Preparation of eggs

[Freestyle Child]

Just curious if the preparation of eggs changes the nutritional value anyhow?

Say hard boiled vs pan fried? (Excluding cooking oils and any additives)

Might try to prepare my eggs for the a.m ahead of time.

Thanks!
-FC

[tarmyg]

Do not seem to be much of a difference: Nutritional Comparison: Egg, whole, raw, fresh vs Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled

[Dougiefresh7707]

Just curious if the preparation of eggs changes the nutritional value anyhow?

Say hard boiled vs pan fried? (Excluding cooking oils and any additives)

Might try to prepare my eggs for the a.m ahead of time.

Thanks!
-FC

Mine are raw every morning mostly egg whites but whole eggs sometime raw with protien powder and not much of a difference any way you chose to make them.

[cantstopkane]

Whenever you heat a protein it goes though irriversable chemical changes that change the matrix and arangment.

An example of this is the whites going from liquid to solid.

This will not affect amino acid content as only very high temps would dammage a few select amino acids but you are not going that high cooking eggs.

A few vitamins are affected by heat specifically C B and thiamin (100c + needed to effect thaimin do only frying)

This should be irelivant though as you should be taking a multi vitamin

Cooking can effect bioavailability of the protien but this is a murky topic, invegitables it increases it in animal products it often decreases it 10-15%

That being said I think cooking should be fine

Im a food technologist by trade and let me tell you now if your in america DO NOT consume unpasturized raw egg! Our poultry efficacy is just not that good, Sallmonella can easily kill you and at the very least take of 20 pounds of muscle.

If you wanna go the raw route try pasutrized egg whites like eggology or from another company

Reference - me and my degree

[basketballfan22]

I don't really know the difference (if there even is one) in the protein bioavailability among the different ways of cooked eggs, but I do know that cooked (gbrice75 is confident that pasteurized egg whites fall in this category) eggs have a protein bioavailability of 90.9% versus raw eggs which have a protein bioavailability of 51.3% (Digestibility of Cooked and Raw Egg Protein in Humans as Assessed by Stable Isotope Techniques); therefore you should always cook your eggs, which has the added benefit of eliminating Salmonella risk too.

[Java Man]

All good stuff. I can't acquire a taste for the pasteurized whites so I got creative. I throw an egg or 2 into just about everything now. I always keep about 2 doz. Hard boiled so I just grab and swallow. I just read how that sounded lol. Whatever. It willbe fun reading the elementary schoolyard comments

I make deviled ths out of another dozen and a.half every few days. A little variety keeps things interesting and they last about a week too.

[tarmyg]

I don't really know the difference (if there even is one) in the protein bioavailability among the different ways of cooked eggs, but I do know that cooked (gbrice75 is confident that pasteurized egg whites fall in this category) eggs have a protein bioavailability of 90.9% versus raw eggs which have a protein bioavailability of 51.3% (Digestibility of Cooked and Raw Egg Protein in Humans as Assessed by Stable Isotope Techniques); therefore you should always cook your eggs, which has the added benefit of eliminating Salmonella risk too.

Super interesting, just read this Article and I will start boiling my eggs again after just switching to raw egg shakes in the morning.

Thanks
~T

[MajorPectorial]

Just cook it all. if it works for th pros it works for me. N yrh. Not about gettin salmonella. I dont even rat cooked.boiled.eggs after two whole days in the fridge..just boil rm for theday. Used to pre cook meals. Now its so easy to nuke my frozen mixed veg n green beans and cal spray fry my meats only takes.5minutes n much.nocer.fresh. hate frozen.meats. they judt aint the same. Pribably me but i just think they taste crap

[Flagg]

There are so many ways to prep eggs, boiled, poached, scrambled..
Takes minimal effort and minimal cooking time.

[warlockjmr]

I love pre shelled hardboiled eggs as an easy breakfast if I'm being lazy and can't be arsed to cook!

[basketballfan22]

Super interesting, just read this Article and I will start boiling my eggs again after just switching to raw egg shakes in the morning.

Thanks
~T

Don't mention it.

[Rusty11]

Please don't peel hard boiled eggs at work. They stink.
Hard boiled with tabasco...yum yum.

[probuild42]

Please don't peel hard boiled eggs at work. They stink.
Hard boiled with tabasco...yum yum.

Ya I got sh*t for stinking up the office while peeling eggs! Why do eggs smell when hard boiled?? Little to no smell raw or cooked? How does that work out??

[krugerr]

Ya I got sh*t for stinking up the office while peeling eggs! Why do eggs smell when hard boiled?? Little to no smell raw or cooked? How does that work out??

No idea. I peel mine at home, rinse them under the tap then wrap them in tin foil.
When I want to eat them, they're perfect and gone so quick that noone notices the smell!

[tarmyg]

Always eat mine with some serious hot sauce.

[krugerr]

Damn it... this talk of eggs made me go and put 8 on to hardboil... then I came back to the PC and forgot all about them. They're definitely hard boiled now. Cooking Time: 1hour 20mins...

[skaz915]

I am not positive but I wouldn't think different prep methods would noticeably change the nutritional availability. As of right now I'm scrambling my eggs but when I get sick of that I'll either poach or hard boil then. I'm always changing it up because they get boring quick

[Times Roman]

Mine are raw every morning mostly egg whites but whole eggs sometime raw with protien powder and not much of a difference any way you chose to make them.

Salmonella is a total MF!

....hope you don't get it like I did!

[bigsparky84]

and forgot all about them. They're definitely hard boiled now. Cooking Time: 1hour 20mins...

LMAO!!Couldent tell you how many times I've done that!!

[tarmyg]

LMAO!!Couldent tell you how many times I've done that!!

Same here :-)