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Dr Rosemary Leonard MBE is a GP with many years’ experience working in London’s top teaching hospitals

I’ve been told my cholesterol level is slightly raised. Should I stop eating eggs? Cholesterol in eggs has a much smaller effect on blood cholesterol than saturated fatty acids found in the likes of butter and fatty meats.

Egg yolks do contain cholesterol, but are low in saturated fat. So if you eat a balanced, varied diet low in saturated fats, there’s no need to limit your egg consumption.

Boil or poach them, rather than fry or scramble them with lots of butter.

Contact Dr Leonard at S Magazine, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP, or email dr.leonard@ express.co.uk. Dr Leonard regrets that she cannot reply personally to letters. Read her column every Tuesday in the Daily Express