Guest guest Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 After reading Dr. Mercola's 6 foods that give you the most bang for the buck,I have some info that may alter your view on eating raw egg as a steady diet.During world War II ,there was a milk shortage and beer was substituted as a comprimise food.This seemed to promote health and some people began using raw egg and beer as a staple food.After some time many of these imbibers succumbed to a diabling disease,whose cause was elusive.It was discovered that a sustance called avidin present in raw egg but inactiveted by heat was the culprit.Avidin binds with vitamin B complex making them unavailable for absorption.I don.t know the whole story but the beer and egg club was quickly disbanded and its members returned to health.HARVEY MALTZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 After reading Dr. Mercola's 6 foods that give you the most bang for the buck,I have some info that may alter your view on eating raw egg as a steady diet.During world War II ,there was a milk shortage and beer was substituted as a comprimise food.This seemed to promote health and some people began using raw egg and beer as a staple food.After some time many of these imbibers succumbed to a diabling disease,whose cause was elusive.It was discovered that a sustance called avidin present in raw egg but inactiveted by heat was the culprit.Avidin binds with vitamin B complex making them unavailable for absorption.I don.t know the whole story but the beer and egg club was quickly disbanded and its members returned to health.HARVEY MALTZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Lea Ann Thanks for the info, not necessarily opposed, like eggs and eat them often. There seems to be no limit to what you can put in the Vita-mix and call it a " smoothie " . :-)). Do you add eggs? > > Saw a recipe for a spinach & fruit smoothie that called for one raw egg... Anyone do this? Love ther green & fruit...not sure about the egg. Still new and questioning everything. LOL > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 I used to, but have heard that the proteins are delicate in eggs and blending damages them. Now I slurp down raw egg yolks, and cook the egg whites (it is supposed to preserve the biotin in the egg and in your body this way as the whites if uncooked can destroy biotin). Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)www.BlenderLady.com(AKA the Vitamix Lady :-)<))>< On May 1, 2012, at 6:44 PM, ronald.wightman wrote: Lea Ann Thanks for the info, not necessarily opposed, like eggs and eat them often. There seems to be no limit to what you can put in the Vita-mix and call it a "smoothie" . :-)). Do you add eggs? > > Saw a recipe for a spinach & fruit smoothie that called for one raw egg... Anyone do this? Love ther green & fruit...not sure about the egg. Still new and questioning everything. LOL > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 When I first saw the vitamix in the 80's the demo guy added a whole egg shell and all. At that point I decided I wanted one. I still do raw eggs from time to time but usually without the shell. I give the shell to my tomato plants. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Aloha, I find it fascinating that this topic has created so many posts. When I was in culinary school we were taught that 70% of commercial eggs had salmonella, (and if you touch one egg with it, it will transfer to another egg by your touch--very contagious) so we were to assume every egg we touched had it and we never ate nor used raw eggs and washed our hands after every time we touched an egg. I still do wash my hands after touching eggs, but I know my local farmer and get fantastic fresh local eggs every week. I have used them raw (in ceasar salad) and lightly poached, etc and never had a problem. I think it's a bit odd y'all keep referring to still being here after eating raw eggs since I was taught that the most common reaction is an upset stomach or flu like symptoms. . Very rarely will it kill you. Usually the " 24-hour flu " is some food poisoning, be it eggs or otherwise. That said, after school, I never felt the need to look up eggs or salmonella since then. If its true that salmonella is only in one out of however-many-thousand y'all say, then things have indeed changed a lot! (Or I was seriously misinformed!) For me, I eat eggs as I like them with farm-fresh ,organic, free-range, etc eggs and don't worry about it at all. I have noticed that if I eat eggs out (at somewhere like waffle house) I feel a little odd for a couple of hours afterwards. So, obviously I don't eat at places like that often and actually prefer to eat at home these days. I also believe in whole food nutrition. So, unless making meringue, I don't not use the yolks. I read something recently which confirms my thoughts on this about how both parts make a better food but I can't remember where I read it. It all falls into the same theory that a whole orange is better than a vitamin c pill because the rest of the orange has other vitamins which make the vitamin c better absorbed, etc, etc. Just thinking out loud. Aloha, mirthfullady > > > >Â > >>Saw a recipe for a spinach & fruit smoothie that called for one raw egg... Anyone do this? Love ther green & fruit...not sure about the egg. Still new and questioning everything. LOL > >> > >> > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Good heavens, when I was in school we never heard that. Only that the eggs should be refrigerated and not left out as do many restaurants do. If we were in " baking " the eggs we needed to be at room temp were brought out at the beginning of class and put into warm water if we needed them right away. In " sauces " we were taught mayonnaise and other sauces that require raw eggs. We never gave it a thought and no one ever got sick. Terry Sent from my iPadHD On May 9, 2012, at 10:35 AM, " mirthfullady " <mirthfullady@...> wrote: > Aloha, > > I find it fascinating that this topic has created so many posts. When I was in culinary school we were taught that 70% of commercial eggs had salmonella, (and if you touch one egg with it, it will transfer to another egg by your touch--very contagious) so we were to assume every egg we touched had it and we never ate nor used raw eggs and washed our hands after every time we touched an egg. > > I still do wash my hands after touching eggs, but I know my local farmer and get fantastic fresh local eggs every week. I have used them raw (in ceasar salad) and lightly poached, etc and never had a problem. > > I think it's a bit odd y'all keep referring to still being here after eating raw eggs since I was taught that the most common reaction is an upset stomach or flu like symptoms. . Very rarely will it kill you. Usually the " 24-hour flu " is some food poisoning, be it eggs or otherwise. > > That said, after school, I never felt the need to look up eggs or salmonella since then. If its true that salmonella is only in one out of however-many-thousand y'all say, then things have indeed changed a lot! (Or I was seriously misinformed!) > > For me, I eat eggs as I like them with farm-fresh ,organic, free-range, etc eggs and don't worry about it at all. I have noticed that if I eat eggs out (at somewhere like waffle house) I feel a little odd for a couple of hours afterwards. So, obviously I don't eat at places like that often and actually prefer to eat at home these days. > > I also believe in whole food nutrition. So, unless making meringue, I don't not use the yolks. I read something recently which confirms my thoughts on this about how both parts make a better food but I can't remember where I read it. It all falls into the same theory that a whole orange is better than a vitamin c pill because the rest of the orange has other vitamins which make the vitamin c better absorbed, etc, etc. > > Just thinking out loud. > > Aloha, > mirthfullady > > >>> >>> Â >>>> Saw a recipe for a spinach & fruit smoothie that called for one raw egg... Anyone do this? Love ther green & fruit...not sure about the egg. Still new and questioning everything. LOL >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please bookmark these pages: > > /links/ > (this is the Links page where I save the answers to FAQs and Answers, Recipes, and LOTS of other helpful information - this page is always being added to) > > /links/IMPORTANT_VitamixE\ nthusiasts_Membership__001327149393/ > PLEASE DON'T UNSUBSCRIBE IF YOU ARE GETTING TOO MUCH MAIL! (if you unsubscribe, you will lose access to the Links page - an Encyclopedia of Collected Vitamix Wisdom! Go to this link to learn how to stop mail from coming, but STILL be a member of the group so you can STILL visit the Links page and read messages online! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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