eggs, raw or cooked(i know it has been discussed in other threads)

[KC6]

ive read mixed opinions on this,

my question is about the effectiveness of eating it one way or another:
some say that if you eat raw eggs, your system may not metabolize or absorb all its nutrients, that your system cant bread down some protein. so you end up absorbing its nutrients partially. dont care about salmonella though, its milder than people think, just a little upset stomach, but you can function during the day just fine.(if youre in overall good health)

others say that by eating cooked eggs. the cooking process breaks down some important amino-protein factors and that your body doesnt get all the available protein as with raw eggs.


please comment, its a lot easier for me to throw 8 eggwhites in the blender then to cook them.

[atherjen]

Id personally go with cooked.
When eggs are boiled or cooked, the proteins in the eggs become denatured or transformed into a different shape. The denaturing of these proteins actually helps with absorption in the human body.

[atherjen]

Albumen in the urine is a general sign, as studies show that a significantly higher amount of malabsorbed protein (egg) was found in the urine of healthy individuals (1). Stable isotope techniques are used to determine the digestibility of raw eggs vs. cooked eggs. In another study, using this method, it was demonstrated that the assimilation of cooked egg protein is efficient, albeit incomplete, and that the true ileal digestibility of egg protein is significantly enhanced by heat-pretreatment (2). Heat-pretreatment of course being cooked.
Not to mention you have a 1 in 30,000 chance to get salmonella from a raw egg. Also, if you blend raw eggs or whatever, you can break up the chemical bonds of amino acids where as cooking them can hook the bonds together, which inevitably is the objective.


(1) Amount and fate of egg protein escaping assimilation in the small intestine of humans.
Evenepoel P, Claus D, Geypens B, Hiele M, Geboes K, Rutgeerts P, Ghoos Y. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Research Centre, University Hospital Leuven, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium.

(2) Digestibility of cooked and raw egg protein in humans as assessed by stable isotope techniques.
Evenepoel P, Geypens B, Luypaerts A, Hiele M, Ghoos Y, Rutgeerts P. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Research Centre, University Hospital Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

[Stickboy]

Me too.

[KC6]

Originally posted by atherjen
Albumen in the urine is a general sign, as studies show that a significantly higher amount of malabsorbed protein (egg) was found in the urine of healthy individuals (1). Stable isotope techniques are used to determine the digestibility of raw eggs vs. cooked eggs. In another study, using this method, it was demonstrated that the assimilation of cooked egg protein is efficient, albeit incomplete, and that the true ileal digestibility of egg protein is significantly enhanced by heat-pretreatment (2). Heat-pretreatment of course being cooked.
Not to mention you have a 1 in 30,000 chance to get salmonella from a raw egg. Also, if you blend raw eggs or whatever, you can break up the chemical bonds of amino acids where as cooking them can hook the bonds together, which inevitably is the objective.


(1) Amount and fate of egg protein escaping assimilation in the small intestine of humans.
Evenepoel P, Claus D, Geypens B, Hiele M, Geboes K, Rutgeerts P, Ghoos Y. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Research Centre, University Hospital Leuven, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium.

(2) Digestibility of cooked and raw egg protein in humans as assessed by stable isotope techniques.
Evenepoel P, Geypens B, Luypaerts A, Hiele M, Ghoos Y, Rutgeerts P. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Research Centre, University Hospital Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

thanks, its exactly the answer i was looking for, cooking them from now on.

[atherjen]

Originally posted by KC6
thanks, its exactly the answer i was looking for, cooking them from now on.

(taste better anyways)

[david]

Speaking of uncooked.... I used to eat them raw for ha-ha's (40 at one time to be exact) to gross out my roommate a few years back!

And, speaking again about Raw eggs, these clowns in the gym (19 yrs.old) thought it would be rather amusing eating the egg whites premade in front of us and he ended up turning green running to the bathroom. those f*ckers! BTW, they are my friend's so I can call them that!

What Ajen said makes sense and cooking them does wonders taste wise.

[Vieope]

Check it out :

Salmonella and eggs :
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/fntr2/mf2139.pdf

[cman]

(taste better anyways)

But now i have to eat them. it is easier to let them slide on down.
Guess if it is not helping i will cook em.

[wtfzor]

I used to drink them raw, but now I usually cook them.