Cholesterol- A controversial component of poultry egg

Abstract

Egg is a very cheap source of animal protein. The presence of cholesterol in it is making some people to be abstaining from its consumption for the fear of arteriosclerosis. This fear is so much despite the fact that the level of animal protein consumption per day in developing countries is still below the expected. Most of the people concerned are ignorant of the endogenous production of cholesterol is much and can be elevated by other sources and habits other than egg consumption. Consumption of fibrous food, low fatty meats and avoidance of smoking and coffee drinks with regular physical exercises are ways of avoiding arteriosclerosis. Egg can therefore be consumed at any age without the fear of having cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases among people in developing countries where there is need to increase the daily intake of animal protein.