite this cooking staple could be a ticket to a health disaster or potentially even an early grave.
1:27.2	So today on the show we are going to be exploring the science of eggs with our friend a New York Times best selling author nutrition
1:35.8	expert he is the president of the Physicians Committee Dr Neil Barnard is here
1:41.8	with us today on the show. So here's why we wanted to revisit eggs.
1:48.0	We have talked about them in the past, but we got this incredible email from a viewer who said,
1:55.0	guys, you're not going to believe this.
1:57.6	But I used to eat a dozen eggs a day.
2:01.6	I ate a dozen eggs every single day for an entire year and what
2:07.2	happened to me was incredible and I'm not saying that in a good way because it left doctors puzzled and scrambling for answers.
2:19.0	So we're going to hear their story in just a little bit. We're also going to be talking about organic
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