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Cholesterol is good but the antinutrients in egg whites are not ideal. Egg yolks are extremely good for you though.
by nibs 10y ago
Cholesterol is good but the antinutrients in egg whites are not ideal. Egg yolks are extremely good for you though.
- noir_lord 10y agoWhat is an 'antinutrient'?. Googling antinutrient with egg whites seems to bring up relatively few highly spurious 'paleo' type sites.
- Practicality 10y agoAnything that interferes with the absorption of nutrients. Most commonly they would be inhibitors of the catalysts that break down foods. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinutrient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinutrient But yes, the paleo theories mostly focus on it having some kind of effect on your stomach lining. It's a bit speculative. It seems they all point to this discussion as the original source: http://thepaleodiet.blogspot.com/2010/01/paleo-diet-q-29-january-2010-update-on.html http://thepaleodiet.blogspot.com/2010/01/paleo-diet-q-29-jan...
- SubiculumCode 10y agoAll those egg eating dinosaurs really had it coming didn't they?
- mrob 10y agoRaw eggs contain the anti-nutrient avidin, a protein that binds to biotin, making it unavailable as vitamin. If you eat large quantities of raw egg you could theoretically become biotin deficient. Cooking destroys the avidin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidin Additionally, the protein in raw eggs is poorly absorbed, which could be because of other unidentified anti-nutrients. Again, cooking solves the problem: http://jn.nutrition.org/content/128/10/1716.full http://jn.nutrition.org/content/128/10/1716.full
- magic_beans 10y agoYes, because people eat raw egg whites all the time. ........ .............................
- JBReefer 10y agoIt's big in Korea
- nicholas73 10y agoNot sure why you were downvoted, by I re-upped what I could for adding information. There are people who eat raw or undercooked eggs. Not just some fad diet either, in some countries it's mainstream. In Japan it's common to mix a raw egg into rice or soup... very tasty and their eggs have a deep rich color in their yolk too.
- robotmlg 10y agoGood thing no one eats raw eggs then
- hueving 10y agoSeriously! It's like someone complaining about hamburgers and then enumerating all of the problems with eating raw hamburger.
- mrob 10y agoPeople certainly do eat raw eggs. In the UK, the vast majority of eggs are from vaccinated chickens ("Lion Mark") and are considered safe to eat raw. Raw egg yolks taste much better than cooked egg yolks IMO. And there is an old idea of eating raw eggs as a protein supplement for athletes, eg. Sylvester Stallone does it in Rocky. This is now discredited but eggs are cheap and easily available so people probably still do it.
- kyledrake 10y agoThey're hard to find because most grocery stores don't stock them, but you can actually buy pasteurized eggs at some places in the states too. They pasteurize by putting the eggs in hot water for a few minutes, so it's a simple process that you could actually do at home (but getting it right is tricky). I have a prairie oyster for breakfast sometimes: one unbeaten raw egg, a few dashes of worcestershire sauce, a little Tabasco, salt and pepper, and then you kindof eat it like it's a raw oyster. It's an acquired taste.
- phkahler 10y agoEggs contain everything you need to make a chicken with the exception of air. They can't be that bad. ;-)