The article below was sent to me by a concerned relative and is one of those 
stupid media statements that make no sense but convince the general 
population that if a study says so, it must be true.
No mention of what else these men and women were eating besides eggs or how 
they know it was the eggs or the mechanism through which eggs increase the 
risk of diabetes.

Leonie




People with type 2 diabetes warned off eggs: studyFont Size: Decrease 
Increase Print Page: Print By Tamara McLean | November 21, 2008
Article from:  Australian Associated Press
EATING more than a couple of eggs a week increases the risk of developing 
diabetes, a major study has found.

It can also make the condition worse in those who already have diabetes.

Australian specialists are urging type 2 diabetics and people at risk of 
developing the blood glucose condition to limit their egg intake after a US 
study found them to be detrimental to their health.

Specialists at Harvard Medical School in Boston found eating an egg every 
day may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by about 60 per cent.

Women were most susceptible, with females consuming seven eggs or more a 
week increasing their risk by 77 per cent.

Eating just one egg a week carried no increased risk, Dr Michael Dr Gaziano 
wrote in the journal Diabetes Care.

The study, the first of its kind, made the conclusions after tracking the 
egg-eating habits of almost 57,000 men and women over two decades.

Dr Alan Barclay, manager of human nutrition at Diabetes Australia-NSW, said 
the results were consistent with the advice it has provided for some years 
that people with diabetes should have moderate egg consumption.

Eggs are a good source of vitamins, proteins and other nutrients, but they 
are also rich in cholesterol, which in high amounts can clog arteries and 
raise the risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes.