I’m a great admirer of the egg. They’re an excellent package of dense nutrition, easy to use and highly adaptable. In fact, at the moment we're looking after some chickens, for friends, so we're eating plenty of the freshest eggs possible.

Eggs contain protein, along with a plethora of minerals and vitamins, plus even when you're buying free range or organic eggs, you’re getting a lot of nutrition for your money.

 

 

Diet books and bodybuilders recommend restricting yourself to the egg white only. But, if you do that you’re missing out on loads of wonderful nutrition.

The egg white is mostly protein and water. However, it's the yolk which contains all the egg’s extra goodness. The yolk is what converts eggs from being a cheap source of protein into something a whole lot more special. Inside that golden yolk is:

 

 

So if you just eat the egg white you're missing out on all of these.

 

 

The yolk does contain most of the fat. Concern about saturated fat and cholesterol, has led many to exclude eggs from their diet. However one egg contains 5g of fat, most of which is the more healthy unsaturated fats.