they are more digestible then cooked egg. I've been eating raw eggs for over 50 years.


Wesley - in almost every case that raw eggs have caused illness (and there are not that many of them compared to the number of eggs that are consumed) it is because of COMMERCIAL contamination and sloppy food handling in a COMMERCIAL setting -

when I was taking classes in food trades - one of the things they brought up was that the number of confirmed cases of egg borne illnesses that occurred in private/home settings was so low that statistically they didn't exist. However - we live in such a sue-happy society that health agencies and cooking experts and consultants all have to be more concerned with CYA then practicality.

In the late 50's early 60's cholesterol and it's effects on heart disease was noticed - and someone noted that eggs are high in cholesterol. In the late 60's and early 70's extensive research showed that the lecethin in egg yolks more then counteracted the cholestreol content - and eggs eating could actually REDUCE blood cholesterol levels. But it took until very recently for that even to BEGIN to be noticed in the non-academic community.

Likewise - someone noticed eggs *could* possibly be contaminated and *possibly* cause a food borne illness and that cooking the eggs greatly reduced the chances (well - duh! cooking celery greatly reduces the chances of obtaining a food borne illness from celery as well - just as cooking apples, pork, etc, etc,)

And we went from - "cook eggs to reduce your chances of illness" directly to "raw eggs can kill you" thanks to the media and sue-conscious agencies. Breathing pure oxygen can kill you also. Drinking purified water can (under certain conditions) poison you.