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A Novel Way to Consume Raw Eggs

This is one of my favorite raw recipes, and it's so tasty that it's a shame to only have it during holidays! What's more is, it's a snap to make.

  1. In a tall glass, pour half a glass of raw milk.
  2. Top the glass off with raw cream.
  3. Pour milk & cream into jug, bowl or large measuring cup.
  4. Add a fresh raw egg.
  5. Sprinkle a touch each of cinnamon and nutmeg.
  6. Add a few drops vanilla extract.
  7. Whiz up with immersion blender.

See it becoming a lovely yellow color from the egg. This is a great way to have raw eggs if you're a bit squeamish about them, because you really can't taste the egg at all. Plus, this is incredibly good for you.

Pour eggnog back into your tall glass, and it should fit perfectly. Lovely, tasty, raw eggnog. Cheers!





 
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Posted On Apr 25, 2007
now i am a bit confused after viewing this video. in a mercola post dated 4-13-05 he advised NOT to consume the raw egg white with the raw egg yolk due to a substance in the white called avidin that will bind with the B vitamin biotin in the yolk causing a biotin deficiency. cooking destroys the avidin so its ok to eat cooked egg white. are we back to eating them  together raw again??

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Posted On Apr 25, 2007
Moo it is confusion in a shell. 

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Posted On Apr 25, 2007
I was wondering the same thing.  but I read somewhere, if I recall correctly it was the weston price website, that there is lots of biotin in the yolk, so the net effect is neutral... or something.  check it out

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Posted On Apr 25, 2007
Well, he probably didn't know about it, he is always researching and discovering new things.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
moo - you can fry the egg lightly in butter, and the white will congeal first, and most of the yolk is still raw.  Sunny side up, that is.  Or boil it less, leaving the yolk soft.  I just look for compromises.  And I have a raw egg a couple times in a week in some kind off nog concotion.  I just cover my bets that week.  Being really strict with too many rules is stressful for me.  So I do a bit of this and a bit of that.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
Well, "The China Study" showed animal protein can trigger cancer when it makes up more than 5% of your daily caloric intake.  And Dr. John McDougall, MD has been teaching for many decades that animal protein causes lots of problems for health.  So why on earth would anyone want to consume eggs at all?

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
In response to josh's comment:  "..stay away from all animal protein especially cow milk, where do you think all disease comes from; injesting animal protein. that includes eggs. to cheftodd; seafood eat the excrement from the ocean floor, you eat it at your peril."

Believe it or not, the first probiotcs were isolated from camel dung after the natzi's found out from the locals that eating the fresh dung was the only effective way to avoid the oftentimes deadly disease of dysentary.

In regards to milk being bad, that's just incorrect.  Pasteurized milk is harmful, but clean raw milk is an excellent health food.

By the way, lots of vegans I know have been sick, so it's silly to claim that eating anything that comes from an animal is the cause of all disease. 

In regards to not drinking milk because humans are supposedly the only animals to drink the milk of other animals, that's nonsense.  Humans are the only creatures to make houses out of bricks and steel.  They're the only creatures that farm.  They're the only creatures who build rocket ships so they can explore space.  Humans are the only creatures that do alot of things that other animals on this planet don't do.  Why should the fact that other animals don't do something be a reason for us not to do it?  Should we take the logic in reverse and start throwing our excrement about because monkeys do it?

It's true though, I've never seen my dog go milk a cow. however I have seen plenty of animals that aren't cows drink cows milk when given the opportunity.

By the way, I read that ants capture aphids and bring them back to their hive and keep them alive for their "milk", which is a sweet substance they produce on their bodies.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
Luci forgot to add the liquor.  What's an eggnogg without the nogg?  Just a masacred chicken fetus in a cup.  Add the liquor, it becomes an exquisite drink.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
Joe Fizz - the alcohol would allay* fears of bacteria.  I think you've got it.  Add it to raw milk, too.  Swig it with raw liver.  it goes with raw hamburger and raw oysters, for sure.

