Raw egg whites

**The Titan99** · 09-22-2010, 12:55 AM

I've been using raw egg whites to mix with my protein powder. Someone told me the body has trouble digesting raw eggs and that I should cook them. I really don't want to do this since it's much more tasty and convenient the way I have been doing it, but if I'm wasting my time I'll change my ways. I use 14 egg whites in the morning and 14 at night from medium sized eggs. They are truly raw eggs, not pasteurized. What do you guys think?

**Twist** · 09-22-2010, 02:09 AM

Not the best idea... I would at least get pasteurized

**bodybuilder** · 09-22-2010, 02:12 AM

I agree at the very least grab some pasteurized eggs.

**The Titan99** · 09-22-2010, 03:07 AM

Yea, I wish I could but I live where the only place to get an egg is from a chicken. I wonder if I could pasteurize them my self? I guess you want to cook between 140 and 148 degrees. I've been using these for a long time with no problems, though. I guess all it takes is one bad egg. F**k!!! That said, I've been living on an island in the Gulf of Thailand for 10 years, no health dept, hanging chickens, meat, etc and limited refrigeration and have not been sick once.

Anyone know about the bodys ability to process raw eggs?

**V-ROID** · 09-22-2010, 05:29 AM

Originally Posted by The Titan99

I've been living on an island in the Gulf of Thailand for 10 years, no health dept, hanging chickens, meat, etc and limited refrigeration and have not been sick once.

Anyone know about the bodys ability to process raw eggs?

Yet you have internet. Awesome! Yes I would like to hear opinions on this as well.

**Swifto** · 09-22-2010, 08:54 AM

Whole eggs or pasterized.

The body finds it hard to digest raw egg white's WITHOUT the yolk.

**cyounger100** · 09-22-2010, 10:53 AM

So ur body has a hard time digesting the raw egg whites without yolk damn i have been drinking them with my shakes for 6 months or so now will have too change that thanks

**gym_junki** · 09-22-2010, 11:06 AM

mate i do the same 6raw eggs without the yolk 1 bannana and milk and 50g of protein powder, i have that before i go to bed the milk will slow the digestion down giving me a stabled protein release while asleep for 8 hrs.

**LBSOMEIRON** · 09-22-2010, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Swifto

Whole eggs or pasterized.

The body finds it hard to digest raw egg white's WITHOUT the yolk.

Little correction - it's not that it find's it hard to digest without the yolk, the body finds raw egg whites hard to digest period. With or without the yolk.

BUT, at the end of the day, it's immaterial.

I'd be more worried about getting violently ill - I eat 12-24 whites a day - I get my fair share of twins, embroys, blood, etc....

**CFforged** · 09-22-2010, 04:53 PM

I have raw eggs (whole) every morning, never had an issue

**LBSOMEIRON** · 09-22-2010, 07:08 PM

Knock on wood brother.

You may never get sick, but there is a chance. It's something like 1-50. I believe it's called Salmonella enteritidis, which can kill you. Prefaced by most deaths are infants and the elderly.

Only reason I know this is that one of my guys got laid out 4 weeks into his contest prep.

Why not use egg beaters if you want them raw?

Personally, I enjoy them cooked.

**The Titan99** · 09-22-2010, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by Swifto

Whole eggs or pasterized.

The body finds it hard to digest raw egg white's WITHOUT the yolk.

I'll be damned!! Will change this immediately.

Originally Posted by gym_junki

mate i do the same 6raw eggs without the yolk 1 bannana and milk and 50g of protein powder, i have that before i go to bed the milk will slow the digestion down giving me a stabled protein release while asleep for 8 hrs.

I use milk too. And orange juice. Good.

Great info guys. Thanks!! Great site...

**Cousinbutch** · 09-22-2010, 11:21 PM

"The shell of the egg may be contaminated with salmonella by feces or environment, or its interior (yolk) may be contaminated by penetration of the bacteria through the porous shell or from a hen whose infected ovaries contaminate the egg during egg formation. Nevertheless, such interior egg yolk contamination is theoretically unlikely.Even under natural conditions, the rate of infection was found to be very small (0.6% in a study of naturally-contaminated eggs and 3.0% among artificially- and heavily-infected hens)."