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[HaNs]

Need to clear some things up

Does cooking eggs make more of the protein content available?

It is better to eat raw or cooked eggs?

What about the yolks?

[GHOSTN]

cooking eggs makes the proteins more bio-available.. plus not good to use raw as you can get salmonela poisoning!

[HaNs]

Cheers, haven't died yet... :pfft:

[GHOSTN]

yea i used to go raw as well but found that out and just preferd not too.. the fact that its more bio available when cooked is a biggy tho

[thatwaslight]

yup think about it, liquid vs solid what is going to pass through the fastest? i used to eat raw egg whites all day long never got food poisioning. i think one or two thrown in with a shake and you cant go wrong but if you start trying to down 6 or more at a time its a waste imo

[rose]

The yolks are high in saturated fat but the yolks also contain a lot of the nutrients. No harm eating them in moderation.

Egg Yolks Versus Egg Whites

Nutrient White Yolk % Total in White % Total in Yolk

Protein 3.6 g 2.7g 57% 43%

Fat 0.05g 4.5g 1% 99%

Calcium 2.3 mg 21.9 mg 9.50% 90.50%

Magnesium 3.6 mg 0.85 mg 80.80% 19.20%

Iron 0.03 mg 0.4 mg 6.20% 93.80%

Phosphorus 5 mg 66.3 mg 7% 93%

Potassium 53.8 mg 18.5 mg 74.40% 25.60%

Sodium 54.8 mg 8.2 mg 87% 13%

Zinc 0.01 mg 0.4 mg 0.20% 99.80%

Copper 0.008 mg 0.013 mg 38% 62%

Manganese 0.004 mg 0.009 mg 30.80% 69.20%

Selenium 6.6 mcg 9.5 mcg 41% 59%

Thiamin 0.01 mg 0.03 mg 3.20% 96.80%

Riboflavin 0.145 mg 0.09 mg 61.70% 48.30%

Niacin 0.035 mg 0.004 mg 89.70% 9.30%

Pantothenic acid. 0.63 mg 0.51 mg 11% 89%

B6 0.002 mg 0.059 mg 3.30% 96.70%

Folate 1.3 mcg 24.8 mcg 5% 95%

B12 0.03 mcg 0.331 mcg 8.30% 91.70%

Vitamin A 0 IU 245 IU 0% 100%

Vitamin E 0 mg 0.684 mg 0% 100%

Vitamin D 0 IU 18.3 IU 0% 100%

Vitamin K 0 IU 0.119 IU 0% 100%

DHA and AA 0  94 mg 0% 100%

Carotenoids 0 mcg 21 mcg 0% 100%