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The British Egg Industry Council is sponsoring a three-year programme of research into the potential for improving health in later life by increasing egg intake. Approximately 20% of older people in the UK are currently thought to suffer from inadequate protein-specific nutrition. Previous...

Many people will celebrate Breakfast Week with an egg – but exactly how you like your eggs in the morning is likely to vary according to where you live. According to Google Search[1] people in Brighton prefer a breakfast of poached eggs, yet their counterparts in Bristol choose to start...

There’s a surprising new secret weapon in the food cupboard of celebrities, helping to keep them looking good and feeling great – the humble egg! Eggs are enjoying a renaissance as hot stars like Lucy Mecklenburgh have revealed them as their top ingredient for a healthy diet. Lucy, fitness...

A project conducted at Gatwick Airport, published in the January 2015 issue of Complete Nutrition[1], shows that workplace interventions can make a positive impact on employee health. The 12-week intervention trial, conducted among 35 shift-working security employees, included advice on...

British Lion eggs will be back on TV in the New Year with their first major advertising campaign in a decade, encouraging consumers to use eggs to ‘make a meal out of anything’. The three month TV advertising campaign is part of a £1.5m marketing spend for 2015 and will see the return of...

New year heralds the annual drive towards a healthy new you and a boom for the diet industry, yet it’s the humble egg that is fast becoming the fashionable diet food of choice. Eggs are the saviour of many a dieter, appearing in the recommended ingredient list for countless weight loss...

The Christmas period is all about over-indulging and going to parties until the early hours – then comes the downside of the morning after. Breakfast is a crucial start to your recovery and protein-rich eggs seem to be the choice of those in the know to speed up your return to health...

The dates for British Egg Week 2015 have been announced as 5-11 October. More news will follow in due course. British Egg Week 2014 went viral, with celebrities and egg fans sharing ‘omelette art’ around the world, and the week itself trending on Twitter. The campaign highlighted the...

The British Egg Information Service exhibited at the Community Practitioners & Health Visitors Association annual conference & exhibition at Birmingham NEC on 5 & 6 November. There were approximately 1,000 delegates at the event who were health visitors, school nurses and community nurses...

Egg and soldiers back on the menu for pregnant women and babies Health experts are telling women not to avoid eggs when pregnant, nor to delay giving them to their babies. The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) says that emerging research suggests that eating eggs in pregnancy and weaning...