*it is a known biochemical fact that alcohol allays all sorts of fears.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
It seems we have come across some protein haters in this article.  I love how vegans will tell you how horrible protein is for you. While they are eating processed flours and sugars all day long.  I know someone who is a vegan. He is 15 lbs underweight and looks like he is dying, but he insists that he feel fine. haha (yeah right).

If you never eat proteins that will seriously mess up your body. Your brain is made up of cholesterol, so yes your body needs fats too.  Sigh...I despise that this idea of a vegetarian, no animal product diet has become popular.  Most of them look ill too that is what makes no sense to me.

Oh and back on topic. It is best to wash the outer shell of your egg if you wish to consume it raw. That is how most eggs are contaminated in the first place! I didn't watch the video so maybe she said to do this.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
From what I have studied over the last three years, you can get the best benefits from an organic, free-range egg if it's consumed at room temperature.  If you're worried about that, just take an egg out of the fridge, put it in a bowl with clean warm water for about 10-15 minutes.  That takes care of the problem.

Personally, I don't like egg white, except in a recipe for tapioca or the occasional almond pancakes.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
Polar bear,

every single study of animal meat or eggs or milk is always done on penned up animals that are not allowed to eat the food they were designed to and fed some synthetic made up full of toxin animal feed. 
Read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr. Weston Price.  It is a wonder why indigenous cultures eat animal meat, eggs, milk, blood, etc and don't get cancer or heart disease.
The most important thing is that they don't brush their teeth and somehow they have perfectly straight white teeth. 

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
Raw egg whites are not to be consumed ALONE. When taken with the yolk there is sufficient biotin in the yolk to more than compensate for the avidin that is present in raw egg whites.  The confusion exists because you have not reviewed my more current thoughts on this subject and reviewing older material where I did not realize this.

Many people have not figured out how to find the date on our articles. The date  in Mercola.com articles is actually very clearly embedded in the URL with the year first, month and then day of the month.

So http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/08/27/vitamin-d-rickets.aspx  was posted on August 27, 2000.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
I've got a question about feed and how readily it makes its way into the egg. I know that may sound ignorant but my daughter has soy-induced eczema and initially I thought she had an allergy/sensitivity to soy, eggs and dairy. I found when I eliminated all 3, all her symptoms disappeared. I then re-introduced eggs and didn't notice any change until she began wanting to eat 2-3 eggs/day. Her old spots began to itch again (though not at all to the same extent). By the way, she seems to have the same reaction when she eats conventional chicken (cooked at home in coconut oil). I am going to remedy that by switching to pastured, cocofeed chicken. NOW, is it possible that the "cage free" eggs I buy from the supermarket that come from "free roaming nesting hens"  have some soy residues from the chicken feed they are also fed? Even if I chose to buy the $3.50/dozen organic eggs from vegetarian fed hens, that doesn't mean they weren't fed organic soy feed. I plan on taking to the farmer's market to get my eggs from there but I was just curious if my hypothesis has any merit. Also, I am planning on reintroducing dairy (raw form, of course) but I'm waiting until I've isolated the source and cleared the eczema completely. Please help! (Russ, do you have any suggestions, I always look forward to your posts :)

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
In response also to Josh - and Brian

Humans are most definitely not the only animals that consume milk from other animals.

I've raised everything from rabbits to kittens on raw goat and cow's milk with incredible success.... Often the milk alone was the difference between life and death.

An orphaned baby squirrel nursed on a friend's dog. I wish I knew how to post a picture here.... Kittens have nursed off of my own dogs. They do what they need to do - sometimes with help from humans, but they would do it anyway as has been proven in my household several times. They prefer nursing to milk replacers - they also prefer hand fed milk to milk replacers.

Mayo clinic, in its early days, actively promoted "milk cures" for various diseases. It wasn't until the 20's 0r 30's when pasteurization laws were more strictly enforced, that they stopped using raw milk as a part of their protocol.

