| ok, what's the consensus on RAW EGGS?
Posted: 8/4/2009 5:46:31 PM | | I used to drink 8 eggs in 8 oz of chocolate milk 3 times per day. I was in a bulking phase and it was a cheap source of protein. | |
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granz
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Joined: 6/22/2009
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| ok, what's the consensus on RAW EGGS?
Posted: 8/9/2009 6:15:38 PM | | I usually mix whey protein, rice milk, milled flax and liquid egg-whites. I don't trust using whole-eggs due to the cholesterol. | |
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| ok, what's the consensus on RAW EGGS?
Posted: 8/12/2009 11:56:05 AM | | Just a tip for the milled flax. If you're milling the flax yourself, that's fine. Buying pre-milled flax is actaully quite harmful. Omega-3s are highly reactive to light, heat, and oxygen. So if it was milled at a factory, even with the air sucked out of the bag like I have seen many companies do, the exposure has already taken place and the omega-3 have already turned. Also, the cholesterol in eggs has no bearing on blood levels. The only dietary cholesterol than can affect blood levels is oxidized cholesterol. Cooking the yolk oxidizes it, so try eating your eggs soft boil, poached, or sunny-side up. Leave the yolk runny. Yolk is incredibly nutritious. They are loaded with lecithin, B-vitamins, high quality protien, basically everything need to grow a bird from single cell to a fully formed creature. Yolk is excellent for your brain and nervous system. Also, buy organic eggs since they have an omega-3 to omega-6 ratio of about 1:2 rather than about 1:20 in regular store bought eggs. | |
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granz
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Joined: 6/22/2009
Msg: 30 | |
| ok, what's the consensus on RAW EGGS?
Posted: 8/12/2009 4:18:03 PM |
Just a tip for the milled flax. If you're milling the flax yourself, that's fine. Buying pre-milled flax is actaully quite harmful. Omega-3s are highly reactive to light, heat, and oxygen. So if it was milled at a factory, even with the air sucked out of the bag like I have seen many companies do, the exposure has already taken place and the omega-3 have already turned. Also, the cholesterol in eggs has no bearing on blood levels. The only dietary cholesterol than can affect blood levels is oxidized cholesterol. Cooking the yolk oxidizes it, so try eating your eggs soft boil, poached, or sunny-side up. Leave the yolk runny. Yolk is incredibly nutritious. They are loaded with lecithin, B-vitamins, high quality protien, basically everything need to grow a bird from single cell to a fully formed creature. Yolk is excellent for your brain and nervous system. Also, buy organic eggs since they have an omega-3 to omega-6 ratio of about 1:2 rather than about 1:20 in regular store bought eggs.
I assume you have some reseach to support these claims. | |
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| ok, what's the consensus on RAW EGGS?
Posted: 8/13/2009 5:38:14 PM | | Four eggs. Wow. I put one egg in my smoothie each morning. High cholesterol runs in my family and thus has been a challenge for me. I remember reading that you should rinse the egg before breaking it. This also applies to fruits that need peeling. | |
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| ok, what's the consensus on RAW EGGS?
Posted: 8/13/2009 7:26:39 PM | | If you do try to gulp raw eggs you better swallow really hard or they will come right back up and you'll get to do it all over again! Geez, I'm glad I'm past that faze. Now, I use the protein powder and add some yummy fruit. | |
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| ok, what's the consensus on RAW EGGS?
Posted: 8/14/2009 9:46:12 AM | tried them for the frist time a few months backa after meeting a fitness fanatic at my local community centre
they taste fine, i felt more ominous about having them raw (edwina curry etc etc) than the actually tasting them
they don't taste that bad, really... i had them in a shake with powdered mil, pears and other fruit...my stoch felt a little odd for an hour or 2 afterwards but that was more the psychological "effect" of doing/ having something i know i "shouldn't " do than from any inherent affect from the eggs themselves.. | |
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| ok, what's the consensus on RAW EGGS?
Posted: 8/27/2009 9:43:44 AM |
A friend of mine has recently started to toss 4 raw organic eggs into his breakfast smoothie instead of using whey protein powder. Claims that it's a far superior source of protein, being totally unprocessed.
Ask him to explain how processing causes protein to be inferior. More than likely, this is just a phrase he is repeating with no real understanding.
My doubts:
1. What about all the cholesterol in the yolks? He claims recent research has shown that the fat and cholesterol in eggs, as well as in butter, is not harmful.
Here he is correct. Most studies on egg consumption show either no change in cholesterol levels or an increase in the HDL fraction. Eggs are a decent source of lutein and much of the fatty acids are oleic acid. Also, roughly 75% of blood cholesterol is produced by the liver, not simple absorption. Dietary factors DO affect how the liver metabolizes cholesterol, but it is not a straightforward "cholesterol eaten = blood cholesterol".
2. What about the risk of salmonella? He claims that you can detect salmonella or any other spoilage by smelling the eggs first.
This is wrong. Salmonella can cause illness at very small concentrations, way before you have any aesthetic changes in the egg itself. Also, Salmonella is not the only pathogen related to eggs. Campylobacter jejuni is just as likely a cause of food-borne illness as Salmonella.
What he has going for him is that quality control processes of the food industry have greatly reduced the risk of these agents being present in the food. So, while he is wrong, the probability is not very high.
Does anyone here eat raw eggs on a regular basis?
No. That's just nasty. | |
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