The reported results of Dr. David Spence that egg yolk consumption is a risk factor for strokes and coronary heart disease, appears to be extremely weak (Research finds egg yolks almost as bad as smoking, Aug. 13).
This study is a retrospective recall interview survey, one of the most unreliable techniques around. The accuracy of individual recall-years later is almost a joke, parading as research.
The matter of individual recall bias runs rampant. Many of these subjects had heard that egg yolks had gotten a bad name from some scientists advocating the possible dangers of cholesterol. Very likely they now blame their heart condition on that highly publicized theory.
Arnold Gore
Consumers Health Freedom Coalition