eli5: why can’t we eat cookie dough because it’s got raw egg in it, but athletes eat straight raw egg and they’re fine?

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eli5: why can’t we eat cookie dough because it’s got raw egg in it, but athletes eat straight raw egg and they’re fine?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Same reason as the last time someone asked.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Any athlete that eats raw eggs has been severely misinformed.

Eggs that are cooked have FAR more readily absorbable protein in them than raw eggs do, and they aren’t a risk for salmonella.

Raw eggs:

1. Poor digestibility
2. Less protein absorption
3. Risk of bacterial infection (Salmonella)
4. May block the absorption of protein

https://infinitefitnesspro.com/raw-eggs-vs-cooked-eggs/

Anonymous 0 Comments

I’ve been doing it all my life. It’s fine but you should definitely only eat it fresh. Similar to how people drink fresh uncooked eggs as a hangover cure or work out thing. It’s fine but there is a small risk, you should only use fresh eggs that have been handled properly and you shouldn’t let it sit out at all.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Been watching a bit too much Rocky. A raw egg is old school and should be right up my alley. Protein’s been done better many times over however.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Here in Germany you can find pasteurized egg white to eat straight of the bottle for athletes and to make icing in the supermarket

Anonymous 0 Comments

I think the chance of getting salmonella from an egg is really big , no matter how the egg was sterilised. Be careful , it always can be a big risk.

Anonymous 0 Comments

As well as other other answers, one of the factors of cookie dough is that it’s been mixed together, which can introduce bacteria from the air or the mixing equipment, so now there’s potentially stuff growing deep inside the dough.

Anonymous 0 Comments

if you want to let your kids lick the spoon or have a taste of dough do so. sure there are some risks but if you refuse to eat slightly unsafe stuff you’ll just grow up with a shit immune system.
Plenty of consumables are not supposed to be eaten raw and will make you sick, but a bite or 2 will hardly cause any issues.

Anonymous 0 Comments

You can totally eat raw cookie dough. My mom used to make the dough and just not bake eat. We just eat the dough little by little over a few days. For years I never made it the baking stage. We even had a kids cookbook that suggested not baking the dough. Never got one got sick from it.

Anonymous 0 Comments

I always eat some of the raw cookie dough, and cake batter, and brownie batter… Everyone I know does lol.