raw egg whites

[JayBro]

Most of the amino acids (protein) in an egg are found in the white. The yolk is mostly fat. The amino acid content of a raw or cooked egg is basically the same, no matter how you cook it.

Cooking denatures protein. Denature means changing the structure of protein. A cooked egg tastes better than a raw egg and is more appealing.

The nutritional composition of raw and cooked egg is the same. However, the avidin in raw egg whites destroys biotin also found in raw egg whites. Cooking prevents this from happening.

I am under the impression that you dont want Biotin destroyed so you always cook your egg whites.

One of the greatest things ever invented was the egg white omlette

 

[gorth97]

A few years ago, my professor told me that eatting raw egg whites is a waste. Your body has a hard time digesting it, and you don't get the full amount of protien that you would be getting if you had cooked it. Many people dont know that tho... And why risk getting sick too.

 

[Tha One CrumCake]

Gorth... your professors exactly right.

 

[gymtime]

This is an old, old arguement boys. I've read a lot of legitimate but conflicting info on it. Right now, I have no idea whether raw or cooked is better. Best we leave it to the philosophers...

 

[booger]

Sal

Don't worry about Sal Monella. The FBI caught him poisoning eggs in Safeway about a year ago. They sentenced him to life.

Eddie Coli is still on the loose and the last I heard is poisoning burgers up around Portland way.

And Ray Beez is somewhere in Virginia biting dogs and spreading hydrophobia. Keep an eye out on the East Coast.