What are the dangers of eating raw eggs to reduce internal heat?

Many people believe that drinking raw eggs can reduce internal heat, but this has no scientific basis. Some people think that although raw eggs contain many germs and parasites, the only benefit is that raw eggs can reduce internal heat, but many parasites will remain in the body. What should you do if you accidentally drink raw eggs? Will it cause any harm? Let’s find out what are the harms of raw eggs in reducing internal heat?

1. Because the protein structure of raw eggs is dense, it is not easily hydrolyzed by proteolytic enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract. Raw eggs contain an antitrypsin that inhibits the hydrolysis of food proteins by trypsin. In addition, raw eggs are a semi-fluid, viscous substance that stays in the gastrointestinal tract for a very short time. Most of the protein and other nutrients in the raw eggs are wasted due to incomplete digestion and absorption. After the eggs are heated, the originally dense protein structure becomes loose and irregular due to the breaking of certain non-covalent chemical bonds within the molecules, such as hydrogen bonds, salt bonds, and hydrophobic bonds. That is, the protein is denatured, which is conducive to the catalytic hydrolysis of the protein by protease.

2. The egg shell looks almost airtight to the naked eye and does not allow anything to pass through. But under a microscope, the shell is full of tiny pores, whose pore sizes are dozens or even hundreds of times larger than those of the pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, after the eggs are laid, it is inevitable that some pathogens (such as Salmonella, etc.) will invade. If you eat raw eggs contaminated with pathogens, you may develop acute gastroenteritis, which can manifest as chills, fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc. When the eggs are heated, the pathogens are killed and gastrointestinal symptoms will not occur.

3. This is because raw egg white contains a protein called avidin, which is harmful to the human body. This protein can tightly bind with biotin in the intestine to form a stable and inactive complex, thus hindering the absorption of biotin. If you consume large amounts of raw egg white, you may suffer from biotin deficiency, which manifests as general fatigue, hypersensitivity, dandruff, and loss and scaling of the squamous epithelial cells of the lips. If the egg white is heated, this avidin in it will be destroyed and will no longer have the effect of hindering the absorption of biotin.

The above is an introduction to the dangers of eating raw eggs. In fact, there are more harms of eating raw eggs. Raw eggs have a very unpleasant fishy smell, which can affect the body's nervous system and cause the secretion of digestive juices to become very little. So don’t choose the method of eating raw eggs which has no scientific basis to reduce internal heat. There are many ways to reduce internal heat.