From the India Today archives (2017) | Midday meals: Why eggs are good

(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue November 20, 2017) “Off with eggs,” said his doctor. “So what the egg do I eat now?” The doctor stared him down. With sky-high cholesterol numbers, eggs were brushed aside from his table like unwelcome guests at a party. It was pretty rough, after years of starting his day with sunny-side-ups. But he leaned into the emptiness left by eggs, zen-like, embracing all the chaos for good: the snap and crackle of cereals, the chalky egg-white omelettes, the spongy tofu scrambles, the anti-cholesterol statin drugs messing up his tastebuds…