ALL animals eat dung... humans included. Most of us, whether vegan or omnivore don't grab a handfull, but we all ingest the stuff just the same. What exactly is organic fertilizer mainly made of, anyway? Just as with chemical fertilizers, it doesn't matter how much you wash - some trace is still there.

Composting happens in water, as well as on land. Pasteurization of manure on top of the composting process amounts to the same thing as pasteurization of milk - rendering it worthless for promotion of health no matter what species we are.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
The simple trick is to eat foods the way it exists in nature, stay away from anything that's processed ,overcooked and comes prepackaged. Listen to your body as it would tell you what you need most of the time, but stay away from the refined sugars that most people are so addicted to including me. Sugar is without a shadow of a doubt the most addictive food on the planet.

A "clean" (free range/organic) egg is a pure and natural food so by all means and irregarless of what any health professional or anyone tells you EAT THE WHOLE EGG unprocessed or for some very,very lightly cooked in coconut oil or butter and you'll be fine......

Just to much confusion over these simple things and a lot of it has to do with inconsistent recommendation by some of the "top class' people in the medical field..Some says one thing and others say another, no wonder why the populace is so confused.....
No one is perfect but i believe a "few" actually puts in the time and research like the good doctor does, so some of you people stop trying to make it look like you know what you're talking about; listen and you'll learn, or else if you don't have anything positive to add then keep your  mouths shut because it furthur adds  to the already confused state of  minds. 

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
All the "vegan vs meat eater" talk is mute. No one's mentioned the "metabolic typing" element that is exemplified in the statement "one man's food is another man's poison".

Do the research and have an open mind. Change is the only constant. If your a thriving vegan - great! Good on you. That same diet will could destroy the health of someone else.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
I certainly agree--avoid food that comes from a farm at all costs. I mean, really---have you seen how unhealthy farm people are? You know--they're the one's that eat what they produce.  You'll notice them by their heatlhy glow (I mean sickly pallor), their happy demeaner (I mean negativity), positive outlook on life (I mean paranoia), and their honesty and friendliness (I mean deceitfulness and cantankerousness). My goodness!! How can such people even survive! Puh lease!! The best source of any food is from the farm. NOT the monster commercial farms supported by mega agricompanies, but from the little guys. The ones that still spend the night in the farrowing shed to stay with the sows (momma pigs) when they're giving birth. Or "pulls" a calf from a cow that needs help during labor. (Monsanto lets them die in labor--I've seen it.) Everything they produce is done with pride and ownership. They put long, hard, unrewarded hours into their work. My dad would never let anything leave our property unless he was sure he could stand behind it with pride. Afterall, what you ate was what he made, and he could never forgive himself if it harmed someone. My dad is 70 years old, still farms full time, and is healthier than any 40 year old "city man." I grew up on raw milk, eggs that never even went into the refrigerator, fresh meat, fresh vegetables and fruit -eaten right from the tree/ vine--probably along with a few bugs. Start appreciating the people that cultivate the food that you put into your mouths!! 

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
Fun Egg Balancing video, its long, so fast forward to the 5:00 minute point to skip the lagging part.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hmKNNTT_CE

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007

I have read, from more than one source, that raw egg whites bind to some B vitamins and they pass through your system without being absorbed. Is this correct?

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
squeegee - maybe the egg's built-in defense against being eaten is to make that biotin unavailable to you.  (Then anyone who eats them regularly suffers a biotin deficiency - especially if it accumulates and continues to tie up biotin in your system for some time.  The people doing that would become at a survival disadvantage evolutionarily.)  When the egg starts to develop, the navidin would be neutralized some how for the chick)'s sake.  If this is true, it points out that biotin is critical nutrient for animals.

