Claim Verification: "Eating eggs significantly raises LDL cholesterol and heart-disease risk." — Disproved

Automated fact-verification of the claim: "Eating eggs significantly raises LDL cholesterol and heart-disease risk." Verdict: DISPROVED Key Findings SC2 (CVD risk) — directly contradicted: Two independent meta-analyses covering 1.7–2 million participants and 39–28 prospective cohort studies both find that moderate egg consumption (up to 1 egg/day) is not associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk (B1, B2 — both fully verified). SC1 (LDL) — threshold not met: The best RCT meta-analysis evidence (17 RCTs, healthy adults) shows an increase of 8.14 mg/dL in LDL-C with higher egg consumption (B3). This is statistically significant but falls below the 10 mg/dL threshold for clinical meaningfulness — and disappears in dietary contexts low in saturated fat. Compound claim fails: The claim requires BOTH sub-claims to hold. Neither does: SC1's "significantly" is not supported at the clinical level, and SC2 is directly contradicted by large-scale prospective evidence. Historical note: The 2015 U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee removed the previous 300 mg/day dietary cholesterol limit, citing "no appreciable relationship between consumption of dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol," signaling a major shift in the scientific consensus underlying this claim. Files proof.py — Re-runnable Python verification script proof.md — Structured proof report proof_audit.md — Full verification audit trail proof_narrative.md — Plain-language summary proof.json — Machine-readable structured data Generated by Proof Engine v1.0.0.