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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink33•4 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink33•4 days 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•4 days agoNo, but it also isn’t calorie-neutral, or calorie-reducing like fad diets claim…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•3 days agoThat’s nuts. I just assumed it was because hardboiled eggs are cooked without additional fat
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.
Does celery have a lot of protein? TIL
No, but it also isn’t calorie-neutral, or calorie-reducing like fad diets claim…
That’s nuts. I just assumed it was because hardboiled eggs are cooked without additional fat