>On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 23:14:30 -0700, ginny wilken <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>>>I'd like to take a quick survey of the list regarding
>>>raw eggs.
>>>
>>>How many eat raw eggs? How frequently? How long have
>>>you been eating them? Have you suffered any ill
>>>effects? How do you "prepare" them?
>>
>>
>>At least one a day, on salad, or sometimes in fruit or veggie juice. In
>>this quantity, just since Paleo, but I've never been shy of raw eggs....
>> We are in
>>California, and eggs are local and quite fresh.
>
>If you eat eggs raw, i'd suggest to eat only the yolk, but not the white.
>
>Raw egg white has a antivitamin which destroys the vitamin biotin.
>Biotin deficiency usually results from raw egg whites.
>For a list of symptoms you can consult any vitamin book and look what biotin
>is for.
>In this way i consider egg white as unpaleo because it can't be eaten raw.
>Well, not in quantity or regularly.
>
>On the other hand raw egg yolk is one of the best sources of many vitamins.
>Ought to be very healthy, if fresh.
>
>regards
>
>Amadeus S.

With respect, I have a hard time thinking of eggs as unPaleo when so many
species dine on eggs of darn near any bird or reptile, without seeming to
separate white from yolk.
The research upon which I've relied, which I cannot quote because I only
read and note for myself, seems to indicate that biotin is taken in in much
larger quantities, at least in an ideal diet, than egg white might be able
to do in, especially on an occasional consumption schedule. But, as I've
implied above, I can't believe that instinct would drive us or any other
animal regularly to eat something deleterious to health.

ginny and Tomo, "Look, Mom; I killed that egg!"

All stunts performed without a net!