Anyone eat raw eggs?

[musclemom]

Sort of on/sort of off topic but is there a reason why eggs are better than say a nonfat protein powder?

I have a strange problem with eggs too (but not of the gaseous variety) if I eat eggs regularly -- say at least two a day for a week or so -- chicken starts tasting REALLY weird to me, it smells/tastes like, burnt rubber. No other way to describe it. I thought I had bought a bad package of chicken the first time it happened, but it's happened more than once and it has to do with regular egg consumption. When I cut back on eggs, the rubber taste goes away.

Yeah, fucking weird, I know *sigh*

 

[Cutt29]

Amen, finally someone brings this up. You CANNOT digest raw egg whites. Egg beaters are different because they are pasturized. Drinking raw egg whites cracked from the shell is no better than drinking a glass of water with salt in it.

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[hankes64]

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I dont see you with any info to be backing up your claim either.

 

[jerichohill]

I dont know why anyone would eat raw eggs. There are so many products out that can give you enough Protein without eating raw eggs. I know some of the stuff is expensive, but it seems the digestability and the safety of retail protein products outweighs eating raw eggs...JMHO!!

 

[Cutt29]

I dont see you with any info to be backing up your claim either.

I've read plenty on the matter, will try to find articles/studies and post them

 

[txmike]

I dont see you with any info to be backing up your claim either.

Hankes, I don't like a big bowl of snot either, but something doesn't sound right that raw egg whites can't be digested. Heating proteins denatures them....shortens the chains....and makes them more difficult to digest. Heating destroys many other nutrients that not only help foods digest, but also help the body stay healthy.

Here's what I found about Avidin:

"Avidin is a toxic protein found in egg white that binds with biotin, found in egg yolk. In biochemical applications, streptavidin, which binds very tightly to biotin, is often used in place of avidin.

Relationship Between Avidin and Biotin
Avidin is a glycoprotein that has a very strong affinity for biotin..., ...the highest known between any ligand and a protein, and, as such, prevents biotins absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. Avidin is a tetrameric protein attaching four molecules of Biotin per tetramer.

Avidin-induced Biotin-deficient meals, especially those rich in egg white, make it impossible for biotin to be absorbed in the small intestine. Through the use of an enzyme, lyzine hydroxylase, and the intraveinous administration of avidinbiotin, complex biotin can be released into the system. Basically, Avidin is too large to be absorbed into the intestines, and by bonding tightly to Biotin, it makes the protein molecules of Biotin too large to pass into the intestine and get absorbed"

The amount of Avidin in one egg white is considered small, but the unavailable protein is that of Biotin in the yolk not the white and this is not involving the albumin. With just this information it reads to me that the egg white protein is not affected by biotin.

Here's a site that infers that the yolk has so much more biotin than the white as avidin, that it is not important.
http://www.regenerativenutrition.com/content.asp?id=268
That site also states that eggs are very easy to digest.

A better question might be 'How much protein is assimilable in a large raw or cooked egg?"

Mike

 

[MegaDesel]

I dont see you with any info to be backing up your claim either.

i would like to see your info backing your claim, i have been eating raw eggs for years. proof is in the body bud.

 

[Cutt29]

it doesnt take a biochemist to know that raw egg does not equal water
here are some links about raw egg consumption
http://www.mercola.com/2005/feb/9/raw_eggs.htm
http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/raw-eggs.htm
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chr...a_day_keeps_the_doctor_and_the_mafia_away.htm

those links are just from googling raw egg
I also rember we had to learn how to use differnt database search engines in bio and i looked up various studies on raw egg consumption, those studies did not find that raw egg=H20

 

[Cutt29]

i would like to see your info backing your claim, i have been eating raw eggs for years. proof is in the body bud.

lol yes i agree

 

[CO B-man]

Sort of on/sort of off topic but is there a reason why eggs are better than say a nonfat protein powder?

I have a strange problem with eggs too (but not of the gaseous variety) if I eat eggs regularly -- say at least two a day for a week or so -- chicken starts tasting REALLY weird to me, it smells/tastes like, burnt rubber. No other way to describe it. I thought I had bought a bad package of chicken the first time it happened, but it's happened more than once and it has to do with regular egg consumption. When I cut back on eggs, the rubber taste goes away.

Yeah, fucking weird, I know *sigh*

Not if it is whey protien whey is better for you than eggs. Eggs is a close second. Protien types have a rating in which your your body can utilize the best its called the Biological Value. Whey is number one eggs actually is not far from it. Then beef, then chicken. I dont know the BV of fish but I am betting it is pretty high up. Dont know where goats and lizards fit in either. lol! you never know!