Hell- if someone wants to eat raw eggs alot, take a biotin pill, too.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
KathyFP - the egg will just warm up in the watm cozy interior of the stomach, anyway! But, since I read about so many people here with screwed up stomachs, maybe you're right - a pre-warmed egg is more gentle tothe stomach - who knows.  Thanks.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
julejule - you may be on to something.  Soy constituents and soy metabolites may be in the chiken, and a little more far-fetched - but soy metabolites may be in egg.  What if the chickens are fed a heavy soy diet because it is cheap and the estrogens stimulate growth in the hens? 

Does pasteurized dairy, by itself, cause her eczema?  Pasteurized yogurt or kefir or cultured buttermilk?  Cheese?  If you answered these questrions, or some of them, you'd have more clues.  Raw is no guarantee, you know, but I already know you're gonna try that experiment.  Thanks!

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
Grannysue - great post! Since animals and many humans instinctively  seek milk, it may be that that many others (not the genetically lactose or casein intolerant ones) have lost their natural instincts, and are now freaks of nature - most likely from urban living, ideologies (like animal rights), anthropomorphising animals, and distortions about nature and evolution.  I'm not sorry - I call it what i call it.

Also, they are malcontent with their own decisions, and need to constantly push on others.  I suspect those are mostly somewhat innocent gullibles ("useful idiots") at the beck and call of more controlling activists.

On the other-hand, I respect such people who leave others alone.  Just my opinion.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
 Everyone commenting on this article is on about how people shouldn't be eating raw eggs, protein etc etc etc because its so bad for you.  However, no-one has commented on the half a glass of cream recommended in this eggnog (admittedly I didn't read the whole blog).  Now I don't know about you but the statements "a half a glass of cream" and "incredibly good for you" surely cannot be used in the same article?  Or am I just missing the point totally here?  If you want to consume a healthy egg, put some water in a pot, boil the water, gently break the egg into the pot and what do you know, you have a poached egg.  One of the healthiest egg options out there!  I think I'll pass on the eggnog option for the fat content alone! 

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
jmills616 - ALL the talk is not moot, but I wish some of it were mute.  What I mean is the meat eaters are not by-and-large going on vegan sites and pestering them as meat activists.  (I'm sure there is some harrassment, though - it's reactionary).  The vegans fall in two camps - 1) the ones who are tolerant; and 2) the basically dissatisfied-with-themselves activists (omnivorophobics?).  The other problem is this:  those who are vegan, but not genetically so, likely have shrinking brain syndrome.  If they eat unfermented soy, it is shrinking faster, which has been demonstrated in mice & rats.  I don't know which part of their brain is shrinking and it may explain some of their behavior.  Also their skin is usually dried out like leather, and not knowing they are fat deficient, it makes them bitter (except the obese ones - who always seem to have decent looking skin - ??)  They claim to get lemon-sized tumors three months after drinking milk, but that is probably a breast developing.  But the concurrent mental development scares them back into their old secure ways, and the growth (including mental) recedes again, and they think they are cured.
Those who are metabolically vegan or vegetarian are usually intelligent enough to avoid the pitfalls of the brain-fat deficient ones.

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Posted On Apr 27, 2007
I have always eaten 1 tlbs. of peanut butter or Almond Butter along with 1-2 raw egs whisked with a fork in sone lowfatT MILK IN THE 60's learned from my bodybuilding father.I see no reason to purchase more fancy electronic machines to process this blend .Why is everyone so crazy about electric kitchen attachments .
? I find some of this use od technology wasteful DR> Mercola
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Posted On Apr 27, 2007
a few of my clients get gas from raw eggs.. any ideas?  Help

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Posted On Apr 28, 2007
I'm sorry Dr. Mercola, but I cannot find any newer articles besides the one where you said there is NOT enough biotin in the egg yolk to completely bind the avidin in the egg white, which will lead to a biotin deficiency. Now you are saying there is enough biotin. If there is a newer article, can you please post a link to it?

