egg whites in protein shake?

[go4gold]

How many do this? I heard somewhere that your body won't digest eggs if not cooked, I find this hard to believe, but mind as well ask and see. Also has anyone ever really gotten sick from this, Salamanella? Cooking is difficult for me to do at time since of the shifts I work. But need my protein.

[n00bs]

The Journal of Nutrition Vol. 128 No. 10 October 1998, pp. 1716-1722


Digestibility of Cooked and Raw Egg Protein in Humans as Assessed by Stable Isotope Techniques1,2,3
Pieter Evenepoel, Benny Geypens, Anja Luypaerts, Martin Hiele, Yvo Ghoos4, and Paul Rutgeerts

Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Research Centre, University Hospital Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

Egg proteins contribute substantially to the daily nitrogen allowances in Western countries and are generally considered to be highly digestible. However, information is lacking on the true ileal digestibility of either raw or cooked egg protein. The recent availability of stable isotope-labeled egg protein allowed determination of the true ileal digestibility of egg protein by means of noninvasive tracer techniques. Five ileostomy patients were studied, once after ingestion of a test meal consisting of 25 g of cooked 13C- and 15N-labeled egg protein, and once after ingestion of the same test meal in raw form. Ileal effluents and breath samples were collected at regular intervals after consumption of the test meal and analyzed for 15N- and 13C-content, respectively. The true ileal digestibility of cooked and raw egg protein amounted to 90.9 ± 0.8 and 51.3 ± 9.8%, respectively. A significant negative correlation (r = 0.92, P < 0.001) was found between the 13C-recovery in breath and the recovery of exogenous N in the ileal effluents. In summary, using the 15N-dilution technique we 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. A simple 13C-breath test technique furthermore proved to be a suitable alternative for the evaluation of the true ileal digestibility of egg protein.

http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/128/10/1716


A misconception regarding raw egg protein digestibility still remains in the minds of some people. At first there was a common myth that raw eggs were not suitable to eat because of health concerns, but subsequent and recent studies have proved that eating raw egg protein is much more digestible and prone to cause way less allergic reactions than eating a cooked egg. However, if the thought of eating a raw egg makes you queasy you can turn to a liquid protein supplement instead.
Addressing the fear of salmonella contamination, it is important to understand where the fear comes from. Some eggs are contaminated with salmonella, but the cause comes from a chicken that is unhealthy. It is also important to mention that the average infected egg is only one in 30,000. Even though the odds of eating an infected egg in your lifetime is relatively small, if you eat eggs that come from healthy, cage free chickens who are feed a healthy organic diet the odds are almost removed.

Another factor to understand is the nature of egg yolks. In a raw state the egg yolk contain more biotin than when it is cooked and the biotin acts as a defensive against any contamination. Egg yolks have one of the highest concentrations of biotin found in nature. So it is likely that you will not have a biotin deficiency if you consume the whole raw egg, yolk and white. If you are hesitate about eating raw eggs, try a little raw egg at a time to test your bodies reaction. By introducing a little at a time your body will most likely adjust. An excellent way to add raw eggs to your diet is in healthy diet shakes and to aid in raw egg protein digestibility. They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, perhaps we should also say a raw egg a day will give you energy to play!

[stevey_6t9]

theres plenty of egg thread and raw vs cooked debates on here if u take time to find them.

but yes supposely uncooked BV is around 60% compared to cooked around 90%

[Damienm05]

Regardless of if it's less beneficial that cooked eggs, it still provides a nice protein spike for shakes. I do it when on the go and I just can't eat a real clean meal (travel, weddings, moving, etc) particularly because casein is so expensive, I try to keep that strictly before bed:

1 scoop whey
1 whole egg
6 egg whites
1/2 cup oats
8 oz. water

Is a good meal replacement shake. For pro/fat - I replace the oats with natty PB or AB.

[Ulysses]

Regarding salmonella in eggs it's different in different parts if the world. Here in the UK, eating raw eggs is a bit like playing Russian Roulette - I know - I had salmonella and came pretty damn close to dying from it! Some of the guys in my gym have also had it from eggs and lost months worth of gains. Now we all cook them... Well!!! I think eggs are much safer on the US though, and eggs in a carton are pasteurised so should be okay.

[n00bs]

Regarding salmonella in eggs it's different in different parts if the world. Here in the UK, eating raw eggs is a bit like playing Russian Roulette - I know - I had salmonella and came pretty damn close to dying from it! Some of the guys in my gym have also had it from eggs and lost months worth of gains. Now we all cook them... Well!!! I think eggs are much safer on the US though, and eggs in a carton are pasteurised so should be okay.

That defeats the purpose of eating them...

Seriously getting sick from raw eggs you mhavemore chance of dying fromc ar accident..

I eat 10 a day raw.. have for a long time...

Buy organic free range eggs and you have no problem.. Myeggs even sit on my bench not in the fridge..

[Noles12]

Regarding salmonella in eggs it's different in different parts if the world. Here in the UK, eating raw eggs is a bit like playing Russian Roulette - I know - I had salmonella and came pretty damn close to dying from it! Some of the guys in my gym have also had it from eggs and lost months worth of gains. Now we all cook them... Well!!! I think eggs are much safer on the US though, and eggs in a carton are pasteurised so should be okay.

Maybe as you said it has to do with location but in the states i have never had this problem. I have comsumed hundreds of raw eggs (Usually 6 eggwhites in milk in the morning when bulking).

I like egg whites in my shakes. I dont mind the flavor and it makes the shake a little less watery. But i usually only do it in the morning when i am eating cooked whole eggs also (not that this matters but its just when i do it)

[Ulysses]

I think location is everything. It was likethe whole gym coming down with it from a bad batch of eggs in our post workout shakes that the gym specialised in. It was funny in retrospect - after two weeks when people stared trickling back to the gym, everyone looked like little kids again having lost so much mass through the shits! We were all like fighting each other for the 8kg dumbells - lmao!!!!