liquid egg white sup - Personal Trainer Community - Forum

[kettlebell king]

Just was wondering if anyone had any advice over liquid egg white sups as a form of protein. I've recently started having eggnation as a supp and am getting on ok with it. You defrost the carton and there you have it a litre of pure eg white- you must use it within 7 days.Has anyone got any info in regards to the quality of the protein-as some people i've spoken to have said that the eggantion protein is good as it has a short expiry whilst ones that have a much longer expiry are useless as the protein has denatured. Joe cannon perhaps?.....

[muscletrainerdh-NSCA CPT]

I know a client of mine tried something like these when he was in "Atkins" mode. LOL

I can't imagine why a longer expiry date would mean the egg whites would be "useless", maybe altered by a preservative?, but I doubt useless.

What's up Kettlebell, tired of cracking eggs and separating the yolks?

As far as protein is concerned, not sure i'd use that as a main source as a serving only provides 3 grams of protein.

[megfit]

Although research from YEARS ago showed that the result of eating raw egg whites results in biotin deficiency (in as short a period as 10 weeks), no more current research is available to disprove this finding.

More than likely, a raw egg white product will be pasteurized in order to kill any foodborne bacteria. However, this does NOT mean it is denatured, but it also does not mean the deficiency risk is eliminated.

Peptic enzymes in the stomach are better able to digest the protein of any part of the egg if it is cooked. Therefore, the bottom line is cook your egg to get the real benefit of it.

The best advice for any lifter is to eat adequate calories. If this is done, adequate protein will be ingested. For accurate lifting advice, check out what Susan Kleiner has available. Her website is http://www.powereating.com/.

Margie

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[kettlebell king]

yep I hate seperating the yolks! seems like a waste of egg too! although only 3 g of protein from the egg - half a pint soon makes up the numbers- although half a pint of raw egg in the morning doesn't make you feel too great!
Cheers margie I wasn't aware that more benefit is gained through cooking the egg or about the deficiency thing- to be honest i'm not going to get it again - it works out more time effort money and egg than I can be bothered with!

[megfit]

Oh, you reminded me about something I don't think I mentioned. Although all the fat and cholesterol are in the yolk, there are also some benefits to eating the entire egg.

First, just one egg supplies us with 7 grams of the most complete protein found. I think you might have mentioned it earlier, and most readers may be aware of this (especially as popular as protein is with lifters), but all other protein sources are measured against the egg.

Second, recent research has found that there is less cholesterol per egg than previously believed. However, it's important for people to know that it's not eating CHOLESTEROL that raises blood cholesterol, it's total fat and especially total saturated fat.

Finally, unless a person a) is genetically pre-disposed towards heart disease and high blood lipids (which is not ALWAYS a result of diet), or b) has healthy levels of blood lipid levels and no other risk factors for heart disease/high lipids, eating 1-2 eggs most days of the week is not a problem. And this is the ENTIRE egg.

Often, I'll suggest to people who want to eliminate some of the fat intake in their diet to mix it up. Now, granted, this won't work if you're boiling them or cooking them over easy, but you can take one whole egg and mix with one egg white (or more).

Margie