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Is It Healthy To Eat Raw Eggs? Yes, There Are Reasons To Have Them ‘Pure’
Heating and cooking make substantial changes in eggs and kills the enzymes. It is not that cooked eggs are less nutritional, but having raw egg yolks means absorbing the nutrients in the purest form.
This may sound crazy and can even make you say "Yuck"; but yes, there are people in this world who have raw egg yolks as part of a healthy diet. They may not have them every day, but on many days for sure.
Reason? Just consume the nutrients of the superfood as they come, untouched. If you can have raw vegetables thinking that cooking kills their nutritional value, then why not eggs, right?
Here are some points that make raw egg yolks worthy to be consumed:
1. Egg yolks have a high concentration of important vitamins like A, B complexes, D, E and K, besides other minerals.
2. Egg yolks have a high content of cholesterol, which is necessary for the production of hormones and vitamin D. The egg-raises-level-of-cholesterol theory isn't exactly buyable.
3. Egg yolks have healthy fatty acids like omega-3. Especially, yolks of eggs received from pastured chicken have excellent nutritional values.
4.
Egg
yolks
have
lecithin
which
is
good
for
the
brain,
liver
and
skin.
But
Why
In
Raw
Form?
The
above-mentioned
nutrients
can
be
absorbed
even
if
we
have
eggs
boiled
or
fried;
but
why
do
some
people
favour
taking
them
in
raw
form?
Here
are
the
reasons:
1. Heating and cooking make substantial changes in eggs and kill the enzymes. It is not that cooked eggs are less nutritional, but having raw egg yolks means absorbing the nutrients in the purest form.
2. Raw egg yolks leave the least impact on our digestive system. In fact, they are part of the GAPS intro diet, which is prescribed for people who have serious stomach problems.
3. Even if cooked eggs cause allergy in many of us, raw egg yolks are less likely to do so.
Having
Raw
Egg
Yolks?
Yuck,
That
Smell!
For
many,
the
very
thought
of
eating
raw
egg
yolks
can
be
sickening.
Those
who
have
them,
on
the
other
hand,
advise
thick
and
creamy
raw
egg
smoothies
instead.
There
are
also
some
very
good
ice-cream
recipes
that
require
several
egg
yolks.
There
you
are.
An
excellent
way
to
gobble
up
a
raw
egg
without
burning
any
fuel
and
yet
not
upsetting
the
taste
buds.
But,
there
is
another
side
to
the
story
as
well:
Having raw eggs can also have some detrimental effects if certain things are not kept in mind. Here are a few tips:
1. As against the 'purists', there is also a perception that eating eggs in raw form may actually prevent us from getting the protein content. A study has shown that only 50 per cent of protein from raw eggs is digestible, unlike 80 per cent available in cooked eggs.
But in case of vitamins A, B5 and phosphorus and potassium, it is the cooked egg which offers less value.
2. Raw egg whites may block absorption of Biotin or vitamin B7. This water-soluble vitamin is involved in our body's production of fatty acids and glucose, and is important for pregnant women.
However, in case of raw eggs, their whites include a protein called avidin, which prevents the absorption of biotin in the small intestine. In case of cooked egg, the avidin is destroyed and there rises no problem in absorption of biotin. Though this is not going to cause a serious biotin deficiency.
3. This is important. Raw eggs may be contaminated with the harmful Salmonella bacteria, both on their shells and inside. Having contaminated raw eggs, thus can make you vulnerable to food poisoning and in case of children, elderly people, those with weak immunity and pregnant women, it can lead to worse consequences.
However, pasteurisation is a process whereby the eggs are heated to kill the bacteria and hence it is safer to have eggs that have been treated. Also, to be on the safer side, don't buy dirty eggs, or the ones with cracks on them, or those that have gone past their expiry dates, and always store them in the refrigerator. Also, ensure that the shop from where you pick eggs keeps them in cold storage.
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