Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Egg whites have a number of anti-nutrients (http://thepaleodiet.blogspot.com/2010/01/paleo-diet-q-29-january-2010-update-on.html)

For people like me who have trouble with digesting eggs, is there any way to deactivate these anti-nutrients? It seems that egg proteins are of the hardest to digest, but perhaps the most rewarding to digest when done properly.

flag	asked Sep 23 at 5:20 Dan 4,145●5●12

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Upvote for the link. That was an awesome read! – Monte Sep 23 at 5:34

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here's another great link paleodietlifestyle.com/… – nursling Sep 23 at 5:35

Matt · Answer 1 · 2012-09-23 18:26:06Z UTC

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No food wants to be eaten. There's all sorts of cross reactivity between human protein and plant/animal proteins/compounds. It's just silly to fret obcessively over tiny potential interactions between our bodies and food. Humans are resilient and able to cope with these interactions.

Just eat real food.

More to the point: If you can't eat eggs, don't. If you can eat eggs, don't sweat the little details.

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answered Sep 23 at 14:03

Matt
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	Thanks for the downvote. I'm not fretting; eating eggs gives me serious problems. The "Ohnoes!" is said jokingly. I know many people eat eggs with no problems. I just wanted to figure out if anti-nutrients was part of why I don't tolerate eggs. – Dan Sep 23 at 14:31
	Didn't downvote you. – Matt Sep 23 at 15:05
	Oh, sorry. Someone did. – Dan Sep 23 at 16:01

nursling · Answer 2 · 2012-09-23 05:36:18Z UTC

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just eat the yolks. raw. that's where all the nutrients are anyway. the GAPS diet suggests this and allergies/irritation/problems with eggs tend to be from the white.

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nursling
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why raw? – Dan Sep 23 at 5:38

the more you cook it, the more you damage its nutritional profile. also, it takes no time to prepare! – nursling Sep 23 at 5:51

oh dear, cooking food takes time! oh how will anyone ever survive – nada Sep 23 at 6:26

Can I have a link to where you found that out? I am skeptical that cooking eggs damages its nutritional profile. – Dan Sep 23 at 6:51

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^Just do research on Biotin. Nursling si correct. Cooking egg whites deactivates the antinutrients, but cooking the egg yolks can give you a Biotin deficiency. – BoneBrothFast Sep 23 at 14:20

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Eggs have anti-nutrients! ohnoes!

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