Between chicken, duck and duck eggs, which egg has the most protein?

BS. Pham Anh Ngan, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital – Campus 3answer:

Eggs are a familiar food in every family because of their versatility in cooking and their ability to preserve them for a long time. Safe egg storage time in the refrigerator (4.4 degrees ) OLD) is recommended 2 – 4 weeks for raw eggs (in shell) and 1 week for main eggs (in shell).

Eggs can both be the main ingredient for a meal, can also participate in side dishes from drinks to dips, cakes and is also a popular street food today.

Eggs are a nutritious snack packed with important nutrients SHUTTERSTOCK

General, egg ensure the majority of nutritional content such as protein, lipid, glucide, cholesterol, trace elements (calcium, iron, phosphorus, …).

Specifically, duck eggs provide energy about 184 kcal/egg, duck eggs about 182 kcal/egg, chicken eggs about 166 kcal/egg. However, the protein content (protein) in chicken eggs is more than that of duck eggs and duck eggs, respectively 14 g in egg, 13 g and 13.6 g in duck eggs and duck eggs. The amount of cholesterol in the 3 types of eggs above is the same, in which only the yolk has cholesterol, the egg white does not.

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Eggs are a nutritious food, meeting all 3 criteria of delicious – nutritious – cheap. However, the average adult should only eat 3-4 eggs per week. For the elderly or people with dyslipidemia, should only eat 1-2 eggs/week and limit the egg yolk portion.

For young children, the use of eggs depends on the child’s learning stage. Children aged 6-12 months should start with half an egg yolk gradually increasing, eating 2-3 meals/week. Children after 12 months of age, can be given both egg yolk and egg white, but should monitor for allergic manifestations such as change in stool properties, abdominal pain, rash, itching, because some children are in infancy. age at which the possibility of allergy to eggs was noted.

Do not eat too many eggs in one meal because the high nutritional content will be accompanied by stagnation, bloating, and gastrointestinal discomfort.