Anchor: A new study finds that consuming eggs may halve the risk of metabolic syndrome, which is a group of risk factors like high blood pressure and obesity that can raise the chance for heart disease, diabetes and other health problems. This goes against previous studies that the cholesterol in eggs is bad for you.
Our Park Jong-hong has more on the findings by South Korean scientists.
 
Report: Having eggs was found to lower the risk of metabolic syndrome, which increases a patient's risk for cardiovascular disease.

South Korean scientists now say eggs will curb the rise of blood sugar on an empty stomach.

Researchers at the Department of Medicine at Hanyang University announced the results of their three-year study on some three-thousand-500 people aged 40 or older.

They found that having more than three eggs a week reduced the risk of metabolic syndrome by 54 percent for men and 46 percent for women.

Researchers explained that the antioxidants like monounsaturated fat in eggs contribute to improving the insulin sensitivity level in people. This in turn, reduces the likelihood of high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, obesity and other unhealthy factors known as metabolic syndrome, simultaneously occurring in the human body.

The findings go against the previously held belief that eggs, which are high in cholesterol, will cause lifestyle diseases. Doctors said the cholesterol in eggs has little to do with the actual blood cholesterol levels.

They, however, also give a word of caution to diabetics and related patients that eggs might increase the risk of cardiovascular conditions.

The latest findings are published in the U.S.-based scientific journal PLOS One.
Park Jong-hong, KBS World Radio News.