Egg Calories - Are Eggs Good For Your Diet?

Chicken eggs have been a human food since prehistoric times. Throughout this time, we have learned a great deal about eggs and why are good or bad for us. I want to talk about eggs as part of your diet, detailing on calories, fat, cholesterol, proteins and vitamins.

First, let's start with egg calories. Then sum of calories in an egg depends on the way you cook it.

Fried egg, calories count: 92

The fried egg is very popular, the only problem with it is the frying. Oil is not so healthy and frying is usually the fattest type of cooking. You may want to choose a different way to eat your eggs.

Scrambled egg, calories count: 100 the scrambled egg is my favorite egg dish. However, it's also the fattest. In contrast to the fried egg, calories are added due to the oil that is added to this kind of egg. In the fried egg version you can get rid of a large percentage of the oil.

Hard-boiled egg, calories count: 76

The hardboiled egg is a great supplement of proteins to any meal. You can add it to your salad, put it next to your meat or even eat it between meals. I strongly suggest you have some hardboiled eggs ready in the fridge, it's much better than eating fatty snacks.

Poached egg, calories count: 76

The poached (cooked in water without the shell) egg doesn't really differ from the hard-boiled egg, calories wise. No matter how you like eating your eggs, the important thing is that you eat them and not other sorts of fatty foods. Egg calories are not a burden on your meal plan also, like any other food in our diet, there are many nutritional concerns about the egg, calories are not the only thing that matters! The egg in general is a high protein food.

Egg protein is very valuable to building muscle and you should eat eggs after every muscle building workout. They supply a good protein addition and the low egg calories that you "pay" for them is really worth it. In addition eggs also supply the body with other nutrients. Vitamin a, for example, is very effective in improving your vision and also helps with skin health. Vitamin b7, also called biotin, strengthens your hair and is a natural preventer of hair loss. The only problem with eggs comes from high cholesterol.

For 100g of egg there are 424mg of cholesterol and 10g of fat (but only 27% of the fat is saturated). There is an unconcluded discussion whether or not egg consumption can induce heart problems with people already prone to it.

If you do have high cholesterol then you should consider eating only the egg whites every other day instead of the whole egg. Only the egg yoke contains cholesterol.

The last use of the egg is as a substitute or even an addition to meals in your meal plan.

The bottom line is: you should include eggs in your diet.

Egg calories are low, proteins are high and vitamins and minerals are plenty.

Eat at least one egg (preferably boiled or poached) a day.

If you don't have high cholesterol, you can eat afford two.

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Good luck,

David H. Mason