Eggs from Lohmann Brown chickens are sorted inside a barn at Meadow Haven Farm, a certified organic family run farm, in Sheffield, Ill., in August 2015. By Hamza Shaban Hamza Shaban Technology reporter Email Bio Follow February 28 at 4:20 PM Americans are devouring eggs in numbers not seen in nearly five decades — about 279 per year per person, government forecasts show — continuing a four-year trajectory.
Egg consumption per capita increased more than 6 percent in 2016, the same full year under which the government dropped its caution about eating such high-cholesterol foods,as shrimp, lobster and eggs. The food recommendations were part of an influential nutrition advice book that the federal government updates every five years, to help Americans eat healthier.
According to the research arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans reached the height of their egg consumption at the conclusion of World War II, averaging 404, or more than one a day, in 1945. It bottomed out at 229 in 1992, according to the USDA’s Economic Research Service.“This idea that eggs are healthy is really what’s driving this increase in consumption,” said Jesse Laflamme, the chief executive of Pete and Gerry’s Organics, a free-range egg producer.
Despite the government guidelines listing eggs as a nutrient-dense protein, the Food and Drug Administration’s definition for “healthy” on food labels does not apply to egg producers, because eggs exceed the agency’s criteria for fat and cholesterol. The FDA has acknowledged that public health recommendations have changed, and the agency is currently reviewing public input to update its definition of “healthy” for food labeling.
Fascinating. Please, tell me more.
The article does not mention that for decades the government recommended people poison themselves with a high carb, low fat diet--another great moment in scientific consensus, but there actually was no scientific evidence for the recommendation at all. Read Big Fat Surprise.
Without wasting more time I'll suggest there are more people in America \\ so more eggs eaten.
Because us hard-working stiff Americans can't afford meat anymore and every illegal immigrant in front of me at the supermarket has free food stamp buying lobster and steak!
Hahaha WTF This is big news. WOW
Who the hell is even gonna read this article and waste their time?
The eggs are for the faces of the left wing lions faces every time they open their filthy mouths
Good news for the egg industry
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Their next article will be Trump likes eggs and if you do you are racist as well.
From the article: 'From a climate perspective eggs are better to eat than beef, but are worse than legumes and other plant sources of proteins,” she said.” People make fun of AOC about cows. Hmmm...
Amazing journalisming on display here folks!!!!!
Because they are delicious
Good for you WP, writing an article that probably won’t get you sued for millions. Keep it up 👍🏼
One way not to kill a chicken
I hope chickens don't fart😳 🐓
JesseKellyDC keto is taking over.
Is that dude a real life giant?
Outstanding!
Do those ones in the carton count too? If so, then yes. Love them chicken embryos!
We most likely all ready do when you total eggs also used in most products, breads, cakes, cookies, etc.
food_democracy
Because they’re good
Slow news day? In other news, bacon is delicious.
Cause they taste good
Add some beef🥩with those eggs🥚and you'll have a bodybuilder's complete protein breakfast to buff out your day.💪
why I'm not part of them
Wow what a news breaking story...NOT
Do these kooks actually get paid?
More people than ever eating more food than ever.
I just had a double egg sandwich with cheese! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
It is a cheap, easy source of protein and they are yummy. 😋 🥚🍳
The Incredible Edible Egg!
chick leys some eggs.🤔🤔🤔🤔😎
Mmmmm can we call them unborn chickens?
Climate change?
Thanks too Donald Duck😉🍳
MMM. Eggs. 🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳😊😊😊
My guess is that the meat industry didn't want us eating omelets instead of steaks and chops. So they paid 'scientists' to conduct a study showing eggs are bad for us.
please don't this is probably fake anyway.
they love it
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Several “new” diet plans, strangely resembling Adkins, recommends eggs (protein) for breakfast.
That whole prohibition on eggs was a scam. I ate at least three per day all my life. Now in my 60s, I'm in perfect health. No hint of heart disease or any other disease.
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