I've been whole food plant-based since January 1st this year. That, coupled with two-a-days, got me from 200lbs down to 165lbs in a few months. Highly recommend it, and I've probably lessened my carbon footprint considerably (god I used to eat so much meat).
For anyone interested, or in a rather prickly debating mood, a lot of what I follow comes from Dr. Greger's book "How Not to Die".
And for the whole discussion on eggs, the only thing I've really come across is a higher association of asthma risk with children who eat eggs regularly. It just seems like an association and not much else. Also, the risk of salmonella but that to me is almost an entirely different category of health (non-nutritional).