I Eat Raw Eggs!
I love doing stuff that normal people don’t do. Especially stuff that seems crazy but is actually really good for you. Let’s add another one to the list - eating raw eggs!
Being a raw foodist, the only “meat” I eat is the occasional fish. That basically makes me a vegan. The biggest problem with being a vegan is that you naturally don’t get enough B12.
“But what about the vegan animals?” you might ask. Well, most herbivores actually consume a lot of bugs when eating plants. Those bugs provide the B12. Without B12 you can get depressed lose your energy, or become a hideously deformed troll (just a guess).
I was researching ways to get my B12 without taking a supplement (I’ve never swallowed a pill before in my life), and I found a site about eating raw eggs. It turns out that salmonella bacteria only cause a problem in people with weak immune systems. Why do people have weak immune system? Because they don’t consume enough bacteria.
That’s right… Bacteria (in proper doses) is good for you!
In fact, if you build up a reasonable tolerance to bacteria, you all but eliminate your chances of contracting disease in foreign countries by drinking the water. Thus, the benefits of eating raw eggs is two fold.
I don’t remember why, but you only eat the yolk, and not the sac that holds the yolk. If you start out eating too much, you will get sick (just temporary, not a big deal), so you start off with half a teaspoon for a week, and then a full teaspoon, and then one yolk, and then two yolks. Two yolks gives you the full amount of B12 that you need every day, and more doesn’t really provide any benefit.
Interestingly, the reason that most people eat yolks isn’t for the B12 or the bacteria. They consider these to be side benefits. Most people eat yolks because doing so is apparently excellent for your skin.
Luckily for me, my friend Kristin has a chicken coop and is going to give me some really fresh eggs. Until then I decided to just get the best ones I could from a store.
Tonight was my first try. I cracked the raw egg at my desk, poured the white into a cup and stared down the yolk. All my years of being warned not to eat raw eggs were coming back. I poked into the yolk with a spoon and got a little more than half a teaspoon.
Hesistantly I sipped the yolk. Wow! It’s actually pretty good. It tastes like a custard that isn’t very sweet and is thicker than I expected. After I finished, I found myself wanting to eat the rest of the yolk, but I’ll stick to the recommended amount for a while.
I’m pretty psyched about this new development. A lot of animals eat the raw eggs of other animals, so it stands to reason that I would too. Who knows? Maybe I’ll be chasing down gazelles by next year and eating huge chunks of their flesh with my bare teeth. I mean… I wouldn’t predict it necessarily, but then again who thought I’d be eating raw eggs?
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March 20th, 2006 at 11:33 am
You’re so wrong. I’ve seen Napoleon Dynamite and that’s not how you eat raw eggs. You’re supposed to crack open about six dozen in a pitcher and chug that goop by the gallon.
March 20th, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Hmmm… you are bigger and stronger than I am. I guess I have no choice but to follow your advice. Cheers!
March 20th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
Yes, that’s true. I am strong like bull, dumb like ox. ;]
March 20th, 2006 at 5:36 pm
You’ve finally cracked, and that’s no yolk.
March 21st, 2006 at 10:03 am
Dude, just nut up and slam the whole egg down, It’s not going to hurt you.
March 23rd, 2006 at 10:17 pm
ew
November 30th, 2006 at 7:52 am
Awesome…I do three whole raw eggs a day. The white is good for you…just do like he told you and swallow, bitch….you’ll like it
December 15th, 2006 at 1:36 am
Raw Eggs are an excellent source of Protein also. For those of you that train, do exercise and keep active this is a really good source of food to consume! Keep up the egg eating and be strong
December 28th, 2006 at 2:40 am
Tynan, you are not crazy at all. In Japan, the most common way to eat egg is “raw eggs over rice”. Of course, use fresh eggs!
But I have never been heard or warned about food poisoning from eggs, so am very much wondering why people in US (I am in US now) think it disgusting. It’s very yummy and one of my soul foods.
