Tiffany Lester, M.D. and medical director of Parsley Health San Francisco, agrees. “Eggs have gotten an undeserved reputation as one of the leading causes of high cholesterol. The suggestion that the higher saturated fat content in eggs accelerates atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) as much as smoking does is false. New research1 from both the Harvard School of Public Health and the National Institutes of Health have debunked this concept.” While many docs don’t think eating cholesterol is bad for your heart, most agree that inflammation is. Here are 10 “healthy” foods causing inflammation—plus, eight foods an inflammation expert won’t touch.
