{"id":107350,"date":"2024-09-27T01:56:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107350"},"modified":"2024-09-27T01:56:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:56:05","slug":"boston-man-ate-more-than-700-eggs-in-a-month-then-measured-his-cholesterol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107350","title":{"rendered":"Boston man ate more than 700 eggs in a month, then measured his cholesterol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A Harvard medical student recently completed an &#8220;egg-citing&#8221; experiment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Nick Norwitz, 25, decided to eat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/food-drink\/food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">720 eggs<\/a> in one month to see what the effect would be on his cholesterol.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the month, the Boston man found that his cholesterol levels had dipped by 20%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/ask-doc-prevent-high-cholesterol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>ASK A DOCTOR: &#8216;HOW CAN I PREVENT HIGH CHOLESTEROL?&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norwitz \u2014 a self-described &#8220;academician&#8221; with a PhD in metabolic health, who is currently finishing his medical degree at Harvard \u2014 said he has always had a passion for sharing his &#8220;joy and interest&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/343\/192\/eggs-norwitz-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/686\/384\/eggs-norwitz-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/672\/378\/eggs-norwitz-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1344\/756\/eggs-norwitz-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/931\/523\/eggs-norwitz-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1862\/1046\/eggs-norwitz-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/720\/405\/eggs-norwitz-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1440\/810\/eggs-norwitz-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1200\/675\/eggs-norwitz-split.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Eggs split\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Nick Norwitz, 25, decided to eat 720 eggs in one month to see what the effect would be on his cholesterol.<\/span> <span>(iStock; Nick Norwitz)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;My colleagues and I come up with creative ways to try to translate our awe and love for physiology and biology into something that is interesting and accessible to the public,&#8221; he told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The goal is to provoke conversation and bring people to the table so we can talk about human metabolism, which I find utterly fascinating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/vegan-diet-versus-meat-based-diet-identical-twins-followed-different-meal-plans-happened\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>VEGAN DIET VERSUS MEAT-BASED DIET: IDENTICAL TWINS FOLLOWED DIFFERENT MEAL PLANS, HERE&#8217;S WHAT HAPPENED<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During his egg-eating month, Norwitz consumed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">24 eggs<\/a> per day.<\/p>\n<p>He ate them in &#8220;all the ways,&#8221; he said \u2014 scrambled, fried, omelets, deviled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eggs are a pretty versatile food, so making them in different ways made for a pretty pleasant experiment \u2014 it wasn&#8217;t that difficult.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/343\/192\/Proof-46.jpg.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/686\/384\/Proof-46.jpg.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/672\/378\/Proof-46.jpg.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1344\/756\/Proof-46.jpg.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/931\/523\/Proof-46.jpg.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1862\/1046\/Proof-46.jpg.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/720\/405\/Proof-46.jpg.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1440\/810\/Proof-46.jpg.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1200\/675\/Proof-46.jpg.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Nick Norwitz\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Norwitz, who has a PhD in metabolic health and is currently finishing his medical degree at Harvard, said he has always had a passion for sharing his &#8220;joy and interest&#8221; in science.<\/span> <span>(Nick Norwitz)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the first two weeks, it was against the backdrop of an otherwise very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/nutrition-and-fitness\/nutrition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low-carbohydrate diet<\/a>, he said, and then he added carbs for the second two weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p class=\"quote-text\">&#8220;The goal is to provoke conversation about human metabolism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!----><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The purpose of this whole experiment was a metabolic demonstration to discuss the \u2018levers\u2019 that can affect cholesterol in different individuals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I expected my cholesterol levels not to change by just adding the eggs \u2014 and that is indeed what happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was when he added the carbs that his cholesterol levels dropped, due to a metabolic shift after having adapted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/nutrition-and-fitness\/diet-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low-carb diet<\/a> \u2014 a phenomenon that he explains in more detail in the video at the top of the article.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/343\/192\/fried-egg-in-skillet.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/686\/384\/fried-egg-in-skillet.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/672\/378\/fried-egg-in-skillet.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1344\/756\/fried-egg-in-skillet.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/931\/523\/fried-egg-in-skillet.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1862\/1046\/fried-egg-in-skillet.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/720\/405\/fried-egg-in-skillet.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1440\/810\/fried-egg-in-skillet.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1200\/675\/fried-egg-in-skillet.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"two fried eggs\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>During his egg-eating month, Norwitz consumed 24 eggs per day. He ate them in &#8220;all the ways,&#8221; he said \u2014 scrambled, fried, omelets, deviled.<\/span> <span>(iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One key thing Norwitz has learned \u2014 from this experiment and others he\u2019s done \u2014 is that there&#8217;s not one &#8220;best&#8221; human diet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When evaluating what is a good diet for a person, you need to consider their baseline <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">metabolic health<\/a>, and also what their goals are,&#8221; he told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some people, for example, might be optimizing for longevity, while others might be focused on cardiovascular health or looking to keep inflammatory bowel disease in remission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong><u>For more Health articles, visit\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><strong><u>www.foxnews.com\/health<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norwitz said he has many more experiments planned to spark awareness and knowledge of how foods affect the body&#8217;s functions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/wellness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overall health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am passionate about making metabolic health mainstream,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is only the tip of the iceberg.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Melissa Rudy is senior health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. 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