British egg shortage

Couple of days ago the Times of London reported that eggs were in somewhat
short supply, and attributed this to the Atkins diet. Apparently egg
consumption has risen 9% over last year to, if I recall the number
correctly, 28 million a day. There was a suggestion that the supply of
Christmas cake might suffer as a result, although if they're right in saying
Atkins is the cause, presumably this will also cause a decline in the demand
for cake, it being pretty high carb. This diet is certainly creating plenty
of buzz, but more heat than light!

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Couple of days ago the Times of London reported that eggs were in somewhat
short supply, and attributed this to the Atkins diet. Apparently egg
consumption has risen 9% over last year to, if I recall the number
correctly, 28 million a day. There was a suggestion that the supply of
Christmas cake might suffer as a result, although if they're right in saying

Ah, NOW they have their hook -- due to the evil Atkins diet, Christmas
will be cancelled.

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"Saffire" wrote in message
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Ah, NOW they have their hook -- due to the evil Atkins diet, Christmas
will be cancelled.

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Yer right. I can see the headline now - DOCTOR ATKINS - SECRET GRINCH

Anthony wrote:
Couple of days ago the Times of London reported that eggs
were in somewhat short supply, and attributed this to the
Atkins diet. Apparently egg consumption has risen 9% over
last year to, if I recall the number correctly, 28 million a
day. There was a suggestion that the supply of Christmas
cake might suffer as a result, although if they're right in
saying Atkins is the cause, presumably this will also cause a
decline in the demand for cake, it being pretty high carb.
This diet is certainly creating plenty of buzz, but more heat
than light!

The media here in the US has occasionally indicated that the price of beef
in this country has been driven up due to the Atkins Diet. It has nothing to
do with the reduction of imports from Canada due to the Mad Cow thing. LOL
BJ

Saffire wrote:
In article ,
says...
Couple of days ago the Times of London reported that eggs were in
somewhat short supply, and attributed this to the Atkins diet.
Apparently egg consumption has risen 9% over last year to, if I
recall the number correctly, 28 million a day. There was a
suggestion that the supply of Christmas cake might suffer as a
result, although if they're right in saying

Ah, NOW they have their hook -- due to the evil Atkins diet, Christmas
will be cancelled.

Ah, Alan Rickman...who needs Christmas if you can have Alan Rickman! Sigh.
:-)

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