Just like cooked eggs, raw eggs are enutritious. They’re rich in high-quality protein, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals, eye-protecting antioxidants and various other nutrients. But are they healthy? Given that they’re not cooked.
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Just like cooked eggs, raw eggs are enutritious. They’re rich in high-quality protein, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals, eye-protecting antioxidants and various other nutrients. But are they healthy? Given that they’re not cooked.
There are many health and nutritional risks associated with eating raw eggs. One would be the risk of getting infected by microbes for example some species of salmonella. Second, raw eggs contain high levels of avidin, an antinutrient that binds biotin (vitamin B7), which is rich in eggs, from being used in our body. Therefore, long term consumption of raw eggs may cause us biotin deficiency whose symptoms may include both physical and psychological. This antinutrient can largely be rid of in cooking/heating process.
It is actually very healthy to eat raw poultry eggs as they are a nutrient rich food, however, you should be very careful as to where you source the eggs you ingest. Some folks recommend washing pastured eggs with warm soapy water before eating raw. Pastured eggs (not pasteurized eggs) are eggs from chickens that get to run around in a pasture and consume grubs, bugs and other natural fixings. These healthier and more “natural” conditions create less incidences of salmonella poisoning. The USDA recommends consuming raw pasteurized eggs for your recipes needing raw eggs, such as home made mayo, hollandaise sauce or caesar salad dressing. Pasteurized eggs have their own issues of spoiling at a fairly fast rate, so you need to be careful how you handle and consume them.