Info about shakes

unreggd

Ive been making shakes lately with the following ingredients:

1 glass of Low fat milk
4/5 egg whites
1 banana
handful of frozen raspberries

and sometime I add a yogurt for extra flavour
[one of the vitalinea ones with 0% fat and 0% added sugar. Sub-question, are they healthy???]


Just wondering what nutritional values these shakes would have, and if they're generally healthy or unhealthy


thanks

Gillo

I guessing if they are going into a shake then the egg whites are raw?
It's worth pointing out that consuming raw egg is highly inadvisable as you are basically asking for a bout of food poisoning.

PeakOutput

gillo wrote:

I guessing if they are going into a shake then the egg whites are raw?
It's worth pointing out that consuming raw egg is highly inadvisable as you are basically asking for a bout of food poisoning.

people eat raw egg all the time with no ill effects. salmonella is a possibility but it is not a likelyhood

AlphaMale 3OO

gillo wrote:

I guessing if they are going into a shake then the egg whites are raw?
It's worth pointing out that consuming raw egg is highly inadvisable as you are basically asking for a bout of food poisoning.

been eating them raw for years. no ill effects.

juanveron45

its healthy enough although I wouldnt take the risk with the raw egg whites samenella is risky, I would buy some whey its cheap enough but to answer your question you have about 15- 20g of protein and 45-50g of carbs,about 2-3g of fat

Illkillya

Indeed... I read about a recent stuy in the newspaper where they tested 5000 Irish eggs for salmonella. iirc, salmonella was detected in 2 eggs, and in both instances it was in the shell of the egg. Having said that, I don't eat raw eggs and I'm not going to start either...

crotalus667

I have heard that your body cant digest the full amount of nutriants form the white when it's raw :eek: (altho it can handel the yoke raw fine)

unreggd

juanveron45 wrote:

its healthy enough although I wouldnt take the risk with the raw egg whites samenella is risky, I would buy some whey its cheap enough but to answer your question you have about 15- 20g of protein and 45-50g of carbs,about 2-3g of fat

thanks

workaccount

unreggd wrote:

Ive been making shakes lately with the following ingredients:

1 glass of Low fat milk
4/5 egg whites
1 banana
handful of frozen raspberries

and sometime I add a yogurt for extra flavour
[one of the vitalinea ones with 0% fat and 0% added sugar. Sub-question, are they healthy???]


Just wondering what nutritional values these shakes would have, and if they're generally healthy or unhealthy


thanks

That seems to be grand. Decent amount of protein and plenty of carbs for energy. I find I get hungry quickly again when eating liquid meals.

I also don't drink milk as lactose is hard for your body to break down. Milk & Yogurts (dairy products in general) cause a build up of mucus. This leads to lots of yeast in your body which causes chronic fatigue.

ali.c

workaccount wrote:

I also don't drink milk as lactose is hard for your body to break down. Milk & Yogurts (dairy products in general) cause a build up of mucus. This leads to lots of yeast in your body which causes chronic fatigue.

Not a big fan of dairy myself, but some people can handle it better than others. As to whether it causes chronic fatigue, do you have any references for that?

OP what the purpose of your shake? What are your goals?

On the yogurt, i find alot of yogurts have loads of stuff added in so i go for glenisk organic natural yogurt myself...

nesf

PeakOutput wrote:

salmonella is a possibility but it is not a likelyhood

True, one egg is very unlikely to give you salmonella. 2 to 3 eggs a day for a few years on the otherhand...

rubadub

Salmonella aside, it is better to cook the eggs if it is the protein you are after (not to mention taste). Cooking eggs increases the bioavailability of the protein.