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[Clint]

Originally Posted by Ubermensch

Just reread this whole thing First thing Yolks are Bad Cholesterol (LDL) and because a raw egg is a simple protein it is "Easier" to break down than cooked eggs and is a far better source of neutrience than one that has been cooked or Pasteurized ala egg beaters.

Where are you getting this info? because it is contradictory to what I have always read. My understanding has always been that the egg whites are largely undigestable before being cooked because the glycoprotein avidin needs to be denatured before it is digestable.

Also the yolks have alot of important things in them (but are indeed high in fat and cholesterol) So typically you should only eat 1 yolk for every 2 or 3 whites.

[Ubermensch]

Originally Posted by Clint

Where are you getting this info? because it is contradictory to what I have always read. My understanding has always been that the egg whites are largely undigestable before being cooked because the glycoprotein avidin needs to be denatured before it is digestable.

Also the yolks have alot of important things in them (but are indeed high in fat and cholesterol) So typically you should only eat 1 yolk for every 2 or 3 whites.

My friend who is a Bioengineer He is famous for doing some gene manipulation to make salmon grow all year round instead of sesonally and for creating Cyprus trees that grow in 5 years that would normally take 20 for paper making. he is always up on the latest in BioChem he also told me that a lot of people are mistaken about the cholesterol in Yolks being good because there was a study on "Children" that was done saying that the LDL had no adverse effects. Well I guess from what Russsell told me that the Lipids are more easily broken down as a youth and your body cant do it as well as we get older. And as for the Vitamins etc in yolk yes you ate totally right. But I am just going on what Russell said but I will take him as a keynoter over most people.

[Clint]

Originally Posted by Ubermensch

My friend who is a Bioengineer He is famous for doing some gene manipulation to make salmon grow all year round instead of sesonally and for creating Cyprus trees that grow in 5 years that would normally take 20 for paper making. he is always up on the latest in BioChem he also told me that a lot of people are mistaken about the cholesterol in Yolks being good because there was a study on "Children" that was done saying that the LDL had no adverse effects. Well I guess from what Russsell told me that the Lipids are more easily broken down as a youth and your body cant do it as well as we get older. And as for the Vitamins etc in yolk yes you ate totally right. But I am just going on what Russell said but I will take him as a keynoter over most people.

Seems reasonable