EGGS ARE CHEAP AND SAFE TO EAT

FOR years — because of cholesterol worries — I advised my patients to cut back on eggs; I remember telling them to have no more than two a week, or to try (the rather tragic) yolkless omelettes.

However, when I re-tested their cholesterol levels, I was so often disappointed to see that their sacrifice was not rewarded in their blood test results.

Then in 2013, I came across a study in the journal Metabolism, where they gave three eggs a day to people with type 2 diabetes and found significant improvements in their cholesterol and levels of other blood fats. On top of this was an improvement in the patients’ diabetes control.

That was a light-bulb moment for me — other research has since also shown that the dietary cholesterol from foods such as eggs is beneficial.

So it’s goodbye horrid yolkless omelettes and welcome eggs as a mainstay in a low-carb diet.

And at around 10p each, they are a good addition to a low-cost, low-carb approach.