Egg Digestability

[Friggemall]

I didn't see where any of that said anything about the protien needing heat or not to make the protien useful.

I'll make it a 4th, as I didn't see anything either. Only the biotin issue.

[Friggemall]

Here's something....

Digestibility of cooked and raw egg protein in humans as assessed by stable isotope techniques.

Evenepoel P, Geypens B, Luypaerts A, Hiele M, Ghoos Y, Rutgeerts P.

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.

[Friggemall]

Sounds good I'll get my protein from ON's 100% whey from now on, lol

[YellowJacket]

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Where are the abstracts from the peer review journals. Nobody has posted them up. So the only info in this thread, specifies that it is fine to eat them raw.

Perhaps one could use the search function, as I have posted them a myriad of times on this board....

[Severedties]

Here's something....

Digestibility of cooked and raw egg protein in humans as assessed by stable isotope techniques.

Evenepoel P, Geypens B, Luypaerts A, Hiele M, Ghoos Y, Rutgeerts P.

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.

There you go. It is more completely digested when cooked. 90.9% compared to 51.3% raw... So cook your eggs.

[YellowJacket]

There you go. It is more completely digested when cooked. 90.9% compared to 51.3% raw... So cook your eggs.

Yes sir :)

This is one of many that demonstrate comparable results.....

[YellowJacket]

lol...I can't believe how we have a few threads on here floating around on whether or not to eat cooked or raw eggs:rolleyes:

Yea, God forbid a nutrition or nutrition related thread... who has time for that, I mean, we should be debating whether or not we like to eat ass or not.... :rolleyes:

[Severedties]

Yea, God forbid a nutrition or nutrition related thread... who has time for that, I mean, we should be debating whether or not we like to eat ass or not.... :rolleyes:

Lol! Nice

[coffee-guy]

Yea, God forbid a nutrition or nutrition related thread... who has time for that, I mean, we should be debating whether or not we like to eat ass or not.... :rolleyes:

:bravonew:

[daf2]

Based on your stat, if you eat 3 raw eggs per day 5 days per week for 1 year, then your chances of salmonella infection are 1 in 40.

If you eat raw eggs at that rate for 5 years, then your chances of salmonella infection increase to 1 in 8. For 10 years, 1 in 4.

:bbq:

yes, i agree the statistcics do decrease the more you eat them. Still, i have never had a problem over several years.

[daf2]

All this talk about egg digestion.....Just cook the fucking things and eat them....Seems like more people are getting more confused these days on how to eat eggs...:) :D

i cook them sometimes but also have them raw about half the time.

[Severedties]

Another article agreeing that they are not digested.

Amount and fate of egg protein escaping assimilation in the small intestine of humans.

Evenepoel P, Claus D, Geypens B, Hiele M, Geboes K, Rutgeerts P, Ghoos Y.

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

Studies attempting to evaluate protein assimilation in humans have hitherto relied on either ileostomy subjects or intubation techniques. The availability of stable isotope-labeled protein allowed us to determine the amount and fate of dietary protein escaping digestion and absorption in the small intestine of healthy volunteers using noninvasive tracer techniques. Ten healthy volunteers were studied once after ingestion of a cooked test meal, consisting of 25 g of (13)C-, (15)N-, and (2)H-labeled egg protein, and once after ingestion of the same but raw meal. Amounts of 5.73% and 35.10% (P < 0.005) of cooked and raw test meal, respectively, escaped digestion and absorption in the small intestine. A significantly higher percentage of the malabsorbed raw egg protein was recovered in urine as fermentation metabolites. These results 1) confirm that substantial amounts of even easily digestible proteins may escape assimilation in healthy volunteers and 2) further support the hypothesis that the metabolic fate of protein in the colon is affected by the amount of protein made available.

[BBAddict]

Just cook the darn things--I can't believe I just read through this many posts on cooking eggs!

[Jordan]

what about chicken? should i be cooking my chicken too? any articles would be appreciated

[Severedties]

what about chicken? should i be cooking my chicken too? any articles would be appreciated

You are a tool.