3.7. Effects of Egg Intake on Clinical Erythrocyte and Platelet Profiles
In addition to evaluating the effects of egg intake on immune profiles, we further assessed whether intake of different egg-based diets altered erythrocyte markers—particularly given the changes in reported dietary intake of hematopoietic nutrients throughout the intervention. While changes in total red blood cell counts did not reach statistical significance, hematocrit increased following the whole egg diet as compared to the egg-free diet (