Drinking Egg Whites?

[run_n_fool]

The title pretty much says it all--is there any issue with drinking a carton or two of egg whites and using it as the protein component of a meal?

I have a very small amount of time in the AM to eat and I can drink a carton of egg whites in about 30 seconds vs the 10-15 minutes it would take me to cook them and eat them. Not to mention it does not fill me up as much so that I am ready to eat again a short time later (this is a good thing).

Does not cooking the eggs somehow prevent protein from being absorbed? Any other issues to consider? I believe whites are pasteurized so it should be more safe than say a raw whole egg.

[baseline_9]

Only concern i woulx have is thAt said meal would not be verry nutritious, it doesnt contain all of the macronutrients either.

It would be bettee if you blended them with oats n natty peanut butter

[run_n_fool]

thanks, i guess i wasn't too clear--i drink a bunch of egg whites and then have some watered down oatmeal i can drink and some fat as well. the main idea though was if it were problematic to drink uncooked eggs. i was thinking maybe they'd pass thru the system too quickly to be absorbed or something.

[jbran23]

I dont know the exact numbers but Im pretty sure that I have read somewhere that the nutrients of the cooked egg is almost 50% more available to your body than the uncooked egg. So say the egg has 6 grams of protien, your body will only get about 3 from an uncooked egg and you are talking just the egg white so it would be even less than that.

[Swifto]

Whats wrong with the yolk? It contains other amino's, such as trytophan aswell as a host of digestive enzymes to aid in the digestion of the egg white.

You should cook it either way though IMHO. The exception is PWO, but even then, I think Whey/Casein or BCAA's/Leucine is superoir

[matt77]

I dont know the exact numbers but Im pretty sure that I have read somewhere that the nutrients of the cooked egg is almost 50% more available to your body than the uncooked egg. So say the egg has 6 grams of protien, your body will only get about 3 from an uncooked egg and you are talking just the egg white so it would be even less than that.

This^^^ raw eggs have a horrible bioavailable percentage, where cooked eggs are one of the most bioavailable sources of protein out there. Sucking down raw eggs is old school but is really a waste.

Heres what you can do, cook up a carton and blend it with water and whey. Chug it and done!

[Turkey]

I've been using the egg whites available in cartons as my PWO pro source for years now, and my gains have been tremendous.....

whey, IMO, is overrated, and frankly I don't trust the contents of any pro powder available.....while whey is an excellent source of pro and high in BA, the powder products are just that -- whey products.....they essentially sluice right thru you, as whey powders are processed forms of the original product

[KZRSOIZE]

Rocky and Cobra did it why not!!