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Title: Flatulence
Post by: personman on March 26, 2012, 11:10:17 am

What causes more flatulence: beef or eggs? I have been having trouble with both and wonder if I'm consuming simply too much?(1 dozen eggs and 1 lb. of ground beef per day)? ANyone had similar experiences?

Title: Re: Flatulence
Post by: goodsamaritan on March 26, 2012, 11:13:22 am

I observe my body resorts to flatulence with things it cannot digest properly.

Such as raw milk.

I observed if I want to digest raw milk with minimal flatulence, I drink lactobacilli probiotics and it will work.

Title: Re: Flatulence
Post by: personman on March 26, 2012, 11:23:05 am

Thanks. right now I have sub-par sources and must pick and choose amongst eggs...beef...and eggs/beef. I am thinking mainly raw eggs would be best as I found the grain-fed ground beef I had consumed made me feel toxic and the eggs less so. Would you buy into the hype re: avidin in egg whites=biotin deficiency notion? Alot of mixed messages bandied about.

Title: Re: Flatulence
Post by: goodsamaritan on March 26, 2012, 11:53:04 am

eggs?  I just get fertilized duck eggs.
I eat whites when I feel like it.

Title: Re: Flatulence
Post by: Isthmus on March 27, 2012, 02:13:24 am

Egg whites give me loads of flatulence. Beef never.

Title: Re: Flatulence
Post by: personman on March 27, 2012, 03:53:19 am

Isthmus: do you cook them??? I am thinking I would like to have exclusively egg whites raw but....fear the avidin= biotin deficiency/digestive enzyme reduction (putative) correlation. ANy thoughts.

Title: Re: Flatulence
Post by: Isthmus on March 27, 2012, 03:42:28 pm

Quote from: personman on March 27, 2012, 03:53:19 am

Isthmus: do you cook them??? I am thinking I would like to have exclusively egg whites raw but....fear the avidin= biotin deficiency/digestive enzyme reduction (putative) correlation. ANy thoughts.

No, I don't cook them. If I eat raw egg whites (whole eggs) they give me loads of flatulence. Raw separated yolks seem to be okay.

Title: Re: Flatulence
Post by: Inger on March 27, 2012, 07:31:28 pm

I have been drinking cups of raw eggwhites only, without yolks, many times and nothing negative happened.
But I have to say I have a very healthy digestion I guess. ;)

Cooked eggs are not good for me, also not soft-boiled. They always give me flatulence. Raw, never.
That is why I eat eggs only raw.

Inger

Title: Re: Flatulence
Post by: personman on March 27, 2012, 09:46:38 pm

thanks guys. I have heard that cooked.whites create digestive problems through changes in the protein molecule....but raw have the avidin and less protein. what to.do what to do....

Title: Re: Flatulence
Post by: PaleoPhil on March 28, 2012, 07:28:44 am

Quote from: goodsamaritan on March 26, 2012, 11:53:04 am

eggs?  I just get fertilized duck eggs.
I eat whites when I feel like it.

My approach is similar. I usually eat whole, fertile, pastured chicken eggs and a couple duck eggs each week, but sometimes I discard the chicken egg whites when I make steak tartare or other mixes with yolks. I've never noticed any problems from egg whites, and I've tried going without them for stretches to see if there are any improvements and didn't notice any. There's no guarantee that the whites aren't doing some unseen harm, but I'm not particularly worried. Like Lex, if I ever notice any ill effects, I'll change.