No More Raw Eggs For Me!!

[Tim Wescott]

As some of you guy`s know I`m trying to add some much needed mass to my frame and I`m succeeding quite well at it thus far and my power is steadily climbing also.

In an effort to increase cals and protein I was eating between 15 and 18 raw eggs every single day along with my other meals.

Well for the last 4-5 weeks my stomach has looked bloated constantly and immediately after drinking the eggs I would feel nauseous for about an hour.No big deal as I found it a small price to pay for the gains I`ve been making.

Just lately the nausea has been a constant thing 24 hours a day.Before it would pass and all was well.

After 3-4 trips to the bathroom in rapid succesion the last 2 days in as row and feeling like complete sh*t...LITERALLY I have eliminated the raw eggs and feel much better but still not 100% myself.

I read in a Dr. Mercola`s articles on raw eggs that the chances of contracting salmonella was akin to the chances you have of winning the lottery.

Of course Mercola ate 1-2 eggs daily not 15-18 which definately increases the odds of getting sick!!

I will still eat a lot of eggs as always as I feel the are a perfect bodybuilding food but after living in the bathroom and feeling like walking death I will thourougly be cooking those bad boys from now on!!

[WireNWood]

Thanks for the update.

[ChrisC]

Tim: 18 eggs a day is around 27 fluid ounces - 1 2/3 pounds of egg per day!

Given the low likelhood of contracting salmonella do you think the bloat was simply the fact that you consumed almost pounds per day? I mean 2 pounds per day of any food is likely to make you nauseous.

Personally, I know that if I continually eat large quantities of a food i eventually struggle to consume the food and have to switch to something else. Do you think that is what happened to you?

[Tim Wescott]

Ray,I could go into graphic detail on the bathroom trips but I think I would lose a lot of you guy`s as members!! ;D

Let`s just say I lost about 10 pounds of fluid.

[Tim Wescott]

Chris,I really have no clue but as we all know eggs are a pretty gassy food and anyone that eats a lot of hardboiled eggs can attest to that.

I don`t have a particu;arly big appetite,especially in the AM so I figured I would do 5-6 raw eggs first thiong in the morning thus avoiding the pain of cooking that early and still being able to get 30-36 grams of protein in me in about 2 minutes total time.

I would gulp the eggs down in 3-4 swallows and it just seemed that going from a completely empty stomach to having that much solid protein so fast caused what Vince Gironda used to call"digestive overload" !!

I`ve never had digestive problems before but it seemed I had trapped gas pockets from the egggs and my styomach looked bloated and hard but rotund which it really isn`t normally.

I figured I`d gain some waist size but this was far from normal and I thought I had something seriously wrong with me.I guess it was just the hypochondriac in me because as soon as I stopped the eggs the very next day my system seemed top be eliminating the bloat but not in a good way if you know what I mean.

I have just come to the conclusion that my eggs willl be cooked from now on as I literally felt like I was dying.

I did a search on the intestinal flu and I had most of the symptoms but I think the eggs finally got me after all these years.

[J65]

Damn that's a lot of raw eggs.

I can eat beef almost raw, eggs forget about it.

Hopefully you won't be having any more visits to the porcelin god.

[WireNWood]

Now all you need is an omelette pan 32 inches across.

[Troyster]

Hey Tim, probably just too many. There is a limit and then you get some kind of chemical build-up. I think there's a one-time limit and there's an "over time" limit. You musta' hit the "over time" limit.

Most people complain, though, about this sulferous smell they start emitting from every pore along with all the symptoms you described.

Sorry to hear you had such a hard time with it. I think, actually, that this limit even applies to cooked eggs (as in, it's not related to them being raw, it's just a chemical buildup that happens whether they're cooked or raw -- could be wrong on that one).

T

[Tim Wescott]

I hear ya` Troy,and I will definately be cutting down on the overall amount of eggs I eat to probably 10-12, cooked in various ways.

It`s good to feel good again, as I was starting to get paranoid for a while there.

I thought I was destined for the old squat rack in the sky!! ;D

[hossjob]

Tim,

I'm glad to here you feeling better I was wondering about all those raw eggs. I'd be scared, but that's becasue I've had food poisoning probably almost a dozen times in my life (weak stomach) and it SUCKS Hopefully you get back to normal! ;D

Hoss

[whssenior]

its kind of funny tim, because i have been saying recently that "sometime soon, i will drink me a glass of raw eggs." but after hearing that story, i'm a little bit hesitant. ;D

[Maximum6]

Tim ..do you measure your eggs? how do you know if you're getting the same amount everyday? ;D

[EricDonnelly]

whew, just cook all them up man, ronnie coleman style

[GerryT]

Glad you're better, Tim. Also spent an evening last week in the bathroom. Cooked is always the way to go. Boiled, poached whatever. And ten sounds about right.

[Vikingjoe93]

Raw eggs tim, ugh no way. I cook mine always.lol

[LANADORA]

TIM, TIM, TIM, TIM!!
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