Harvard medical student Nick Norwitz, who holds a doctorate in physiology from Oxford, recently embarked on a personal health experiment that captured public attention. In just one month, he ate 720 eggs—an average of 24 per day—and observed an 18 percent drop in his LDL cholesterol levels, commonly called “bad cholesterol.”
He wasn’t advocating an extreme egg diet, which would not be a wise long-term way to eat. Nor were the results of the experiment revolutionary. Still, the story went viral. Many interpreted it as a green light to enjoy more eggs. However, the experiment’s takeaways go beyond diet.
