Victoria Taylor

The answer is yes, eggs can be included within a balanced diet. That means we still need to think about how we cook them or what we eat them with, but for most of us there are no specific limits on how many you should eat.

People who have familial hypercholesterolemia [an inherited condition where you have exceptionally high levels of cholesterol] are still advised by NICE to eat less than 300mg of dietary cholesterol a day, as they need to take more care than the gene...

This study suggests that people who eat more eggs are at a greater risk of heart disease because of the cholesterol that’s in them. But this type of study can only show an association, rather than cause and effect, and more research is needed for us ...