O-41 - Sign and size of the egg-removal effect depend on the comparator food; eggs rank near processed meat
The authors rank nuts and whole grains as healthiest and “eggs and processed meat the unhealthiest” protein sources; fish the “single not unhealthy” animal source. That eggs→unprocessed red meat lowers risk shows eggs sit at the bottom of the ranking together with processed meat.
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Why this is evidence
If the sign and size of removing eggs depend entirely on the replacement food, no fixed egg-intrinsic exposure (cholesterol H-26 or fat quality H-3) is carrying a stable effect. Comparator-dependence favours H-54 (dietary-pattern/substitution artefact) over both H-26 and H-3.