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Originally Posted by rkl0165 anyone drinking raw eggs has a serious misunderstanding of protein intake...I wonder if they eat protein powder without mixing it in liquid? |
Perhaps you can enlighten us as to why? Help my lack of understanding of Protein intake, please.
Why would anyone eat the eggs in a raw form? Heating the
egg protein actually changes its chemical shape, and it is this change in the protein structure which can easily be a cause of allergies. The heating also destroys many of the nutrients and proteins found inside the egg.
Does the chicken embryo cook the white before feeding on it?
In nutrition, proteins are broken down through digestion that begins in the stomach. Proteins are broken down by enzymes known as proteases into smaller polypeptides to provide amino acids for the organism, including the essential amino acids that the organism cannot biosynthesize itself. Aside from their role in protein synthesis, amino acids are also important nutritional sources of nitrogen.
Different proteins have different levels of biological availability to the human body. Many methods have been introduced to measure protein utilization and retention rates in humans. They include biological value, Net Protein Utilization or NPU, and PDCAAS (Protein Digestability Corrected Amino Acids Score) which was developed by the FDA as an improvement over the PER method. These methods examine which proteins are most efficiently used by the body. In general they conclude that animal complete proteins that contain all the essential amino acids such as milk, eggs, meat, and the complete vegetable protein soy are of most value to the body.
