Eating an egg every day could be the key to stopping heart attacks and strokes.
Eating eggs every day can prevent heart attacks and strokes
The food has been found to send "good cholesterol" surging and get rid of the "bad" type, known as low-density lipoprotein.
The experts also discovered that people who eat fewer eggs suffered from worse cholesterol overall.
Professor Canqing Hu - from Peking University in China - explained that the results showed "how eating a moderate amount of eggs can help protect against heart disease".
The findings were based on an analysis of 4,778 people in China and more than 3,000 of them suffered from cardiovascular disease.
Blood samples revealed that those who consumed a moderate amount of eggs had greater levels of APOA1 (apolipoprotein) A1 - a building block of "good cholesterol".
Eggs had been seen as dangerous because the yolks are high in cholesterol but the British Heart Foundation has since said that eating them should no longer be considered as a health risk.