protein powder

If you have no colesterol problems you might try adding a raw egg to a smoothie to get your protiens or go towards other vegetable based protiens availible in a health food store.
Sharon
ps. In my weight lifting days I used to take dessicated liver tablets with a raw egg and lecitin...tasted awful but did the trick.

I'd advise against eating raw egg, at least in the US. Salmonella is a common contaminant, and a nasty GI infection.

Really? I eat them all the time...the only way that I can stand them....thank you for the info, I will keep it in mind next time that I make a chocolat mousse!
Sharon

There is nothing wrong with raw eggs in smoothies and better than whey. I avoid gluten products in general. Spirulina is way better for you and the highest amount protein the body can absorb. Grab some powder and toss it in salads and smoothies.

The CDC says not to eat raw eggs. Folks who tell you it's fine believe what they're saying, but they are unaware of a significant risk. The frequency of contamination has gotten a little better, but it's still unacceptably high, IMO. http://www.cdc.gov/features/salmonellaineggs/

Salmonella is a big deal, fairly common, and almost certainly responsible for some of the more panicky gastroenteritis posts we see here.

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In the United States, Salmonella infection causes more hospitalizations and deaths than any other germ found in food...

I suspect it depends on your source of eggs. If from an egg factory in which the conditions can be both inhumane and swimming in feces, then I wouldn't consider eating them raw. If from your own hens, or a small producer maintaining both humane and hygienic conditions, then I wouldn't be too worried.

I used to drink unpastuerized milk, but not from the large mega dairy farms - that's a health hazard waiting to happen. I bought from a local organic producer with a small mixed herd that was primarily grass fed. I met the farmer, saw the cows and loved the milk. I think much the same could be said of eggs and egg production.

By the way, one of life's simple pleasures is to experience the cream that rises to the top of unhomogenized milk.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents.

It's very likely true that small-scale farming reduces the risks, perhaps quite substantially. I don't think it can be made risk-free, so each of us has to make choices, preferably with good information about whatever risks actually exist (rather than false reassurance). I do hope to taste raw milk one of these days, but I'm not entirely convinced that the jovial exprssion on the farmer's face or the contented lowing of his cows is the equivalent of a microbial clean bill of health.

Is anyone going to offer iHateColitis any suggestions about low-crap protein powder? Personally, I'd rather drink raw milk and eat raw eggs...

To continue this tangent a bit longer - Scott, my decision concerning raw milk consumption went well beyond smiling and lowing. It was also supported by the regulatory authority of the State of New York and increasingly, the Northeast Organic Farmers Association. No guarantees but there is nothing inherently wrong with raw milk or raw eggs. The production process is what matters most.

I'll stop here. I know nothing about protein powders.

iHateColitis,

I'd look into Casein Protein.

heres some info for you to look at,

http://www.nutritionexpress.co...e.aspx?articleid=787

May I jump back in with both feet? (and possibly stick them in my mouth?)
Here in France a lot of the milk is not pasturised and most of the cheese is made from non-pasturised milk...France threatened to quit Europe if they obligied us to start pasturising! (I suppose that Europe backed down but I am not sure...in either case our cheese is still made with non-pasturised milk)...many belive that we digest non-pasturised milk better...ditto for the cheese. No statistics on salmonela on the raw eggs or other potential intestinal nasties but it seems that there are less of 'us' here than back home where everything is sterilised, pasturised and cooked to death.
I am not suggesting anything to anyone, I wouldn't dare...
ps...by the way...France is the country that invented pasturisation
Sharon

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Spirulina

I'll repeat what I said since it was advice. It is the highest amount of natural sourced protein the body can absorb. Way better than whey protein or any gluten/whey filled junk.