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Drinking raw eggs

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  • 23-01-2017 12:05am
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    Commotion Ocean
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    Does anyone do this?

    I'd like to start upping my protein intake by downing a half dozen eggs a day, but there are some concerns I have.

    I don't like the taste, texture and consistency of cooked egg whites, so I thought about just downing six per day in a glass.

    I am aware that the protein is only 50% bioavailable in raw eggs compared to cooked.

    I also know that raw egg protein binds to vitamin B7 (biotin) and overuse of raw eggs could cause a deficiency.

    Would it be OK to drink 6 raw eggs a day and take biotin supplements to counteract the biotin binding.

    What about salmonella risk?


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    darkpagandeath
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    Eggs are pasteurized .


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    Hande hoche!
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    Just don't start consuming the shells and you should be okay.


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    MyStubbleItches
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    dfeo wrote: »
    Does anyone do this?

    I'd like to start upping my protein intake by downing a half dozen eggs a day, but there are some concerns I have.

    I don't like the taste, texture and consistency of cooked egg whites, so I thought about just downing six per day in a glass.

    I am aware that the protein is only 50% bioavailable in raw eggs compared to cooked.

    I also know that raw egg protein binds to vitamin B7 (biotin) and overuse of raw eggs could cause a deficiency.

    Would it be OK to drink 6 raw eggs a day and take biotin supplements to counteract the biotin binding.

    What about salmonla risk?

    Salmonla is grand, don't worry about it. Salmonella will make you ill though.


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    Outlaw Pete
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    dfeo wrote: »
    Does anyone do this?

    Guy from Philly does it.


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    Commotion Ocean
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Eggs are pasteurized .

    Does that kills salmonella that would potentially be in an egg?
    Hande hoche! wrote: »
    Just don't start consuming the shells and you should be okay.

    Does salmonella lie in the shell rather than in the egg itself?


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    prinzeugen
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    No.. No.. No.. You might get lucky but there is always one. Eggs are washed in the US so need to be chilled.

    Here they are cleaned.

    Don't risk it. Like hipster half cooked burgers..


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    nullzero
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    harr
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    dfeo wrote: »
    Does anyone do this?

    I'd like to start upping my protein intake by downing a half dozen eggs a day, but there are some concerns I have.

    I don't like the taste, texture and consistency of cooked egg whites, so I thought about just downing six per day in a glass.

    I am aware that the protein is only 50% bioavailable in raw eggs compared to cooked.

    I also know that raw egg protein binds to vitamin B7 (biotin) and overuse of raw eggs could cause a deficiency.

    Would it be OK to drink 6 raw eggs a day and take biotin supplements to counteract the biotin binding.

    What about salmonla risk?
    While I wouldn't drink six...I do add 3 to my protein shake after gym..I use these ones http://www.oegg.ie/pasteurised_egg handy to have a few bottles in the fridge


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    runawaybishop
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    Why would you not just take a protein shake? It costs a lot less, has more protein and has better availability. Or just eat more steak.


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    riffmongous
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    What a waste when they could be scrambled :mad:





    I can't wait till morning now :pac:


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    PopTarts
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    I've thrown raw eggs into my smoothie mix before blending. Works fine!


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    Hande hoche!
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    dfeo wrote: »

    Does salmonella lie in the shell rather than in the egg itself?

    It can happen that way.

    "Egg laying poultry (e.g. hens, ducks, geese) can be infected with Salmonella and other harmful microorganisms. Salmonella bacteria cause sickness, and in some people the illness can be severe and life-threatening. If egg laying poultry are infected with Salmonella, they can shed these bacteria in their faeces. If care is not taken in egg production, then the eggs can become soiled with faeces – and therefore Salmonella can be found on the shell."

    https://www.fsai.ie/faq/egg_washing.html


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    prinzeugen
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Eggs are pasteurized .

    Nope.. Every egg I have is raw when I crack it. Pasteurization would cook the egg.


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    coffee_cake
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    I think you absorb less protein by taking them raw
    Some older athletic diets use to propose eating just raw eggs. This is a foolish attempt at taking in additional protein. Eating raw eggs (or raw egg whites) will only result in about 50% absorption of the available protein. That means that if you eat enough raw eggs to give you 40 grams of protein, your body will only absorb 20 grams.

    Eating just raw egg whites results in the same (or worse). Egg whites have a huge amount of a substance called "avidin," which loves biotin. As a matter of fact, once the avidin-biotin forms a bond, the body can't break it apart. So you will develop a partial or full Biotin Deficiency Syndrome. Cooking your eggs (or egg whites) will quickly denature the protein avidin and will allow you to absorb 98% of the protein. In short, always cook your eggs.


