It's been known for a long time that consumption of cholesterol doesn't directly raise blood cholesterol. The dangers of high cholesterol were first raised to t

It's been known for a long time that consumption of cholesterol doesn't directly raise blood cholesterol. The dangers of high cholesterol were first raised to the public consciousness in the 90s which is around when the "eggs may be bad for you" hit it's peak. It wasn't until years later that the causes of high cholesterol were better understood and the advice was refined. That's around the time that trans fat became the real villain and that advice has mostly stood up to scrutiny for a while now.