Did Rocky Get It Right or Wrong?

[TheRoid]

Abstract​

Background: Egg protein is ingested during recovery from exercise to facilitate the post-exercise increase in muscle protein synthesis rates and, as such, to support the skeletal muscle adaptive response to exercise training. The impact of cooking egg protein on post-exercise muscle protein synthesis is unknown.
Objectives: To compare the impact of ingesting unboiled (raw) versus boiled eggs during post-exercise recovery on postprandial myofibrillar protein synthesis rates.
Methods: In a parallel design, forty-five healthy, resistance trained young men (age: 24 (95%CI: 23-25) y) were randomly assigned to ingest 5 raw eggs (∼30 g protein), 5 boiled eggs (∼30 g protein), or a control breakfast (∼5 g protein) during recovery from a single session of whole-body resistance-type exercise. Primed continuous L-[ring-13C6]-phenylalanine infusions were applied, with frequent blood sampling. Muscle biopsies were collected immediately after cessation of resistance exercise and at 2 and 5 h into the post-exercise recovery period. Primary (myofibrillar protein synthesis rates) and secondary (plasma amino acid concentrations) outcomes were analyzed using repeated-measures (Time*Group) ANOVA

Results: Ingestion of eggs significantly increased plasma essential amino acid concentrations, with 20% higher peak concentrations following ingestion of boiled compared with raw eggs (Time*Group: P < 0.001). Myofibrillar protein synthesis rates were significantly increased during the post-exercise period when compared to basal, post-absorptive values in all groups (2-4 fold increase: P < 0.001). Postprandial myofibrillar protein synthesis rates were 20% higher after ingesting raw eggs (0.067%/h (95%CI:0.056-0.077); effect size (Cohen's d): 0.63), and 18% higher after ingesting boiled eggs (0.065%/h (95%CI:0.058-0.073); effect size: 0.69) when compared to the control breakfast (0.056%/h (95%CI:0.048-0.063), with no significant differences between groups (Time*Group: P = 0.077).

Conclusions: The ingestion of raw, as opposed to boiled, eggs attenuates the postprandial rise in circulating essential amino acid concentrations. However, post-exercise muscle protein synthesis rates do not differ after ingestion of 5 raw versus 5 boiled eggs in healthy young men. Trial registration: NL6506.


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Raw Eggs To Support Postexercise Recovery in Healthy Young Men: Did Rocky Get It Right or Wrong?

Egg protein is ingested during recovery from exercise to facilitate the postexercise increase in muscle protein synthesis rates and, as such, to support the skeletal muscle adaptive response to exercise training. The impact of cooking egg protein on postexercise ...

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[hevi-head]

Interesting. There was a conversation on here not long ago about this. Some were saying that the protein wasn’t utilized if the whites weren’t cooked. I don’t remember if they showed any actual studies or not.

 

[Dens228]

Well since there is no fucking way I'm drinking raw eggs it's a moot point for me......lol

 

[275bills]

I dont know about raw eggs but tusla king is awesome lol

 

[Samson250]

How many of us tried to drink a glass of raw eggs after getting inspired by that movie especially at a young age lol

 

[Hammer4]

I crack an egg or two in a lot of shakes ( with spinach, berries and chocolate whey usually) but never had the stones to go raw egg only.

I've read that raw eggs can cause biotin deficiency. Something about avidin in raw egg whites binding to biotin so it can't be absorbed properly.

 

[Sixfoottwo]

How many of us tried to drink a glass of raw eggs after getting inspired by that movie especially at a young age lol

Hell yeah. I remember being like 16 or so training for SF selection course and drinking I believe 4 raw eggs but it tasted like shit so I mixed the next 4 with milk and a little bit of lemonade. Damn did I feel hardcore. Later on I found out salmonella was a risk so I quit.

 

[TheRoid]

Interesting. There was a conversation on here not long ago about this. Some were saying that the protein wasn’t utilized if the whites weren’t cooked. I don’t remember if they showed any actual studies or not.

I bet it wasn't this same study, the one I posted got published less than two months ago.
I remember that thread but I believe it was mostly anectodes.

 

[qbkilla]

Well since there is no fucking way I'm drinking raw eggs it's a moot point for me......lol

This. IMO we have teeth for a reason, to chew. I don't consider anything I drink to be a meal.

 

[TheRoid]

Hell yeah. I remember being like 16 or so training for SF selection course and drinking I believe 4 raw eggs but it tasted like shit so I mixed the next 4 with milk and a little bit of lemonade. Damn did I feel hardcore. Later on I found out salmonella was a risk so I quit.

Hey, real men are not afraid of a tiny bacterium!

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