Egg Story

An 88 year old man ate 25 soft boiled eggs every day and his blood cholesterol level nevertheless remained well within the healthy range. The man appeared to have early Alzheimer's disease and could not remember most things he did during the day, but he felt compelled to keep a diary in which he carefully recorded every egg he ate. About this obsessive behaviour, he said: "Eating these eggs ruins my life," he said, "but I can't help it".

-excerpt from "What to Eat" by Marion Nestle