Yes you can have eggs for breakfast

If you worry about high cholesterol in your diet - chances are you have been avoiding eggs.

Well you need to stop and review your thinking.

Our mothers always told us eggs were a good food. In the UK a whole generation was brought up on the advertising slogan: “Go to work on an egg”.

And then came the cholesterol scare.

From the 1960’s onwards - doctors and scientists were telling us that cholesterol in food was responsible for fatty deposits in our arteries. The result - heart attack and early death.

And one of the villains of the piece were eggs - or more specifically egg yolks. Along with full fat milk - eggs became something to avoid at all costs. Fast forwarward to the present day and celebrities are ordering ‘egg white omelettes’ in restaurants as part of a low fat diet. Surely conclusive proof that this anti egg thing has gone too far.

Well now science has moved on. Much more is known about the complexities of cholesterol and good and bad fats in our diet. The conclusion is that the anti egg movement was largely a mistake. Eggs are actually a good source of protein and nutrients not easily found elsewhere in the modern diet.

The truth is that just because a food is high in cholesterol doesn’t mean that it has a bad impact on your blood cholesterol. According to recent research people eating an egg a day are no more likely to suffer heart disease than those who eat them much less or not at all.

What matters is that you keep your weight under control through exercise and that your total diet is full of nutrients and antioxidants from fruit and vegetables.

So - go ahead include eggs in your diet. Go to work on an egg if that’s your breakfast of choice. As long as you eat a balanced diet and make healthy lifestyle choices you’ll avoid high cholesterol levels.