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Posted On May 02, 2007
Somebody mentioned that organic eggs are fed a vegetarian diet. In England this would not follow as they have to be given freedom to roam outdoors so therefore would be able to scratch for insects, worms etc. Some eggs over here are specifically labelled "fed a vegetarian diet", avoid these! We have had hens free ranging for many years and from our experience a 'warm from the hen's bottom' egg will have a runny white, it takes a day for it to firm up, then they keep that nice firmness for about 3/4 days when they are fantastic for free-form poached eggs (i.e. just dropped into hot water) The deep yellow of the yolks from our eggs is a result of the chlorophyl they consume from grass etc. My favourite drink is chopped banana whizzed in milk, then a whole raw egg or just the yolk added and whizzed gently, the only thing we can't seem to get in England is raw milk, they all seem to be too scared of officialdom.

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Posted On May 05, 2007
Witchdoc, thanks so much for your input...to tell you the truth,I really don't have any great motivation to do the experiment with the dairy products except to be able to bake with them because I like the taste and they're convenient (cheese, yogurt, etc.) foods to feed a child. I can just as easily bake with coconut milk/organic non-sweetened rice milk (unless of course someone can enlighten me on any potential problems with the rice milk). However, I have read a bunch of stuff against the ingestion of milk after the age of 4 or 5 (the presence of lactase is diminished and therefore the ability to digest lactose is impaired) and especially the ingestion of cow milk by humans. Now it's definitely possible that the problems described on sites such as www.notmilk.com come from the consumption of pasteurized dairy but I am just so put off by the rBGH used by conventional dairy farmers and yucky Horizon stories that I can't whole-heartedly go back to consistently eating dairy, organic or not. So, I'm keeping my munchkin away from it as long as I can. Tell me though, even if I use raw milk or cream to bake or cook with, doesn't the heat denaturize proteins and destroy enzymes in the same way pasteurization would? By the way, I'm going to the farmer's market to interrogate some egg sellers...maybe I can find some wholesome eggs produced by probiotic, worm-eating, sunbathing hens (wish me luck).

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Posted On May 06, 2007
jujule - your welcome.  Well cooking meat and fish at higher temperatures would denature proteins even more, and the human race has thrived with it, so I'm not that worried aboutg the milk.  More enzymes would survive pasteurization temperatures than cooking temperatures anyway, but I don't have details on that.  We produce our own enzymes anyway, thousands of 'em.  Cream is essentially all milkfat that is not denaturated by cooking.  Good luck on the eggs! 

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Posted On May 08, 2007
Dr Mercola
Thank you for making it clear how to find the date on the articles.
Is there a way you could take away  old articles that contains outdated information? Often I try to find information, but there is simply just so much out there, to go through. I don´t have the time to do it, + then check all other articles on the subject to see if there is anything newer.

I was very confused with the raw eggs too, since I had been following your "don't eat raw youlks and whites together" until this debate came up.
Thanks for a great site anyway- I look forward to it arriving.
Susanne

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Posted On Aug 07, 2007
I'm a little confused now, too. This article http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/02/09/raw-eggs.aspx
which is the most recent I could find on raw egg consumption, states " Eat yolks one day then whites the next. Remember that the biotin loss occurs in your digestive tract when the two molecules bond together before it is even absorbed. Eating the yolk and the white separately will greatly reduce the problem."
What I'm getting from the article is to not eat the whole egg in one day, but change it up or cook the egg white.
Should we not eat the whole egg everyday. I just started eating two whole eggs a day and I love it, but I want to do what is healthy.

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
"Stay away from anything that comes from a farm"

BRILLIANT! Yes! Lets all eat nothing but coke and cheetos and health will be OURS!!!!

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Posted On Apr 26, 2007
mandamom2many - thank you for the laugh!! They wonder why so many kids today are obese......I grew up on what my mom grew in the garden and our main meat was deer meat. Our eggs came from chickens we had running free. She did put out feed twice a day - but they ran free all day. We were healthy and vibrant.  Today's kids are on Tyson chicken nuggets, pizza rolls, cereal bars and HiC.  It's the DUHHHH factor in my book!

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