Question from CStelzer
Your Strawberry Spinach Smoothie sounds good except I wouldn’t think raw eggs are really good for you. your opinion please.
Debra’s Answer
My husband and I have been eating and drinking raw eggs in various recipes for years and have never had a problem. Some people claim that raw eggs are more healthful to eat than cooked eggs because cooking changes the egg in a way that is incompatable with the body. I eat both raw eggs and cooked eggs.
Read Raw Eggs for Your Health by Dr. Mercola. He says “only sick chickens lay salmonella-contaminated eggs. If you are obtaining high quality, cage-free, organically fed, omega-3 enhanced chicken eggs…the risk virtually disappears.”
If this is a concern for you, you can purchase powdered pasturized egg whites at supermarkets and natural food stores to make recipes such as mousses that require raw egg whites. And added to a smoothie, they will make it light and foamy.
