Re: Re: High protein consumption andbonedensity

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Heidi Schuppenhauer wrote:

> At 11:24 PM 7/2/2002 -0700, you wrote:

> >Heidi Schuppenhauer wrote:

> >

> > > Eggs are *supposed* to be sterile inside: something like 1 in 10,000 MAY

be

> > > contaminated.

> >

> >I heard 1 in 20,000. Don't know which is more accurate.

> >

> >Roman

>

> Me neither. But it's still an AWFULLY BIG number! I think most

> salmonella poisoning comes from the shell ...

>

> Let's see -- if I ate an egg a day it would take me either 27 or 54

> years, on average, to come up with a contaminated one ... and

> at that, there might not be enough bacteria to make me sick.

>

> Heidi

And even if there were, you would probably not die but just feel ill unless

you're

very badly messed up, with no immune system left. A conclusion could be made

that

this risk is not worth worrying about and missing the goodness of raw eggs.

Roman

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