January 3rd, 2007 at 12:00 pm
raw eggs are very good for building muscles! i eat them all day and getting stronger but try not eating the yellow part casue it contains all bad cholesterol
January 27th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Why does everybody eat chicken eggs? Yuck! Rattlesnake eggs are WAY better. And they taste like chicken.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:40 pm
dude, “egg muscles.” the yolk is the bit that has all the protein in it. which makes muscles. it would be very stupid to just eat the whites.
February 7th, 2007 at 1:16 am
Umm, no, dude, Ever seen egg white powder?
February 16th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
your’re as you put it vegan, but eat fish and eggs
I’d say you are not a vegan, but someone who eats animal products. I’m not saying that is bad. I eat raw fish and raw yolks everyday, plus raw red meat when I buy it from time to time. It just seems odd to say you are a fish eating vegan. My definition of vegan is someone who eats *no* animal products. We probably don’t share that definition.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
actually the white is much higher in protein percentage wise
I’m not saying to eat egg whites here… I only eat yolks. There is no shortage of protein in most people’s diets. You may want to do some research on this if you disagree.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Can you point me to a peer reviewed study that backs your claim? There is no bad cholesterol in *raw* eggs. Cholesterol can become oxidized when heated, but we are talking about raw eggs.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
This was written before I went vegan. I now eat no animal products as a habit (the possible exception being when I travel). My intent is to have 5% or less of my diet be animal proteins.
Tynan
April 1st, 2007 at 7:11 am
I was thinking about eatin raw eggs, and this was the most useful site I could find. Most of the others said raw eggs = Salmonella. So to summarise; start with a little and increase to 2 eggs a day, and buy organic free range eggs. Thanks now 2 buy sum eggs
April 4th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Just ate my first raw, organic, free range egg! it didnt taste great, kinda like bitter custard. I the whites,yolk and all into a cup and whisked with a fork then downed it. I wasn’t Sick though!!! YAY!!If I get ill I’ll tell ya. Bye
April 4th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
You shouldn’t whisk it. I forget why, but it may have something to do with damaging the proteins.
Tynan
April 12th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
You’re not even vegetarian if you eat fish you idiot. And vegan means no eggs.
May 31st, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Ok with eating eggs. Et the white yes good for you but it can increas ethe chances of getting some disease thingy i on’t know the name off.
Fortunatly the egg yolk helps prevent the disease so swallow the whole egg whole or make an eggflip and you will be fine.
May 31st, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Ok with eating eggs. Et the white yes good for you but it can increas ethe chances of getting some disease thingy i on’t know the name off.
Fortunatly the egg yolk helps prevent the disease so swallow the whole egg whole or make an eggflip and you will be fine.
O and don’t whisk it cause it damages the molocules
May 31st, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Ok with eating eggs. Et the white yes good for you but it can increas ethe chances of getting some disease thingy i on’t know the name off.
Fortunatly the egg yolk helps prevent the disease so swallow the whole egg whole or make an eggflip and you will be fine.
O and don’t whisk it cause it damages the molocules so really not egg flips
June 7th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
I saw the raw egg gulping thing in a Stallone movie. What I do now is I blend a tablespoon sugar, tablespoon soy or rice protein powder, a bit of banana, half cup milk, and 2 or 3 raw eggs in blender. The best protein shake for some1 allergic to milk.
June 18th, 2007 at 1:38 am
“the only “meat” I eat is the occasional fish. That basically makes me a vegan.”
…WHAT?…Those two sentences do not belong together. I know someone else already pointed it out, but being a vegetarian, it drives me CRAZY when people claim to be “vegetarian” or “vegan”, when they continuously consume fish or even the occasional hamburger. I just have to make it clear that vegetarians and vegans (especially!) do NOT eat meat or fish ever. If you occasionally enjoy some chicken or whatever, it means you have a vegetarian diet but you eat fish.
Sorry if I seem a little anal. Just please, do not call yourself vegan or vegetarian if you eat meat! P.S. Vegans by definition do not eat any animal by-products, so aside from not eating fish, they certainly do not eat eggs either! So yeah, in case I haven’t made it clear, you’re no vegan. No vegetarian either.
