Saatchi stops eating nine eggs a day

Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi has returned to a normal diet after shedding more than four stone by eating nothing but eggs.

The celebrity cook told those gathered at the opening of Saatchi's new art gallery in West London that he is now eating a normal diet after ending the nine-month regime.

"It was all about eggs, eggs and eggs, with an occasional slice of toast. Now it's all a lot more sensible all round," she said, adding that her husband is banned from the kitchen to avoid temptation.

While the diet attracted the condemnation of some nutritionists, egg sales have been bolstered and Tesco reported a 6% rise in the last week.

"There is no ready explanation why there should have been a rise, other than the blaze of publicity for Mr Saatchi's diet," a spokesman told the Daily Telegraph.