Eggs and Heart Disease Risk. Each large egg has about 186 milligrams of cholesterol. It was recommended that people limit their cholesterol consumption to no more than 300 milligrams each day for a long time, but the Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee no longer makes this recommendation.
Pierre Lucas received a PhD in physical chemistry from Arizona State University, Tempe in 1999. He is currently a professor in the department of materials science and engineering at the University of Arizona and co-director of the CNRS International Associated Laboratory for Materials and Optics .
Lucas is very active in international education and has led the development of an international dual PhD degree between University of Arizona and University of Rennes in France, which allows students to alternate course and research work between the two institutions and earn a double PhD degree.