Can't eat eggs

kari_w · 01-25-2005, 12:23 PM

I was curious is anyone else has heard of this particular problem before and if it ever goes away.

When I eat eggs, I retain water. It doesn't seem to matter if they are salted or not, so I don't think that it is the salt on the eggs. My ankles swell up terribly. I drink lots of water (100oz or so) but I still swell if I have eggs in my diet. This has not always been the case. I used to eat eggs and loved them.

If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Diana · 01-25-2005, 12:33 PM

WOW, maybe an allergic reaction?? Some days I can eat 9 eggs!!!

Dharma · 02-03-2005, 02:26 PM

Out of curiousity, have you tried them fried with the yellows runny? Or soft-boiled? Anything but scrambled. I'm asking because I had a reaction to eggs until I stopped mixing the yolks with the whites before cooking. Don't know why, but I now eat two fried eggs a day and have no reaction. Before, I had very red, swollen and itchy eyelids and oozing ears. I read somewhere that mixing the yolk and white and cooking completely changes the proteins in the egg. (Mercola maybe). Anyway, from my experience there must be something to it for me.

Good luck!!!

Lisa

kari_w · 02-07-2005, 03:14 PM

Yes, I have tried them fried. That is the way I used to eat them. I think that there is some protein in the yolk that I can't eat uncooked. I am not bothered by eggs cooked in other things, but by themselves, I can't do it.

Tiggeroo · 02-08-2005, 04:49 AM

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Originally posted by Diana
WOW, maybe an allergic reaction?? Some days I can eat 9 eggs!!!

Girl you gonna turn into a egg.

OH I wish I could eat them like that. I just don't care for eggs I really have to PUSH myself to eat them.

01-25-2005, 12:23 PM	#1
kari_w Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 60 Gallery: kari_w Stats: 290.5/281/155 WOE: first 6wbmo/now Atkins Start Date: restarted: January 25, 2005	Can't eat eggs I was curious is anyone else has heard of this particular problem before and if it ever goes away. When I eat eggs, I retain water. It doesn't seem to matter if they are salted or not, so I don't think that it is the salt on the eggs. My ankles swell up terribly. I drink lots of water (100oz or so) but I still swell if I have eggs in my diet. This has not always been the case. I used to eat eggs and loved them. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

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01-25-2005, 12:33 PM	#2
Diana Allergic to Carbs- I break out in Fat! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Anderson, Indiana Posts: 34,966 Gallery: Diana Stats: 176.5/138.8/134 (5'3") WOE: The Original Atkins Start Date: 8/11/03 Restart 4/08	WOW, maybe an allergic reaction?? Some days I can eat 9 eggs!!!

02-03-2005, 02:26 PM	#3
Dharma MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,643 Gallery: Dharma Stats: 175/138; now 161/153/140 WOE: Flexible	Out of curiousity, have you tried them fried with the yellows runny? Or soft-boiled? Anything but scrambled. I'm asking because I had a reaction to eggs until I stopped mixing the yolks with the whites before cooking. Don't know why, but I now eat two fried eggs a day and have no reaction. Before, I had very red, swollen and itchy eyelids and oozing ears. I read somewhere that mixing the yolk and white and cooking completely changes the proteins in the egg. (Mercola maybe). Anyway, from my experience there must be something to it for me. Good luck!!! Lisa

02-07-2005, 03:14 PM	#4
kari_w Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 60 Gallery: kari_w Stats: 290.5/281/155 WOE: first 6wbmo/now Atkins Start Date: restarted: January 25, 2005	Yes, I have tried them fried. That is the way I used to eat them. I think that there is some protein in the yolk that I can't eat uncooked. I am not bothered by eggs cooked in other things, but by themselves, I can't do it.