[littlegg]

Is a cooked egg more calories than a raw egg? Thats what I seem to be finding but why????

[Suzanne 3FC]

Interesting. One large (50 gram) hard boiled egg has 78 calories, while a raw egg of the same size has 74 calories. Where did the other 4 calories come from?

[athenac]

You know, I never really paid attention to that. Now you have me wondering too.

[RockerGirl]

I am totally guessing, but maybe it's because the cooked eggs expand a little.

[jtammy]

This it totally beside the point, but my grandmother used to believe that if you boiled an egg, it no longer had calories and that if you toasted bread, it removed the calories. I went on several boiled egg and toast diets when I was a very early teenager, before I realized that wasn't true.

[BlueToBlue]

Originally Posted by jtammy

This it totally beside the point, but my grandmother used to believe that if you boiled an egg, it no longer had calories and that if you toasted bread, it removed the calories. I went on several boiled egg and toast diets when I was a very early teenager, before I realized that wasn't true.

- That is so funny!

I've read that all cooked foods have slightly more calories than their raw counterparts. This is because cooking the food changes the structure of the food slightly, making it possible for our bodies to absorb carbohydrates in it that we can't absorb when it is eaten raw. I read this in Marilyn Vos Savant's column (in whatever that insert is to the Sunday paper), so you know it's got to be true!

[Tara D]

I agree that it probably has something to do with the bioavailability of the nutrients once cooked.

[sotypical]

see I heard that cooking food REMOVES some calories, lol

[fiddler]

Or it could be that when you boil an egg the shell comes off cleanly, whereas with a raw egg some of the white remains on the shell when you crack it.