Are raw eggs ok to eat??

[Trickie]

I usually have 6 whole eggs or 12 egg whites mixed in with milk in a blender. I always run them under hot water for a few seconds, is this ok? Will all the protein be absorbed?

 

[ASU]

What you mean by runing them under water? with shell or out of shell?

 

[Trickie]

What you mean by runing them under water? with shell or out of shell?

With shell.

 

[anthrax]

"running them under water" is useless

It won't prevent from samonella

so if you're afraid of food poisoning just cook the eggs, they'll also taste better

 

[ASU]

Agree with anthrax
If you really want raw eggs just buy the organic eggs

 

[Raffaz]

Not sure bout over there, but in UK we have a red lion mark on the eggs that guarantees that their free of salmonella. I still prefer to cook them though. Not sure if its correct, but i got told that you can use more of the protein once cooked.

Mick

 

[SuperDawgy]

Not sure bout over there, but in UK we have a red lion mark on the eggs that guarantees that their free of salmonella. I still prefer to cook them though. Not sure if its correct, but i got told that you can use more of the protein once cooked.

Mick

Cooking the eggs will have no effect on protein absorbtion, it will kill off any microbacteria that may be present in the egg. Salmonella is bad stuff, i wouldn't trust a stamp bro.

 

[INNOCENT]

i would never eat eggs raw , that is my choice . i am afraid of salmonella. i only eat the egg whites though.

 

[sublime35]

actually your body uses more of the protein once they have been cooked. here check this out:
The Journal of Nutrition Vol. 128 No. 10 October 1998, pp. 1716-1722

Egg proteins contribute substantially to the daily nitrogen allowances in Western countries and are generally considered to be highly digestible. However, information is lacking on the true ileal digestibility of either raw or cooked egg protein. The recent availability of stable isotope-labeled egg protein allowed determination of the true ileal digestibility of egg protein by means of noninvasive tracer techniques. Five ileostomy patients were studied, once after ingestion of a test meal consisting of 25 g of cooked 13C- and 15N-labeled egg protein, and once after ingestion of the same test meal in raw form. Ileal effluents and breath samples were collected at regular intervals after consumption of the test meal and analyzed for 15N- and 13C-content, respectively. The true ileal digestibility of cooked and raw egg protein amounted to 90.9% (cooked) and 51.3% (raw) respectively. A significant negative correlation (r = 0.92, P < 0.001) was found between the 13C-recovery in breath and the recovery of exogenous N in the ileal effluents. In summary, using the 15N-dilution technique we demonstrated that the assimilation of cooked egg protein is efficient, albeit incomplete, and that the true ileal digestibility of egg protein is significantly enhanced by heat-pretreatment. A simple 13C-breath test technique furthermore proved to be a suitable alternative for the evaluation of the true ileal digestibility of egg protein........

Egg white protein is generally considered to be less digestible than heat-pretreated egg white protein. In this study, it was shown that after ingestion of 25 g of raw egg protein, almost 50% is malabsorbed over 24 h. The higher digestibility of cooked egg protein presumably results from structural changes in the protein molecule induced by heating, thereby enabling the digestive enzymes to gain broader access to the peptide bonds. It has been suggested that the reduced digestibility of raw egg white is at least partially related to the presence of trypsin inhibitors in raw egg white

 

[cbcb]

Well, 2 schools of thought on that. One is the food safety folks who don't like any animal products raw. Then there's the contingent of health foodies who tout the benefits of enzymes, etc., that are present in the raw form but get killed off easily.

I've had many egg whites raw and have never had even the hint of a problem with them. I tend to favor fresh, organic brown eggs from a decent source...

So if you are going raw, I think 'know your source' applies.