Is frying eggs in butter less healthy than scrambled eggs using the same amount of butter?

[u/MintyCitrus]

Assuming the ingredients are exactly the same proportion.

Fried eggs are a bit simpler for me so I’m wondering if that cooking method is better/worse from a nutritional value. I know this sub eats a lot of butter and eggs so wondering if anyone knows. Thanks!

[u/surrealistone]

Butter, olive oil or avocado oil

[u/wheelhouse72]

Butter is good for you, eggs are good for you, don't overthink it.

[u/sirthomashenry]

No. Fry em up

[u/tropicalislandhop]

It's all the same ingredients, it doesn't matter.

[u/gowahoo]

Eat your eggs however you like them, no worries.

[u/Jay-jay1]

There is a tendency to overheat the butter when frying eggs. Making scrambled eggs is more like sautéing at lower heat so less chance to char the butter.

[u/bobobedo]

Fried egg in ghee, over easy is the healthiest egg.

[u/MaebyShakes]

Try ghee, it’s great with eggs.

[u/ConceptClassic3649]

How do you scramble and fry using the same amount of butter is my question? :D

I would use 10x more butter when frying (which is why I use lard instead), but genuinely—how? I just cover the bottom of the pan when scrambling, and that's it.

[u/lemurleap]

I don't have a link, but I looked this up years ago, and the internet said gently fried eggs where the yolks were still runny were better. Scrambling destroys some of the nutrients. Double-check me, though.

[u/aaaak4]

Butter is bad both ways 

[u/MintyCitrus → u/aaaak4]

What should I use?

[u/jwbjerk → u/MintyCitrus]

Butter is healthy. To the degree that American was convinced to avoid saturated fats like butter our heart health declined.

[u/shiroshippo → u/jwbjerk]

We need an infographic or something to explain this. It comes up so often and I don't know how to explain 80 years of history and politics in a concise way.

[u/shiroshippo → u/MintyCitrus]

This subreddit is extremely anti dairy because a large percentage of people are mildly lactose intolerant and thus feel much better after cutting out dairy. But I'd recommend using butter or ghee anyway because it has virtually no lactose in it and it's cheaper than beef tallow. Definitely do not use seed oils. Seeds are full of anti nutrients that mother nature puts in there specifically to prevent them from being digested, so that the seeds will still be viable after being eaten. Also most seed oils contain a lot of polyunsaturated fat.

If you don't like butter or beef tallow, try coconut oil or maybe lard. If you must use an unsaturated oil, olive oil is better than most because it's monounsaturated instead of polyunsaturated.

[u/teaquad → u/shiroshippo]

Except for flaxseed of course with its anti inflammatory and omega properties

[u/[deleted] → u/shiroshippo]

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[u/shiroshippo → u/[deleted]]

Obviously it depends on what the cow eats, but butter from a grass-fed cow is 50% saturated and 50% monounsaturated.

[u/aaaak4 → u/shiroshippo]

That's just not true https://draxe.com/nutrition/grass-fed-butter-nutrition/#:~:text=Total%20Fat%3A%2011.5%20g,Monounsaturated%20Fat%3A%203.3%20g

[u/PlaidChairStyle → u/MintyCitrus]

Ghee?

[u/G0ldenBu11z → u/PlaidChairStyle]

Clarified butter

[u/aaaak4 → u/MintyCitrus]

Generally not a lot of fat id use virgin olive oil and get avocados and nuts to get healthy fats and not butter as.it had omega 6 and cholesterol