Boiled eggs and Sulfur gas

wilsoncl6
wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
in Food and Nutrition
One of my main protein staples are boiled eggs but I've found that they do cause me some stomach discomfort (gas). I used to get a liquid egg white protein product that didn't have the same problem. I read that boiling an egg forces the sulfurous gases out of the egg white and into the egg yolk and that may be what's causing the problem. I was wondering if boiling an egg for a shorter period of time so that the yolk is not as hard would resolve this problem. Has anyone dealt with this before?

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  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    LOL...I live on boiled eggs....and don't find any issues...but it's always possible you may have an intolerance (I don't say allergy, as it doesn't sound severe, but you never know.) Could also just be that eggs make you gassy (cabbage does that to me), and you may have to time when you eat them with more thought than some people...
  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    JustMissTracy wrote: »
    LOL...I live on boiled eggs....and don't find any issues...but it's always possible you may have an intolerance (I don't say allergy, as it doesn't sound severe, but you never know.) Could also just be that eggs make you gassy (cabbage does that to me), and you may have to time when you eat them with more thought than some people...

    Yeah, it's my breakfast staple and don't want to have to give them up but don't want to punish my coworkers either so I might just have to bite the bullet and go back to my processed egg white liquid protein. It's just that I could get 5 cartons of 18 eggs for the price I pay for the drink.
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    Everything I eat gives me gas to some extent, eggs don't affect me worse than anything else. Intestinal gas is part of normal digestion.

    According to Dr. Michael Roizen, MD:
    "The average person passes gas about 14 times a day (Howard Stern's guests were not included in statistical analysis). We all produce 1 to 3 pints of gas daily, and less than 1 percent of it smells. So passing gas is really nothing to be ashamed of, unless it comes in the middle of a job interview or during your wedding vows."

    You may have a particular sensitivity to cooked eggs.
  • socioseguro
    socioseguro Posts: 1,679 Member
    I eat one boiled egg every morning. No gas issues here.
  • MorganMoreaux
    MorganMoreaux Posts: 691 Member
    edited December 2015
    wilsoncl6 wrote: »

    Yeah, it's my breakfast staple and don't want to have to give them up but don't want to punish my coworkers either so I might just have to bite the bullet and go back to my processed egg white liquid protein. It's just that I could get 5 cartons of 18 eggs for the price I pay for the drink.

    Thank you for thinking of your coworkers! I recently worked with a guy who had a similar gas reaction to eggs and the dude ate hard boiled eggs for breakfast and lunch at the office, everyday, and was constantly stinking the room up (5 of us shared the space). The gas was continuous, literally every ten minutes. It made me nauseous. Sometimes he would have a beer in the afternoon, which just made it more lethal. I absolutely loathed him for his inconsiderate behavior.
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    MorganMoreaux wrote: »
    wilsoncl6 wrote: »

    Yeah, it's my breakfast staple and don't want to have to give them up but don't want to punish my coworkers either so I might just have to bite the bullet and go back to my processed egg white liquid protein. It's just that I could get 5 cartons of 18 eggs for the price I pay for the drink.

    Thank you for thinking of your coworkers! I recently worked with a guy who had a similar gas reaction to eggs and the dude ate hard boiled eggs for breakfast and lunch at the office, everyday, and was constantly stinking the room up (5 of us shared the space). The gas was continuous, literally every ten minutes. It made me nauseous. Sometimes he would have a beer in the afternoon, which just made it more lethal. I absolutely loathed him for his inconsiderate behavior.

    That is just nasty something coming out of his butt and into your nose... That dude needs to go use the bathroom that being said Brusell sprouts do the same to me and I don't eat them eggs I eat about a dozen a week no issues for me..
  • shaumom
    shaumom Posts: 1,003 Member
    You could also be reacting to the egg yolk. When people react to eggs, some react to the whole egg, but it's just as common to react to only the yolk, or only the egg whites - there are some proteins unique to each of them. I'd suggest seeing if you can eat egg whites that YOU separate yourself. If so, then it's not likely the processing the but the egg yolks themselves that are the problem.

    Because the yolk does not have appreciably more sulfur compounds than the whites, no matter how you cook it, at least in all the cases I've known (including myself). Folks who have a hard time with higher sulfur levels (usually can't break it down properly due to sulfite oxidase levels) tend to react to the whole egg, and also to onions, garlic, and the brassica family (broccoli, cabbage, radishes, mustards).

    As you can tolerate egg whites, truly, I'd consider trying your own egg whites to see how they sit with you.
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    JustMissTracy wrote: »
    LOL...I live on boiled eggs....and don't find any issues...but it's always possible you may have an intolerance (I don't say allergy, as it doesn't sound severe, but you never know.) Could also just be that eggs make you gassy (cabbage does that to me), and you may have to time when you eat them with more thought than some people...
    Same here. I love boiled eggs and eat them daily as a snack.

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