Hello and welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Now I know I've made a name for myself and explaining how not to do certain things.

Just look at my books. How not to die in my upcoming book, How Not to Diet.

But what I want to share with you is actually quite positive.

What's the best way to live a healthy life? Here are some answers.

After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United States.

Fortunately, there's more and more research coming out of what we can do to help prevent it in the first place.

Today we're going to hear about a few of those studies.

Beginning with egg consumption.

And the question, how few eggs should we eat to reduce the risk of prostate ovarian colon and breast cancer?

Nationwide study of dietary cholesterol intake and cancer

concluded that not only may cut down a cholesterol help prevent cardiovascular diseases,

but also may reduce the risk of cancer.

Therefore, limitation of animal fat and cholesterol is a favorable public health measure.

But the study didn't find high cholesterol consumption correlated with all cancers.

Yes, a significant association between high cholesterol intake was found for stomach cancer, colon cancer,

rectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer,

and a type of bone marrow cancer called non-hods, insulin, phoma.

But the association was negative for prostate cancer.

If you look at studies on prostate cancer and eggs, though, which are one of the primary sources

of cholesterol in the diet, a pooled analysis of 15 prospective cohort studies.

And those weigh 25 grams a day or more of eggs, which is like half an egg a day,

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