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 KNOWN AND RESPECTED SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIANS TO ADVISE US ON 

 PROGRAMS, NUTRITION RESEARCH AND OTHER ISSUE AREAS. AND TO PROVIDE 

 EXPERTISE FOR CONSUMERS AND THE MEDIA AS NEEDED. DUE TO THE LARGE 

 NUMBER OF CONSUMERS OVER THE AGE OF 65. A PANEL OF INDEPENDENT 

 SClENTinC EXPERTS FORMULATED PRACTICAL DIET. HEALTH. AND LIFESTYLE 

 GUIDELINES FOR THIS GROUP. THE FINDINGS OF THE PANEL HAVE BEEN 

 DEVELOPED INTO A PAPER TITLED. "NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OF THE 

 ELDERLY." 



THROUGH AEB GRANTS. NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN 

 DEVELOPED AT BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. 

 AEB IS SPONSORING A FACULTY EDUCATION PROJECT AT HARVARD MEDICAL 

 SCHOOL TO TRAIN INSTRUCTORS TO TEACH NUTRITION TO PHYSICIANS AND 

 MEDICAL STUDENTS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO REACH FUTURE PHYSICL\NS WITH 

 ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT CHOLESTEROL AND EGG NUTRITION. 



AEB HAS FUNDED INDEPENDENT RESEARCH THAT DEMONSTRATES EGGS 

 ARE NOT THE CULPRIT IN INCREASING BLOOD CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN THE 

 HEALTHY POPULATION. THE RESULTS OF AN AEB-FUNDED STUDY AT COLUMBIA 

 UNIVERSITY IN WHICH THE EFFECTS OF EATING ZERO. ONE, TWO AND FOUR 



