Raw egg in your morning shake? Sorry Fred, but how disgusting and unhealthy is that?
Fred Egghead, there is a frying pan, you know.
I could dedicate a whole article to Fred, but I also know that everything I will write you already know. Cuddle hormones? Sorry, what are you talking about? No (or 0.0%) empathy for animals. This will never be okay. This man.
But what I also find rarely disgusting: he serves himself and his guests a morning shake. He has a B&B, but he doesn't do breakfasts. Because what Fred doesn't want, what he doesn't see on his horizon, doesn't happen. B&B or not.
There are ordinary people who start their day nicely with a cappuccino. A bowl of yogurt with blueberries. And then there's Fred, Fred the Terrible from. B&B Full of Love. He starts his cheerful cycling morning in Bonaire with a raw egg in his shake. Just an egg from the shell, into the blender and drink it. Sorry, but can I throw up for a moment?
Just that image alone, of a raw egg disappearing into a blender with some fruit and other ingredients. But maybe it's all just me, you know. And I find everything Fred does stupid and he's just working on an ancient health hack from which I can still learn something.
Or maybe not.
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Fred at least has confidence in his shake.
Fred is quite into the me me me morning routine in Bonaire anyway. And that raw egg in every shake seems to be part of it. The idea behind such a shake is of course not even that crazy. Because an egg contains proteins and healthy nutrients (vitamins and minerals).
Only Fred: you don't have to drink an egg raw to benefit from it....
Is a raw egg actually healthy?
Yes and no. It turns out. Because a raw egg still contains the nutrients that are in an egg. But raw is not automatically better. In fact: if Fred mainly throws the egg into his shake for the protein, he might be doing it exactly the opposite of what you would expect.
Okay, I looked it up for you, and research on people showed that cooked egg protein was significantly more digestible than raw egg protein. In fact, in that study, about 91 percent of the cooked egg protein was digested, compared to about 51 percent of the raw egg protein.
So Fred EggHead might think he's getting the egg in its purest form, but his body actually benefits more if that egg first gets acquainted with the frying pan.
That's a bit like buying a Ferrari and then deciding to only drive it in reverse.
And we haven't even talked about salmonella yet.
Because yes, here comes the less pleasant, if not, disgusting part.
Raw eggs can contain salmonella. The chance of encountering a contaminated egg in the Netherlands is fortunately small, but it's not zero. But how about Bonaire? It's no coincidence that it's advised to heat eggs well and preferably not use raw eggs in dishes that won't be heated again.
And that means Fred voluntarily adds a small food safety risk to his blender every morning. For himself: fine. But not for your guests. Drinking one raw egg absolutely does not mean you will definitely be hanging over the toilet tomorrow. But why take the risk when you can just fry the same egg?
Fred, we have a frying pan.
But is it mainly disgusting?
We should definitely pause for a moment on that Fred.
Because there is a difference between something that is healthy and something you would like to drink.
A boiled egg with a bit of salt? Delicious.
An omelet with cheese? Fine.
A soft-boiled egg with toast? Yes, please.
But a smooth, lukewarm mixture in which a raw egg has just disappeared?
So: should we imitate Fred?
No, but with absolutely nothing by the way. Man man man, what an unkind man this is. But, if you wake up inspired tomorrow morning by that cheerful inspiring Fred and think: you know what, I'll just throw a raw egg in my shake, then I have one friendly advice:
Don't do it.
Fry that egg. Boil that egg.
Eat it.
And just save your blender for banana, yogurt, and a handful of spinach.
