Feeling Ill

[turkish]

CHK91,
 its primarily for testing, but if you read carefully it sez that it can be used for supplementation but the dosage is small.

I totally agree there will be some issue or the other - so lets pick our poisons

I have had issues with titanium dioxide - so i am little paranoid about additives after that - so its just me.

Are raw eggs okay to eat for our condition (copper overload)?

[CHK91]

Most of us are already trying really hard to avoid environment toxins that we know are harmful. It will drive us INSANE if we dwell too much on environmental toxins that are only speculated to be harmful. The minuscule amount of aromatic hydrocarbons I breathe while at the gas station is probably more harmful than magnesium stearate XP. If your body is being supplied with adequate nutrients, it will be better equipped to deal with foreign contaminants, whatever they may be.

Eggs are balanced and should be no problem. It's actually very beneficial. Zinc and copper are balanced. The high cysteine and selenium content will help with metallothionein production which will help remove excess copper and other heavy metals from the system. It also will improve protein digestion.

Vegan diets are poor in selenium and cysteine so they are already in state that promotes copper and other heavy metal accumulation. Eventually, as protein digestion weakens, more and more undigested protein enters the intestine causing all sorts of nasty effects which I had to learn about the hard way.

[turkish]

Eggs are balanced and should be no problem. It's actually very beneficial. Zinc and copper are balanced. The high cysteine and selenium content will help with metallothionine production which will help remove excess copper and other heavy metals from the system. It also will improve protein digestion.

Vegan diets are poor in selenium and cysteine so they are already in state that promotes copper and other heavy metal accumulation. Eventually, as protein digestion weakens, more and more undigested protein enters the intestine causing all sort of nasty effects which I had to learn about the hard way.

How do recommend we should have eggs?
Presently i take the yolk and whites seperately. For yolk i mix with olive oil(EVOO) and lemon juice (liver cleanser), after a few hours (after the yolks are digested) i have the whites with little lemon juice and a little olive oil, just to improve the taste( I know EVOO and lemon only work with yolks)


Thanks

[CHK91]

I eat all the yolks raw with my main meals. I really don't know what is ideal to be honest. There is an ongoing debate on this forum about the consuming egg white, and there is no clear consensus. The avidin issue is not really a big deal since you can get a ton of biotin from organs also. I'm more concerned about the enzyme inhibitors in raw egg white. Egg white has trypsin inhibitors which keep you from digesting protein. I have enough problems with protein digestion and I don't want any more difficulty . I sort of alternate on the whites. If I eat it raw, I eat it after I have digested my main meals. Sometimes I slightly poach it and eat it with my main meal.

[Nation]

Who would wanna eat egg whites? Worst tasting food there is. And it's not like protein is hard to get on this diet.

[Iguana]

Who would wanna eat egg whites?

Me! Best tasting food for me. 

[Dima]

I don't know if the egg whites are harmful, but they're the only food that gives me digestive distress. I get mild stomach cramps from eating even a few whole quail eggs. Not problem with the yolks.

[TylerDurden]

I don't know if the egg whites are harmful, but they're the only food that gives me digestive distress. I get mild stomach cramps from eating even a few whole quail eggs. Not problem with the yolks.

I have read that the avidin antinutrient in raw egg-whites is more or less neutralised if one eats fertilised eggs as the fertilised eggs have much lower levels of avidin in them. Never had the chance to try them out for comparison, though, as the fertilised version doesn't seem to be available in the UK. Perhaps GS or someone else can comment on whether fertilised raw eggs are more easily tolerated by those with a food-intolerance towards  eggs?

[CHK91]

Does a fertilized egg look any different on the outside from a regular one?

[TylerDurden]

Does a fertilized egg look any different on the outside from a regular one?

I wouldn't think so. I think(?) I read somewhere that a fertilised raw egg would be a bit reddish inside, but others will know better re this.

[CHK91]

I wouldn't think so. I think(?) I read somewhere that a fertilised raw egg would be a bit reddish inside, but others will know better re this.

I know that my farmer has roosters and hens, and I don't think they would know from the outside either. I asked because I've noticed some are a bit reddish as you mentioned and taste a bit different.

[turkish]

could be, i remember when i was a small kid in india, lived practically in a village. The eggs would have specks of red inside.

This was way before egg production was industrialized.

[miles]

(Since all raw I was first animals only(6 months), then with varying amounts of plants too(5months). When I was eating plants it weakened my digestive system and I couldn't digest fats and liver properly, I became reliant on the plants to push food through. I've been 1-2 weeks without plants and my digestive system is strong again, no problem eating lots of liver or fat.

[achillezzz]

(Since all raw I was first animals only(6 months), then with varying amounts of plants too(5months). When I was eating plants it weakened my digestive system and I couldn't digest fats and liver properly, I became reliant on the plants to push food through. I've been 1-2 weeks without plants and my digestive system is strong again, no problem eating lots of liver or fat.

Its because plants need alkaline enviorement to be digested and animals acidic (im sure yall know it lol holla at me   )