Who eats just egg whites and why do you do that?

When a baked recipe calls for egg I use Egg Beaters. I don't want to waste my eating eggs. I recently took a cake decorating class. I wasn't about to blow all my yummy eggs on all those cakes that I wasn't going to even eat.....before you ask, I don't actually like to eat cake frosting, I just wanted to play with it.

I agree. Chalky is right.

I do. So I can put more cheese inside my omelette :laugh:

I could never throw good food away like that! There's never a time when I have to eat low fat enough to get rid of the best part of the egg.

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I seriously cannot be arsed separating the yolk from the white.
And wtf would I do with all the yolks? I'm too tight to chuck them...

Just to say it again, you can buy cartons of egg whites at the grocery store. I get mine in bulk at CostCo. If you do this the yolks aren't wasted: the processor can sell them to be used for other purposes like making mayo or for baking.

I've never came across cartons of whites in the UK - can anyone help with this? Maybe I'm not looking in the right aisles!

When I want protein without fat and cholestrol.

Pros: Egg whites are 75% less calories on average than a whole egg (@ 3 tbsp) while maintaining the same amount of protein. They also are cholesterol free, which is a big plus. 100 calories for 20g of protein? So me a protein supplement with that high of ratio. (I'm vegetarian so meat can't apply. lol sorry)

Cons: They are slightly less flavorful, but if you throw in a piece of sliced Go Veggie cheese, it makes the flavor difference BETTER than if it was a real egg. Plus it adds 3g protein for only 40 calories.

Egg whites are definitely the way to go.

I'm not a fan of whites only, or the carton eggs. Whole eggs for me. I don't eat as many as I used to though. Maybe 2-4 eggs per week. I boil up a dozen eggs each week for my Dad. He typically just eats the whites for the protein (the dog usually gets a yolky present on those mornings), and occassionally will eat the whole egg, but mostly because he suffers from heart disease and has to watch the cholesterol.

Can't do the runny yolk thing though. Yuch!

I. LOVE. EGGS. I love them so much.

But the yolk has stuff that's not good for you in it, so doctors sometimes have people not eating those. A lot of people say they'd rather die than give something up, but when push comes to shove and you're told you could, in fact, die...people decide to hang around for their kids or that they don't really want to die for food, after all...or that they don't want to suffer through worse pain than they already have.

It's really easy to say you'd die first when that's hypothetical. Some people do, in fact, choose food over life. My mom did. Ate herself to death. But a lot of people start humming a new tune when it's no longer hypothetical.

Eggs are good, though!! Scrambled with no yolk, I couldn't do it. Hard-boiled, though - I prefer the white! Hard-boiled yolks are good, but not as good as the white. Soft-boiled without yolk might be gross. Never tried that.

Just like chicken hearts, eggs yolks are rather high in cholesterol and fat! However, they also sport a fair share of choline, vitamins A, K, E, D, alongside several minerals. Take out the yolk and you have virtually none of that fat or cholesterol, but you're also losing the V&Ms. You're also losing half the protein! And it's not very economically-sound to be eating only the egg whites that you're cracking yourself (unless someone else is eating them or you're using the yolk on your face. Eggs make for an excellent face mask!)

So in the end, it depends on what your dietary needs are. Some people like Lurchie absolutely do not need the yolk, lest they face serious health complications. They can still enjoy things like meringue and souffles, though!

I actually love egg whites. And as someone earlier said, it's a good protein punch for very little calories (90 calories for a whole egg versus 15-20 for an egg white). You can literally eat four to five egg whites for every whole egg, which adds to a very satiating, satisfying meal for very few calories.

Think about it - you can have five egg whites, 100g of cottage cheese AND salad... and it's less than 200 calories. That's like awesome protein/tummy-filling power for very little caloric intake.