Raw Eggs for your Health

[BOHICA]

Many bodybuilders swear by eggs. Although most wouldn't ever think about taking them raw, this study talks about the benefits of taking eggs raw instead of cooked. I prefer mine with a dash of Splenda. (Thanks to Crowler who helped me take them)

"Raw whole eggs are a phenomenally inexpensive and incredible source of high-quality nutrients that many of us are deficient in, especially high-quality protein and fat. Eggs generally are one of the most allergic foods that are eaten, but I believe this is because they are cooked. If one consumes the eggs in their raw state the incidence of egg allergy virtually disappears. Heating the egg protein actually changes its chemical shape, and the distortion can easily lead to allergies."

http://www.mercola.com/2002/nov/13/eggs.htm

[Beelzebub]

mmmm, raw eggs. i get about 6 a day in a blender with milk, pb, protein, oatmeal. good stuff.

[jjjd]

this is still a controversial topic. some say that raw egg whites can't be efficiently utilized due to avidin issues.

comments? has anybody actually studied this?

[Bean]

what about diseases associated with raw eggs? I still find it weird; I grew up with mom and dad telling me how bad raw eggs were

EDIT:

lots of info on that site, is all that stuff pretty legit? I might try some organic eggs myself... are they any good with oatmeal (raw oats or traditional cooked oats?)... i'm curious of a good way to eat them...

[BOHICA]

The only true disease people associate with raw eggs is salmonella. Which is talked about in the article

[Beelzebub]

been eating em for years, sometimes at 12 a day. no issues.

[meat250]

OMG...12 raw eggs a day.....props to you bro...I could never


Meat

[meat250]

OMG...12 raw eggs a day.....props to you bro...I could never, and I grew up on a huge farm


Meat

[Beelzebub]

it's pretty funny what you can do when you stop thinking about it so much and just do it. great, now i sound like a nike commercial.

[T-Bone]

Sorry I just don't believe that article. I took a course in college to become certified in foodservice sanitation. I still have the book and looked up Salmonellosis. Its a lot more common than you think. There is also a lot more to it than that article explains.

[BOHICA]

I have read from many places, that one egg out of 30-50,000 contains salmonella. Also when that one egg is cooked, if it even is that it isn't cooked well enough to even kill the salmonella.

[T-Bone]

I have read from many places, that one egg out of 30-50,000 contains salmonella. Also when that one egg is cooked, if it even is that it isn't cooked well enough to even kill the salmonella.

I don't understand what your trying to say here. It sounds like your just backing up what I say...

[BOHICA]

I'm not backing up what you say, I'm saying it's not as common as you make it out to be. How many people do you know that have had salmonella?

[jjjd]

i have heard 1/10,000 to 1/40,000 for salmonella

although, from what i have heard, if you ever get salmonella, you will be cured of a desire to eat raw eggs. it's that bad.

if i was "reasonably confident" that the protein in raw albumin (egg whites) was absorbable by the body (avidin), i would at least a dozen a day. probably 2

is there any science on this?
i'm just too concerned it's not available

[BOHICA]

I'm playing both sides, so people can come to their own decision. I will continue to drink my eggs raw, but here is a study about egg protein digestion.

http://ajpgi.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/277/5/G935

http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/128/10/1716

[diminuendo]

Anyone who has ever eaten real Caesar dressing or mayonnaise has eaten raw eggs. Get over it. We Americans have vastly overblown fears pertaining to food sanitation. I spent a few months surfing in South East Asia and I ate some pretty gnarly food and was fine....Dim

[willieman]

anyone ever tried the pasturized egg products like Lanaseggwhites...www.lanaseggwhites.com

[T-Bone]

I'm not backing up what you say, I'm saying it's not as common as you make it out to be. How many people do you know that have had salmonella?

I've known of a lot of people that have had foodborne illness. Most cases are not reported though and don't make the news!. Some people just shrug it off and call it a stomach flu or a "bug". In particular a teacher of mine had it and its something you would not wish on your worst enemy. You just want to die its so bad. Like I said though, the reason that you "think" its not all that prevalant is that most cases are not reported.

[Chippewa]

Sheesh, this is so confusing. For years I'd actually heard the reverse: that raw egg protein was less useful to the body, but COOKING it made it bioavailable as a protein source. In fact, I've seen that advice given repeatedly to warn young bb'ers away from the "myth of the raw egg" they get from watching "Rocky" movies.

[Jeff]

Anyone who has ever eaten real Caesar dressing or mayonnaise has eaten raw eggs. Get over it. We Americans have vastly overblown fears pertaining to food sanitation. I spent a few months surfing in South East Asia and I ate some pretty gnarly food and was fine....Dim

G-Land? Tavarua? Maldieves? SriLanka? Indo? Help a surfed starved brother out. Talk about nasty sh!t, I was working in Brasil a few years ago and they had street venders selling BBQ rat!


So what the hell do I mix raw eggs with so I can keep them down and not gag while drinking them? Someone said splenda, just eggs and splenda? I am getting kind of sick of the cooked egg taste. If I get sick I won't know the difference, I go two tottlers, I am always sick