Are egg whites magic or something?

[marshallmadman]

Every time you see some pro bodybuilder's diet mapped out, they are eating a bunch of egg whites for breakfast. I would think that with the Whey proteins that we have access to these days, you would see a lot more athletes using them instead of choking down all those egg whites. I just watched one of Ronnie Coleman's DVD's and he eats two cups of egg whites for breakfast, with 3 packets of grits. You would get almost the same amount of protein out of 2 heaping scoops of Whey isolate. I assume there is a reason that bodybuilders still eat all of these egg whites. What is it?

 

[azul]

Every time you see some pro bodybuilder's diet mapped out, they are eating a bunch of egg whites for breakfast. I would think that with the Whey proteins that we have access to these days, you would see a lot more athletes using them instead of choking down all those egg whites. I just watched one of Ronnie Coleman's DVD's and he eats two cups of egg whites for breakfast, with 3 packets of grits. You would get almost the same amount of protein out of 2 heaping scoops of Whey isolate. I assume there is a reason that bodybuilders still eat all of these egg whites. What is it?

I know, eh? WTF is up with that? Much easier to down a proteinshake, and if you're worried about it digesting too quickly, just eat a couple of egg whites and a couple of protein shakes.

 

[sublime35]

I don't know about them, but im too damn hungry to have a shake in the morning.

 

[anthrax]

Cost effectiveness
More filling
Taste ?

 

[marshallmadman]

Cost effectiveness
More filling
Taste ?

I can only agree with one of your statements. Egg whites are not all that tasty, I don't care how you fix them. The ones Ronnie Coleman were using cost 40 bucks for 64 ounces. That doesn't look very cost effective. I just think there might be a solid food being better than shakes mentality going on here. Is there any truth to that theory?

 

[mrhoon]

I can't even begin to explain how much I hate egg whites. I choke down a bunch of oatmeal in my smoothie 'cause I hate that stuff too. After I have a little something in me, I can eat my whites with an ass load of Franks Red Hot sause, and a bucket of coffee.
Whey does digest quickly, thats why I throw in my oatmeal, cottage cheese, and flax, try to slow things down. Whites are a whole food, and eggs in general are great sources of quality protien.

 

[Tolstoy]

Egg whites have a different type of protein(albumin) and whey is...well, whey is whey.

 

[Clean]

damn, I just get 15 dozen eggs for $10 bucks from sams, very cheap!

And of course I use ketchup on my egg whites, but I love ketchup, and they don't taste bad at all. You can always chop some turker and make an omlet, takes about 2 minutes.

 

[Linzie1303]

Maybe it is because when dieting for a contest they want to rely more on real food than on processed stuff. I'm in contest prep now and have removed shakes myself and threw in some egg whites. Egg whites are a great replacement for some slow digesting protiens...They are kinda like tofu to me seeing how they take the taste of however you make them. I like to make mine french toast style....i sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg in them while cooking and fold it over. Once done, i put splenda and sugar-free syrup on top! YUM!

 

[sublime35]

Yeah i can get like 15 dozen for like 8 bucks at Sam's. A little more time consuming compared to pouring them out of a carton, but o well. I do the same as Linzie, a little cinnamon on top and some splenda.