Here's the deal with eggs. Eat whole eggs, 6 whole is the equivilent of 12 whites plus you are getting a complete protein and amino profile with whole eggs. Eating only whites leaves the protein incomplete in it's profile and you are not getting all the good nutrients out of them. Plus they tatse better!
Yes, if you're gonna eat raw eggs it's better to eat them WHOLE. Why, because eating raw egg whites only will strip your body of the essential B-vitamin biotin. However, good 'ol nature has a remedy for this. Egg yolks are the richest source of nutritional biotin, so consuming the entire egg, yolk and all (NOT THE SHELL) will eliminate this problem!
Many actually believe that eating raw eggs is better than eating them cooked. As we know, cooking kills most of the essential enzymes which are needed for maintaining general health as well as proper digestion. I believe BBer's are effected by this even more-so because we generally eat more and we eat substantially more protein than the average person.
If contracting salmonella scares you, buy eggs from
HEALTHY chickens (cage free, organically fed) as only
sick chickens lay eggs infected with salmonella. Not to mention only 1 in 30,000 eggs contains salmonella in the first place! That would give you one chance of catching it every 42 years!
You may also think that buying pasteurized eggs will eliminate the possibility of catching salmonella! Maybe... But the process of pasteurization actually denatures the proteins bio-availability and all it's essential enzymes... therefore what would otherwise have been the "perfect protein", is now not so perfect at all! (by about 30 % less).
So, if you want to consume raw eggs, buy the
good one's (you can still use the "not so good" ones for cooking) and eat them
whole (white and yolk).
STEEDA~