Calories in hard boiled egg+good or bad cholesterol?

QUESTION: Could you provide the calories in hard boiled egg+good or bad cholesterol content?


ANSWER: Hi,

You have to know that the hard boiled eggs do containing less cholesterol and fewer calories than otherwise prepared eggs.

With regards to calories, hard-boiled eggs do contain 76 calories in comparison to 92 in fried eggs. Of these 76 calories, 59 are related to the egg’s yolk. The other 17 calories are contained in the white of the egg.

With regards to the cholesterol content in hard-boiled eggs, if the egg is large, it contains around 215 mg of cholesterol, and 185 mg if the egg is medium.

Keep in mind that all the cholesterol and all the calories are kept in the egg’s yolk. As this part of the egg is pretty dangerous, because the excessive amount of yolk is leading to the production of increased amount of “bad” cholesterol; it is advisable to consume the whites of the eggs.

Please be careful with the number of the eggs that you consume everyday. It is better to limit to 1 egg per day if you do not have any problem with high cholesterol; and 1 whole egg once 3 days if you are experiencing any of these problems.

All the best!

Dr.Alba