I’m not going to crack any yokes about the latest loony advert ban about going to work on an egg on the grounds that it does not promote a balanced diet. If only kids did eat that healthily for breakfast, cereals are full of so much sugar. And my husband has been known to fly out the front door with a couple of chocolate biscuits in his hand first thing in the morning.
Do you know of anyone who has suffered any ill-effects from over-indulging on this inexpensive and wholesome food?
Just ask Brian Grimston, an egg farmer in Devon, who eats five or six eggs a week and, at the age of 71, considers himself in very good health.
“Christ, what nonsense. There’s nothing like an egg. It’s pure and un-tainted by any pesticides. It’s quick, it’s full of protein. We produce 20,000 eggs a day and to my knowledge no one has ever suffered.�
The full nutritional content of an egg is outlined here and describes how they are an excellent source of protein, vitamins and minerals.
As a child, my ever anxious mother always thought I looked anaemic and made me swallow a raw egg each day, I can still remember the slimy, bulky liquid getting stuck in my throat if I didn’t gulp it down quickly enough. Yuck!
I wish these thought-police would realise that the public does have some intelligence and knowledge about healthy eating, we are not half as daft as they imagine.
Now where’s my Mars bar; doesn’t a Mars a day help you work, rest and play? Then it’s got to be good for you ….
Have you ever heard such nonsense from those who want to ban eggs? How many dozen a day will you have to consume to send cholesterol soaring? Moderation in all things is my moto – chocolate, alcohol, butter.
Graham, fantastic to hear from you. I know moderation sounds a boring word, and I actually prefer eggs to chocolate as I don’t have a sweet tooth. Glad to know you will still be enjoying your eggs too.
I’m afraid the egg-farmer is mistaken – indeed chlorinated and other pesticides can indeed be absorbed into the fatty yolks of eggs before they are protected by the shell. Remember the pesticide crisis of the 50s and 60s when birds of prey were sitting on eggs that never hatched?
And that’s no yolk.
Cool Hand Luke over indulged on this delecacy and vomited. Chicken embryos are no good for you according to Edwina Curry too.
Bk-bk … bkaawww !!!
I for one always need a boiled egg to send me off in a morning.
Ellee – just think how much more attention this “ban” of a 50 year old advert has received than if it had just been aired…
Heather, yes, that thought had occured to me too.
And Jim, I had no idea about the pesticide crisis from the 50s and 60s. Maybe we use different pesticides today. I only buy free range eggs with the straw still on them from a local farm shop.
Well, yes, I do know several people with dairy allergies and I have to be careful myself!
Guinness is good for you…
I thought the American Heart Association had reversed its previous egg restriction and say that an egg a day is fine. And that’s what I follow now, an egg for breakfast every day.
regards
jmb