View Full Version : Eggs and Pork.


rickshawed
Wed, December 22nd, 2004, 10:54 AM
Just two quick questions,

1) I've heard its dangerous to eat eggs raw, but how about including around 3-4 eggs in a milkshake? Does beating the egg reduce the level of protein?

2) I know pork contains little if no protein, but is it that bad to eat pork for a meal during the day? (While trying to bulk)

Thanks.

badgolfer
Wed, December 22nd, 2004, 11:02 AM
there is a risk to eating raw eggs. i dont know exactly how high or low it is. i cook them only because i find the though of eating raw eggs disgusting. beating them wont make a difference.there is plenty of protein in cooked eggs. pork contains lots of protein. its a very good meat.

Jim
Wed, December 22nd, 2004, 11:42 AM
Eating raw eggs is dangerious because they can carry Salmonella apparently.

Pork has lots of protein, I don't mean deli slices of ham you get pre-packaged though. I don't eat a lot of it because I don't find it a very nice meat but there's nothing wrong with it.

kmfisher
Thu, December 23rd, 2004, 05:15 PM
The risk for Salmonella in eggs is low (something like 1%), but it is a risk.

Pork has lots of protein. Just stay away from ham. Ham is very fatty and the fats are mostly saturated fats. Lean pork is good to have in a diet. Add it to the list of lean chicken, lean beef, fish, buffalo, lean pork, ostrich, etc.

Blin D
Tue, December 28th, 2004, 06:29 PM
I read an article on an med site written by doc saying that there is a 1/30000 chance of getting salmonella from raw eggs. So it's not that high supposedly

PeteBDawg
Tue, December 28th, 2004, 06:32 PM
Right, but then, if everybody ate raw eggs, you'd end up with thousands and thousands of people with salmonella. So, public health people should caution against it.

It's the difference between taking a risk as an individual and taking a risk as a population.

Acliff
Tue, December 28th, 2004, 07:58 PM
The eggs you get in england with the lions quality mark (which is all of them now I think) have come from chickens immunised against salmonella. That would make them safer, but I'm not entirely certain immunising a chicken against salmonella will stop it from being a carrier.

You can get decent cuts of pork, which are full of protein (i'm thinking gammon steaks here) but from my experience pork can be very fatty. I mean the pork chops you can get are almost a 1/3 fat.