The human body cannot completely and safely digest a raw egg white. So, if you like to do the "Rocky Routine" with a raw egg or raw egg white in your drink, you are wasting your time, not to mention the threat of Salmonella. Avidin, which is found in raw egg whites, blocks the uptake of Vitamin B6 (Biotin) causing a vitamin deficiency. You must cook the egg white to neutralize the Avidin and allow your body to safely digest the protein and utilize all its Amino acids. Unfortunately, cooking also starts to destory the protein.
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I'm not sure where you are getting the info about the human body not being able to digest an eggwhite, but no matter since I would never go as far as to waste a good yolk. This eating only the eggwhite theory is just a fad and there is nothing special about it. Unless someone is on a VERY low fat diet and as far as I'm concerned a very low fat diet is not a healthy diet at all.
The chances of getting salmonella the chances of finding an egg with it are 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 30,000 depending on where you research it. It is mostly on the shell and scalding the egg for a minute or so will kill it. Most chickens are vaccinated (all maybe but not sure about the law on this one) anyway which further decreases the risk. Also, most people don't realize that if you drop just a little piece of the egg shell into the pan when cooking your eggs you have a good chance of getting salmonella (assuming it is present) since a lot of people don't cook the egg on high enough heat to kill it, especially if they are scrambled on low heat. The average American makes 50,000 car trips in his/her lifetime. Based on this average, the odds of being killed in a car accident are 1 in 140. So, dropping a couple of eggs in a protein shake IMO is not a very risky procedure.
I have heard the argument before about the body not being able to digest a raw egg, but I have never seen any real factual data on it. How much of the egg is not assimilated? 90% 80% 70% all of it? Also, eating raw eggs will not cause a vitamin b6 deficiency. It may block some of the B6 but to state it causes an actual deficiency in the body is not factual.
