Keeping it simple - raw eggs!

Mowgli

How useful do you guys think eating raw eggs is? I'm obviously ripping this from Hollywood but a bit of research has shown me some of the pros...

Easier to digest, contain more essential undamaged fatty acids... although there is the slightly increased risk of salmonella apparently. I've tried them and to be honest I don't know why people fuss about the taste! It's just like fried but a bit more bland in my opinion

So basically, how do you guys think they weigh up as an alternative to protein suppliments, as I'm very low on funds at the moment. Should any part be left out, eg egg yolk?

Cheers.

Huey

Whole eggs are a superb source of protein and fat so definitely include them in your diet.

The risk of salmonella from raw eggs is something like 0.01%,iirc,so highly unlikely,however,if that is still too high a percentage for you then a quick 15secs blast in the microwave should do the trick.

Mowgli

Yeah I wasn't too worried about the salmonella to be honest. And from what I read cookiong them (even a blast in the microwave?) removes some of the goodness.. doesn't it?

Well it's good to know - I was just wondering if it was essentially an old wive's tale or if it actually worked!
Any idea how many I should be eating a day/per session? I'm only around 11 stones.

Huey

Not that i'm aware of.

Regards how many you should eat,this depends on many factors including your goals and your subsequent macronutrient requirements.

I generally just have one whole egg a day,i throw it in my porridge at breakfast.

Also,i find boiled eggs are a very useful,portable and convenient food source when out and about.

PScarb

cooking eggs do not effect the effectivness of the eggs themselves unless you overcook them ....drinking raw eggs is an old school thing and in my opinion is not needed now a days there are far to many good protein supplements around never seen the point to raw eggs

freddee

I change with the wind,one time its an egg omlette with peppers
then french toast then poached eggs, but it been a long time since I had them raw, I keep meaning to throw a couple of yokes away but, ya know.

fishfingers

This is probably the first and last time i would disagree with Pscarbs. I once read, and yeah i cant back myself up because i dont know where to find it and havnt got the time, but i read cooking them gives you a little bit more of a percentage of protein. I always drink them raw though if im in a rush lol

Neil R

Drinking Raw eggs is pretty pointless.
I'm suprised this still goes on TBH!!
Raw Eggs contain something called Avidin, which prevents vitabin B absorbtion and subsequently drastically hinders the ability to digest them, that is why pasturised Eggs & egg whites are all the rage, you get all the benfits of the raw egg but the pasturisation removes the Avidin assisting absorbtion

PScarb

so i am correct it does not effect the effectivness of them if cooking them gives you more % of protein??.....you will damage the protein if you overcook them though

Mowgli

Just some VERY quick research, I'm not disagreeing with anyone or anything - but this is just what I've seen from some websites.

How does this weigh up against the avidin removal? I don't intend to eat near 20 a day either to be honest.

Fishfingers, I'm struggling to find this information but I'll keep looking.. everywhere I've found so far however seems to say the opposite.

Thanks for the responses guys