The incredible, edible egg
For the past month, I’ve been chowing down on a couple of eggs every morning. I usually have egg whites, mixed with tomatoes and scallions, with a dollop of low-fat feta cheese every now and again. The egg whites are usually consumed around 10:00 a.m., about two hours after my morning oatmeal (usually 2 packets of organic oatmeal, with half a tablespoon of raisins).
Today, one of my co-workers decided to share with me the dangers of eating eggs. They were, he claimed, the most over-hyped protein on the market. Its health benefits are nothing more than marketing hyperbole, and it leads to high cholesterol and weight gain. Until that last statement, I wasn’t really paying attention to my colleague’s rants, but that last comment about gaining weight captured my attention. So, when I got home, I fired up my laptop, started FitDay and searched its database for an egg’s nutritional value. Here’s what I found:
1 large, whole egg (raw) contains 75 calories, 5 grams of fat (!) and 6 grams of protein. A quarter of a cup of Egg Beaters (to which one egg is equivalent, more or less) contains 30 calories, zero grams of fat, and the same 6 grams of protein. That’s a relief.
Tomorrow, when I see Dave, I can tell him to stuff it. I like my morning egg whites.
November 26, 2007 at 9:10 pm
The fat from an egg is in the yolk. Muscle and fitness had an article last month that supports you in that they said eggs were the best source of protein and aminos. If you cook it in butter, that may be a different story but don’t count the yolks out altogether. They contain some beneficial fats and some added protein. One for every three eggs is what I was told to have. It’s lovely proving a co-worker wrong isn’t it. You can tell him Mike said to know what he is talking about before he preaches! Good for you bro!
November 26, 2007 at 9:21 pm
http://www.iloveegg.com/egg_english.htm
…that’s all I have to say, heh