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    darkpagandeath
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    prinzeugen wrote: »
    Nope.. Every egg I have is raw when I crack it. Pasteurization would cook the egg.


    You can pasteurise without cooking...... it's been done for years.


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    Stravos Murphy
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    Better than viagra a half a dozen raw eggs.


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    #18
    darkpagandeath
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    Stravos Murphy wrote: »
    Better than viagra a half a dozen raw eggs.

    Jesus think of the money shot after them.


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    Stravos Murphy
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Jesus think of the money shot after them.

    Don't think it do it.


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    Steve
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    Really? you have to ask people on after hours for permission / support?


    mmm.


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    CaptainR
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    In the movie Rocky Balboa from 2006 he goes to drink the raw eggs and throws them back up and I remember reading years ago it was to stop encouraging people to do it because of the risk of salmonella... maybe, the internet has some nonsense theories about movies knocking around.


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    CaptainR wrote: »
    maybe, the internet has some nonsense theories about movies knocking around.

    I'd say an awful lot more nonsense about protein and the benefits of this food or that.

    Personally I can't think why anyone would think of knocking back 6 raw eggs daily.

    OP, have you thought of a healthy balanced diet? And not worry about bioavailability and what binds to what?


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    seamus
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Eggs are pasteurized .
    Most of the eggs you buy off-the-shelf in Irish supermarkets are not pasteurised.

    If it doesn't say it on the packaging, then it's not pasteurised.


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    #24
    Parchment
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    Gaston?


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    gramar
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    I remember Poncherello doing it in an episode of CHiPS once. You should do it OP if you want to be a pretty cool guy like him.


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    ancapailldorcha
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    Thread moved to Nutrtion & Diet. Please note the change in charter.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    Alf Veedersane
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    dfeo wrote: »
    Does anyone do this?

    I'd like to start upping my protein intake by downing a half dozen eggs a day, but there are some concerns I have.

    I don't like the taste, texture and consistency of cooked egg whites, so I thought about just downing six per day in a glass.

    I am aware that the protein is only 50% bioavailable in raw eggs compared to cooked.

    I also know that raw egg protein binds to vitamin B7 (biotin) and overuse of raw eggs could cause a deficiency.

    Would it be OK to drink 6 raw eggs a day and take biotin supplements to counteract the biotin binding.

    What about salmonella risk?

    It'd be a whole lot easier to get some whey protein.


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    #28
    slicus ricus
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    dfeo wrote: »
    Does anyone do this?

    I'd like to start upping my protein intake by downing a half dozen eggs a day, but there are some concerns I have.

    I don't like the taste, texture and consistency of cooked egg whites, so I thought about just downing six per day in a glass.

    I am aware that the protein is only 50% bioavailable in raw eggs compared to cooked.

    I also know that raw egg protein binds to vitamin B7 (biotin) and overuse of raw eggs could cause a deficiency.

    Would it be OK to drink 6 raw eggs a day and take biotin supplements to counteract the biotin binding.

    What about salmonella risk?

    Why would you want to do this? Just why:eek:? I can give you a few reasons why not to do it - for starters, 6 eggs a day every day is a hell of a lot of cholesterol. Also, you only absorb 50% of the protein when they're raw and surely it tastes absolutely rank!!

    Why not just eat more meat during the day and take protein powder after your workout? Your 6 raw eggs would only give you about 36g of protein. A large chicken fillet will give you about 30g of protein, a cheap tesco tub of cottage cheese gives you 28.5g of protein and a scoop and a half of whey gives you about 35g protein. You see where I'm going with this - there's far easier, cheaper and healthier ways of increasing your protein intake than downing 6 raw eggs a day!!!


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    caviardreams
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    slicus ricus wrote: »
    Why would you want to do this? Just why:eek:? I can give you a few reasons why not to do it - for starters, 6 eggs a day every day is a hell of a lot of cholesterol. Also, you only absorb 50% of the protein when they're raw and surely it tastes absolutely rank!!

    I think the OP was just talking about egg whites but either way, dietary cholesterol is not harmful:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20683785

    But as Alf says, whey protein was pretty much invented for reasons like this tbh.


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    Johnnyhpipe
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    Down 6 raw eggs per day?!! Do you really hate your hole that much?!


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    slicus ricus
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    caviardreams wrote: »
    I think the OP was just talking about egg whites but either way, dietary cholesterol is not harmful:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20683785

    I think you will find that conventional medicine would disagree with you on that! I appreciate that the article you have linked to is a legit research article but I suspect there are many research studies showing contrary results.


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