Easter Egg

Talking about Easter is talking about Easter egg. It's usually a boiled egg. It symbolizing the life and salvation that Jesus give to humankind by His sacrifice in the cross for Christian belief. Egg is also a good food. It's a good resource of nutrients for your daily intake and it's good to put it in your diet. You can get enough amounts of nutrient from egg, whether it's boiled or fried. Wanna see how much nutrients you can get from a 100 g egg?

• Boiled egg

Energy of a 100 g boiled egg is about 649 kJ or 155 kcal with total lipid 10.61 g. Boiled egg contain (per 100 g boiled egg) 50 mg calcium, 1.19 mg iron, 10 mg magnesium, 172 mg phosphorus, 126 mg potassium, 124 mg sodium, 1.05 mg zinc, 0.013 mg copper, 0.026 mg manganese, 4.8 mcg fluoride, and 30.8 mcg selenium. There are 17 amino acids in boiled egg. The largest composition is glutamic acid (1.644 g per 100 g). The other amino acids are aspartic acid (1.264 g per 100 g), leucine(1.075 g per 100 g), serine (0.936 g per 100 g), lysine (0.904 g per 100 g), valine, arginine,  alanine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, threonine, tyrosine, proline, glycine, methionine, histidine, cystine and tryptophan. You also can get 520 IU of vitamin A and 225.3 mg of choline.

• Fried egg

Total energy from 100 g fried egg is 821 kJ or 196 kcal. Fried egg (per 100 g) contain 62 mg calcium, 1.89 iron, 13 mg magnesium, 215 mg phosphorus, 152 mg potassium, 207 mg sodium, 1.39 mg zinc, 0.078 mg copper, 0.030 mg manganese, 1.2 mcg fluoride, and 33.1 mcg selenium. There are no data about amino acid in fried egg according to usda. You also can get 787 IU of vitamin A and 271 mg of choline.

From this data, you can plan your diet better. It contains enough nutrients (macronutrients and micronutrients) for your daily intake. Different cooking way will making difference the amount of nutrients, so choose the best cooking way to cook egg.