February 11/London/The Express -- Fears that eating more than three eggs a week can cause high blood pressure and increase cholesterol are unfounded, scientists now claim. Almost half of the U.K. believes eating too many eggs is unhealthy, but they are in truth a high-protein food, cheap and nutritious, and consumers should not be unduly concerned about how many they eat.
"It is high time that we dispelled the mythology surrounding eggs and heart disease and restored them to their rightful place on our menus, where they can make a valuable contribution to healthy, balanced diets," say the authors of a report in the journal British Nutrition Foundation.