Anyone else eat raw eggs?

[Catweiser]

Man I think I eat wayy too many raw eggs. Like 2 a day.

My morning shake is a constant

2 raw eggs
spinache
frozen berries
banana
AWESOME

I do buy really good eggs from the supermarket but everyone tells me I should be dead. Its been about a year- is salmonella eventually going to take me down?

[forum poster]

Too many raw eggs whites can cause a biotin deficiency. I don't think it's a concern if you're only eating a few a day. I usually put one or 2 in a smoothie on the odd occasion I do make myself a smoothie.

[JKkiM]

6 in 1000 or something? Not bad odds tbh. Don't be stupid, just eat the egg whites.

You probably won't die from Salmonella, even if you get it.

[knotz]

i thought it was safe to eat it raw like how they showed it in that rocky movie but when i drank 2 raw eggs, that shit got me dizzy/headache the whole day. never did it again

[PENNetrate]

no that's one of the dumbest things you can actually do.. people to this day still die from salmonella lol and you can easily get it from raw eggs

[JauntyAngle]

I thought it turned out that the bio-availability of the protein in raw eggs is really low- i.e. you get much less protein from eggs when you eat them raw?

[Roop Holstry]

I mostly eat them when I'm drunk or high, or when I'm on the road I keep 'em in a Powerade bottle and snack on a few yolks.

[Madmick]

Originally Posted by PENNetrate

no that's one of the dumbest things you can actually do.. people to this day still die from salmonella lol and you can easily get it from raw eggs

In the USA, only about 1 in 30,000 eggs are contaminated with salmonella, so it's really not a major concern for someone who is healthy and in his/her youth. One could actually make the argument that it's healthiest to eat the whites cooked, but the yolks raw.

Originally Posted by JauntyAngle

I thought it turned out that the bio-availability of the protein in raw eggs is really low- i.e. you get much less protein from eggs when you eat them raw?

Correct. Wiki lists the bio-availability of raw eggs at 51% while cooked is 91%. This is due to denaturation from heat.

Originally Posted by Catweiser

My morning shake is a constant

2 raw eggs
spinache
frozen berries
banana

Shakes are the only thing in which I consume raw eggs, although I never really do that anymore. The reason is the consistency the eggs whites lend (and the added richness of flavor from the yolks). If you want a frothier shake- like egg whites produce- without using them, you can consider throwing in some pectin or some other thickener (the gelling agent used to make Jell-O).