What do you think of drinking egg whites?

[Lifterforlife]

The carton liquid eggwhites are ultra pastureized. Easy way to use them is mix them with something, like in a yogurt smoothie. The Blue Bunny brand for instance has only 2 gr. of sugar, 13 gr. of protein. mix in 12 tbsp. of liquid eggwhite and you added another 20 gr. of protein, for 33 total in a quick drink. Plus the probiotics from the yogurt.

The thing about uncooked eggwhites a B deficiency....just take a B complex if you are worried about this, but I would imagine that most folks on a bodybuilding diet are getting plenty enough B.

 

[rpb161]

I wouldn't do it...You'll develop a Biotin Deficency if you eat enough of them (you'd have to research how much to eat would develop it). Uncooked egg whites have a protein i believe that biotin binds to. I believe that if you eat the whole egg raw it gives you enough biotin where a deficiency should not develop. Skip the raw egg whites (i used to eat them) and drink a shake instead.

Just my $0.02

 

[Lifterforlife]

Biotin will be in your B complex.

 

[Ghede]

Ixnay on the Chuggin Eggwhites, Dr. Love.

Binds to all sorts of goodies and bacteria in the gut and reeks havoc on your small intestine over the long haul... not to mention the joy of chugging spittoon consistency pseudo phlegm. Raw eggwhites 'clarify' wine and other distalate products and basicly bind to damn near all bio active 'flora' in the intestinal tract, thats the stuff you want to keep, not get rid of... so, rather that chug albuma-gizm: make an omlette and eat.

 

[Lifterforlife]

Ixnay on the Chuggin Eggwhites, Dr. Love.

Binds to all sorts of goodies and bacteria in the gut and reeks havoc on your small intestine over the long haul... not to mention the joy of chugging spittoon consistency pseudo phlegm. Raw eggwhites 'clarify' wine and other distalate products and basicly bind to damn near all bio active 'flora' in the intestinal tract, thats the stuff you want to keep, not get rid of... so, rather that chug albuma-gizm: make an omlette and eat.

Excellent information. I learned something.

 

[vin01]

Well, after Ghede's post, I guess I won't be chugging any more cartons of EggBeaters.

Where can I find liquid egg whites (as opposed to Beaters) for cooking, etc?

Are they sold at the grocery store? I've never seen 'em there.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Binds to all sorts of goodies and bacteria in the gut and reeks havoc on your small intestine over the long haul.

Simply microwaving the liquid pasturized egg whites instead of chugging is more beneficial for one's GI tract?

 

[Lifterforlife]

Biotin was the only problem I ever heard of before. I wonder if Ghede could be a bit more specific, it ultra pastureized eggwhites have the same effect.

Never heard that before, raw eggwhites yes, 100% agreement.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

agreed.

That's why I made sure I typed "pasturized" in my last post

Bump for Specifics

 

[Ghede]

Sorry y'all: pasturized or ultra pasturized refer only to the Flash Process in terms of killing on-board bio hazards in the eggwhites, not the eggwhites inherant ability to 'clarify' the medium they pass through. Unless you denature that albumin (cook it) its gonna suck up many of the goodies that it passes over, its part of the wonder and usefullness of eggwhites. We just dont want that in our digestive tract as the modus du jour.

Here is a better overall question: WHY would you WANT to chug eggbeaters?!?! I would rather suck a bulldogs nose til his ass burps like tupperware! COOK THEM!!! make an omlette! a frittata! wouldnt you rather EAT than chug them?!

Granted, denaturing the proteins by cooking them makes them more bio-available, exactly what we DONT want in terms of 'dieting', we dont want 'high-quality' or super high bio availability, we want SLOOOOOW digesting proteins, LOW quality by definition of absorbtion is what ya want.

THAT having been said, you should be consuming some fats and carbs with your proteins regardless, they work together in terms or attenuating absorbtion in our favor: the proteins and fats lower glycemic load/index of ALL carbs, the carbs and fats slow the digestion of proteins which is the grail in this case.

My take is the process of chugging eggwhites/eggbeaters is about as palatable as doing shots of snot, so I dont do it for that reason alone.

As far as eggwhites: buy em wholesale, look in the yellow pages for catering/bakery supply and tell them you are an at-home caterer so you can buy them wholesale. They come in cases of 4-6 half gallons, and come frozen and are the very VERY cheapest form of protein you can buy. period.