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minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoI was a little curious why the egg has to be hard boiled.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoBecause it’s harder to digest! The point is, you use more calories digesting a hard boiled egg than you get from it. Or so the theory was at the time.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWell that’s just fucking nonsense. At least the celery myth starts on the premise that celery has 15 calories a serving instead of an egg, a food literally packed with all the calories and protein you need to make a baby chicken.
I was a little curious why the egg has to be hard boiled.
Because it’s harder to digest! The point is, you use more calories digesting a hard boiled egg than you get from it. Or so the theory was at the time.
Well that’s just fucking nonsense. At least the celery myth starts on the premise that celery has 15 calories a serving instead of an egg, a food literally packed with all the calories and protein you need to make a baby chicken.