Cooking Egg Whites Reduces Protein?

[nikhi19]

I've read in some places that cooking egg whites too much ( I cook mine so they're brown) actually reduces the protein in them. I think that's a load of ****. However, doing a google search I have found information both for this theory and against it. Some sites say that the amount of Bio-available protein is reduced, while other sites say that unless you're scorching your egg whites to a burnt crisp, cooking them doesn't hurt the protein.

Anyone have any info on this? I refuse to eat runny eggs. :evil3:

[CTri17]

Nik, I'm not sure but I think I've read (perhaps in my texts, or perhaps around the web) that if you OVER cook them you lose the bioavailable protein.
That being said I don't eat my eggs runny, but I don't scorch them either.

I'm sure it isn't *much* difference. So eat your brown eggs ;)

[nikhi19]

Thanks Christina! :)