Newest cause of prostate cancer: Eating eggs?

Men who eat more than two-an-a-half eggs on a weekly basis are 80 per cent more likely to contract the disease, claim researchers at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.

The risk from eggs could be due to their high levels of cholesterol and choline, a nutrient that helps cells function, according to the scientists.

But cancer groups said the link between eggs and prostate cancer could be down to other factors, as men who ate the most eggs were also more likely to have a poor diet, be overweight, smoke and take less exercise.