Ahh, the sweet tooth, always a challenge for me. At low levels of consumption sugar doesn't appear to be a big risk factor for disease, at average American levels, 22 teaspoons a day, definitely a problem. The science is pretty solid that saturated fats and dietary cholesterol raise LDL, with saturated fats having the larger effect. Always good to check the source of studies on nutrition and health. The Egg Board, for example, has sponsored and been disseminating studies that claim eggs don't significantly raise LDL. These studies are carefully crafted to add eggs, as a replacement, to a diet ALREADY high in saturated fat and cholesterol. Presumably they know that the body has limits to how much cholesterol it can absorb and how much dietary sat fats will stimulate LDL production, so as long as their test subjects are near these limits the addition of eggs really doesn't increase their LDL much.

On the other hand, when eggs are swapped in or out for egg substitutes in blind studies with subjects who have average to low LDL and who don't consume significant sat fat their LDL goes up and down, as many as 50 points, synchronized with either real or egg substitute.