Egg protein is known as one of the most inexpensive and also very efficient protein. It is absorbed in your body much faster than the other kinds of proteins. Everybody can eat eggs because they are accessible and they can be prepared very fast. You can eat boiled, scrambled, poached, fried eggs and omelette. You can buy various egg powders as well which can be added into your cereals like oatmeal and also they can be used as protein shake. Egg powders contain only egg whites and don’t have yolks. A lot of bodybuilders eat eggs regularly because they have useful protein content. An egg consists of a yolk and the albumen which becomes white while cooking. Both these constituents have protein but the albumen contains more protein and it has no fat. The yolk has fat and cholesterol.
Generally an egg comprises 6.5 grams of protein, where the albumen holds 3.597 grams and the yolk has 2.696 grams of protein, 5.6 grams of fat and 210 mg of cholesterol.
 It should be mentioned that it is necessary to consume the yolk if you reduce your daily intake and if you want to bulk up. For example if you consume 2 eggs every day you can eat both yolks but if you eat 3 eggs the yolk consumption should be limited to 2 per day. If you eat more than 3 eggs per day try to take only whites and eat maximum 2 yolks. It won’t be risky for you in case if you are active and do the exercises.
Regular workout helps you lower your cholesterol levels. Egg yolks contain only 1.6 grams of saturated fats which is not much and beneficial, also they contain unsaturated fats such as monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. There are also a lot of vitamins and minerals in the egg yolks.
Some people avoid taking egg yolks because of the risk of plague and high cholesterol content, however according to the studies dietary cholesterol doesn’t provoke the increase of the bad cholesterol levels. The main disadvantage is that saturated fats as well as animal fats can augment the blood cholesterol levels and can lead to the cardiovascular diseases.
Note. It should be mentioned that if you have diabetes you must consume less eggs and try to eat not more than 3 eggs per week.
If you didn’t eat eggs before it should be necessary to add them into your daily nutrition consuming eggs mainly during your breakfast. It will bring you more benefits if you hard boil eggs in order to eliminate yolks. Yolks can be easily removed and you are able to eat the whites. For more convenience you can buy egg protein powders which is ready available like for example the Optimum 100% Egg protein.
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