eggs

[mopar_freak]

do you absorb as much protine drinking egg whites as you do cooking and eating them??

[ScottWelch]

Yes the same amount of amino acids will be delivered to your liver regardless of whether you cook them or not.  Their is much debate on the benefits of eating eggs raw vs. cooked as they will not be as denatured as they will once you cook them which may or may not have growth-stimulating and/or health-promoting benefits in and of itself.  The only trouble with this theory is that all proteins become denatured once they contact the hydrochloric acid in your stomach. 

[Tapeworm]

No, according to the study the Princess L posted a few months ago.  Search it up if you're curious, it seemed pretty well done.

[mopar_freak]

can you post the link please, thanks

[Tapeworm]

Hmmm, I can't find the thread.  Ask Princess L if you really want to see it.  This was a post of hers in a different thread about the study though, and it's pretty much what it boils down to:

That is correct.

Raw egg yolks are absorbed better than whites, however, according to Digestibility of Cooked and Raw Egg Protein in Humans as Assessed by Stable Isotope Techniques -- Evenepoel et al. 128 (10): 1716 -- Journal of Nutrition, only 51% of raw egg white protein is absorbed during digestion compared to 91% for cooked egg white protein. According to Amount and fate of egg protein escaping assimilation in the small intestine of humans -- Evenepoel et al. 277 (5): 935 -- AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, the figures are 65% and 94% respectively.

BTW ~ Nothing has a 100% rating.

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=219679.0

[ScottWelch]

Wow, that's pretty cool info - great find!