# Egg question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 12, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-question/685963 "2014-04-12T21:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-question/685963/1 "2014-04-12T21:27:52Z")
If my eggs are not pasteurized, but it says on the box that they are free of all types of salmonella, can I drink them like Rocky? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-question/685963/2 "2014-04-12T22:13:57Z")
That depends on how strong your immune system is and how willing you are to take risks. But it’s certainly possible-- After all, Rocky did it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-question/685963/3 "2014-04-12T22:28:07Z")
[This site](http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/food-nutrition/vitamin-supplements/biotin1.htm) says that raw egg white blocks the absorption of biotin. > [@](#): > > A deficiency of biotin occurs only in unusual circumstances, such as when eating large amounts of raw egg whites. Raw egg whites contain a substance called avidin that ties up biotin, preventing its absorption. Cooking egg whites deactivates the avidin. [All the bodybuilding sites say that less protein is available from raw egg. [URL=“http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9772141”]This study](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9772141) seems to confirm it. > [@](#): > > he true ileal digestibility of cooked and raw egg protein amounted to 90.9 +/- 0.8 and 51.3 +/- 9.8%, respectively.