August 16th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
At first, you’re horrified. Then remember that they won’t remember how they were born in a few hours, and it’s all good. See how chicken hatch(Factory style):
http://diggindianews.com/EducationCareer/How_Chicks_Hatch_Factory-Style/
October 10th, 2007 at 6:14 am
I can’t believe it tasted good! I’ll have to try egg yolk sometime…But I’m planning on making a raw mayonnaise, not eating it from a spoon. Sorry, but I’m hidieoufied by the idea. You could try adding agave nectar next time and actually making that custard which you speak of.
November 12th, 2007 at 9:31 am
i’m 62..just getting into raw…don’t care whether i’m a vegan,vegetarian, or whatever…if something agrees with me i use it..raw eggs do..yolk and whites (nature balanced) ..super green salads too every day ..wondering if eating raw eggs will boost my hormone levels ..hope some one who knows something can tell me.
December 5th, 2007 at 5:57 am
hey-o from japan,
came across this entry looking to see if eating raw eggs was safe. everyone in japan eats them. in japanese breakfast restaurants, it is traditional to get a bowl of rice, an egg yolk, and a piece of fish (raw or cooked). reading this i went there this morning, and the way they eat raw eggs is delicious!
simply make a bowl of white (preferably sticky) rice, dump an egg yolk and a dash of soy sauce on top, mix lightly and eat (mine was with salmon). super tasty! i guess as a rawist, tynan, you can’t eat rice, but for all the raw-egg naysayers this is a good and not-so-gross way to try it. you could add teriyaki sauce instead of soy to make the flavor sweeter.
December 10th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
if you are having a tough time drinking raw eggs, its easy; just pour the egg in a cup and then pour some milk & gulp it doen in one go. Thats it!!!
April 27th, 2008 at 10:56 am
hi there , I consume 10 -12 raw eggs per day , 5 in the morning and 5 at night …only having one yolk per 5 eggs.. truth is that the protein value is equal in both white and yolk …but the yolk has high value of cholestrol but is actually easy digested by the body.
April 29th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
i ate a raw egg today. my friend dared me so i did. it actually didnt taste bad. and i looked it up and only one out of every 30,000 eggs has salmonella.
May 4th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Im another one of these ‘vegans’ that occasionally eat some fish. I also eat turkey on thanksgiving.
Never any chicken
never any red meat
no direct dairy products (cheese/yogurt/milk)
**I eat deserts on occasion with milk as an ingredient**
I consider myself a ‘vegan’ for simplicities sake (makes life at resturaunts easier and the endless questions from typical meat eaters, usually end quick when I say Im a vegan).
I don’t know about Tynann, but I don’t really care about animals more or less than a typical hamburger eating american. It’s just irrelevant to how I eat.
So for all you peta lovers getting your panties up in a bunch over someone calling themselves a vegan when they eat fish like once a month…
Relax. Go chew on some carrots.
-Dream
June 4th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I am an omnivore. I get my panties in a bunch when people who eat meat or fish or eggs or milk call themselves vegan because it misleads other people into thinking that one could actually be healthy and be a true vegan. All the true vegans I know are 1. not true vegans 2. f’ing crazy and on drugs and not really true vegans. I aspired to be a raw food vegan for several years, being completely strict for several months at a time and I was 1. crazy 2 depressed 3 absolutely starving and cold!!!!
Now I am 60 % vegan. The other 40% is animal products!
It is ridiculous to call oneself ANY % vegan, as if it were some sort of accomplishment to get the number lower or something. It is a 100% pipe dream to try to be vegan. It almost killed me. And yes I “researched” the heck out of it and did it right. The only problem was is that it is IMPOSSIBLE to do right!
Try raw, grass raised, organic, animal products which actually help cure and prevent disease, unlike the regular store bought animal products which are as bad as the John Robbins and Robert Cohens of the world say they are.
Of course I am not anti vegetable. It would be great if the general population ate more vegetables. It would also be great if they ate more CORRECTLY raised animal products instead of the “death on a stick” variety available in most stores.