Nigella's husband sheds 4st with eggs

Nigella Lawson's husband has lost four stone in nine months by eating an egg-only diet.

The TV cook told the Daily Mail that her husband Charles Saatchi ate up to nine eggs a day in a move to lose weight.

She branded the weight-loss regime the "completely mad eggs, eggs and more eggs diet".

"For nine months, he ate three eggs for breakfast, three eggs for lunch and three eggs for supper," she said.

"The doctor said to me, 'It's neck and neck whether Charles keels over or loses the weight first'. But it was easier for him than engaging in the whole business of food."

Lawson also revealed that her acclaimed culinary skills are lost on Saatchi, whose favourite meal is Weetabix and milk.

She revealed earlier this year that she bans cameramen from filming her bottom on her cookery shows, unless the shot is out of focus.