Hi Dan,
It's the "avidin" in the raw egg-white that binds with biotin. Cooking the
egg-white deactivates the avidin but also alters all the proteins. But, the
egg yolk contains lots of biotin. If you're going to eat raw egg-whites,
make sure you eat the yolk too. I add raw egg yolk to my cat's meat on
occasion, but leave out the egg-white since they don't like it anyway.
Elle
From: "Dan Nave" <[email protected]>
RE: CS>Raw Eggs Salmonella & B Vit's
From: Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:34:26
>Hi, Raw eggs contain an enzyme which is destructive of B vitamins,
probably a mechanism to reduce cannibalism among birds who develop a
taste for their unhatched progeny; hens - or roosters - low in B
Vitamins become 'unthrifty', low in energy and scruffy looking
withal. I believe the old expression "Egg on your face"
came from the practice of culling out birds with this
self-incriminating mark from the rest of the flock.
Do you know if it is in the white or the yolk of the egg, or both?
For instance, I have seen recommendations to eat raw
egg yolk daily but not to eat the egg white. One recommends
only including the raw egg white in the diet if one is going to
perform strenuous physical exercise.
Dan
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