Eating Raw Eggs

[nailit]

Is it safe to consume raw eggs?
Had a friend many years ago who drank 6 raw eggs...mixed with a pint of milk... every morning (he was a body builder).
I make myself a fruit smoothie every morning in my blender and was thinking about adding a raw egg for protein but there seems to be a lot of advice against it because of the risk of salmonella. It never did my friend any harm and he did it for years.
Anyone here eat raw eggs and is there really a safety issue with it?
Thanks.

[237SJ]

If you are worried about bugs, you can buy liquid eggs that have been pasturised.

[237SJ]

http://www.musclefood.com/british-liquid-whole-eggs.html?gclid=CP2c5OCEtcYCFQLLtAod1DsKmw

[ummmm]

Raw eggs in mayonnaise...

I think the risk of salmonella is quite low. I've only seen it advised that the very young/old/pregnant should avoid them.

[Sqad]

\\\Is it safe to consume raw eggs? \\\\

probably...........but i wouldn't.

[Quoi]

I dont but its a risk I would not like to take.
Taste better cooked anyway IMO. No protein loss and easier to digest cooked ones apparently.

[Broseph]

/No protein loss and easier to digest cooked ones apparently./

Quio is most definitely on the trolley with this one as I was dating a female bodybuilder and she said the same that raw eggs weren't easily digestible so there was protein loss. As the above poster already said get liquid eggs or cokk them

[AlwaysConfused]

MrAC used to mix raw eggs with milk, sometimes adding a banana. He's into bodybuilding. I've occasionally had egg and milk when running too late for a proper brekkie, it tastes a little slimy, but does fill you up.

[Peter Pedant]

certainly not duck eggs who carry S in their gut

Chicken eggs should be mostly OK
http://www.egginfo.co.uk/eggs-safety/salmonella

didnt thingey Currie lose her minisnter's job for calling it wrong on salmonella in eggs ? ( v uncommon but chicken meat v common )

[woofgang]

actually PP she called it right.....at the time egg shells were usually contaminated with salmonella which was supposed to be washed off, but actually it was washing the infection through the shell and into the egg. Chicks for egg production are now routinely vaccinated against salmonella and as a result the infection rate in humans has dropped markedly.
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/01/poultry-vaccinations-credited-for-uks-big-drop-in-salmonella/#.VZFjGmB--Rs

[Old_Geezer]

The facts were right, but the politics not so. You take a hit if, as a politician, you opt to be honest for once. Industry was not happy with the immediate consequences.

Since body builders have been doing it for years the contamination risk to the healthy was presumably small. But I can think of more palatable things to consume. Maybe hidden in a smoothie it won't seem as yucky.

[nailit]

Thanks for replies. Think I'll sick to poaching them.

[jennyjoan]

my brother who was a singer and suffered quite a bit of catarrh - used to swallow the egg shells only - to get the catarrh broke up - when he needed to sing.