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Posted 9/7/2010 5:15 PM (GMT 0)
I am so bummed I can't eat them anymore.  After this kidney surgery, my digestion has been all messed up.  Safe foods are no longer safe etc.

But eggs were an always go to food that was easily digestible for me, but not anymore.  What is in eggs that make them hard to digest?

Thanks!

Posted 9/7/2010 5:31 PM (GMT 0)
I have no idea nanners. Sometimes I can eat them and sometimes I can't. If I eat them occasionally on a good day, I probably won't have a problem, but definitely not regularly.
I read that the protein (especially in the whites) is hard to digest for some people and also some eggs have more dead bad bacteria than others, that can still cause a problem. I can't even eat them regularly with digestive enzymes. Every time someone here says they eat eggs during a flare, I'm so jealous. I miss dipping my toast in the warm liquid yolk.
Posted 9/7/2010 5:48 PM (GMT 0)
Roni beat me to it Gail. I was also going to suggest the protein. But, having said that, even though I have a problem
with my kidneys the odd egg doesn't seem to affect me. Take care!!
Posted 9/7/2010 6:23 PM (GMT 0)
Yes I can eat eggs, but they can be a bit indigestible, especially if I team them up with other proteins such as bacon or sausages. But as long as I apply a bit of common sense and don't eat more than 2 eggs at a time I'm okay with them.
Posted 9/7/2010 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
I have struggled with eggs but have not payed attention to them (instead of limiting them or even eliminating them). Sorry they are no longer OK with you. I really hate it when safe foods turn on you.
And thanks for your post and Nice cup a as from now on I will 1) pay more attention and 2) start with Nice cup a's sensible thoughts.
Take care
david
Posted 9/7/2010 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
HM wrote this: 

Bummer!  Eggs are a great go to food for me.  Could it be the protien that isn't digesting correctly?  Funny story...when I was preg with both my kids and was so sick to my tummy it was eggs that I could eat.  My doctor couldn't get over it he said.

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Diagnosed with GERD/Acid Reflex 2002,IBS 2007,Arthritis 2007,UC, then Crohn’s 2007,Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2008

Current medications: Asacol 2 tablets 3X daily, Imuran 100 mg daily, Prilosec 20 mg 2X daily (if needed), .05 mg Zanax (if needed) Probiotics, Calcuim/Mag/Vit.D. Flinstones multi with Iron, Young Living Omega 3, Young Living Core Supplements
Posted 9/7/2010 8:42 PM (GMT 0)
I like eggs and do fine with them. Nanners, do you think you may have just depveloped a allergy to them?
Posted 9/7/2010 8:48 PM (GMT 0)
Nope, can't eat eggs as in eggs eggs. I can eat eggs in things - like cakes, bread, etc. They seem so harmless, but they're like little diarrhea bombs!
Posted 9/7/2010 8:58 PM (GMT 0)
I am so sorry eggs have turned on you nanners ;( 'When Good Foods Go Bad' sounds like a really awful reality TV show!

Maybe softly scrambled with 2 yokes to one white?

Like the others I think it is the white which is so hard to digest

<sending cyber hug>
Lesley
Posted 9/7/2010 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
I do okay with eating things that have eggs in it, just not scrambled or fried eggs anymore. Such a bummer as its always been one of my comfort foods. Maybe things will quiet down, and I can try them again at another time. Oh well!
Posted 9/7/2010 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
I was wondering if it is whole eggs.................if so can you try egg beaters?  Scambled, with some cheese on a flour tortilla is one idea.......
Posted 9/7/2010 10:14 PM (GMT 0)
I was wondering the if it was the opposite. If it was the fat in the yolks. You might want to try an experiment. Try two whites with one yolk one day, then flip it and try two yolks with one white the next and see if it makes any difference. Then you could even go further and see if just whites is OK.

Eggs are one of my safe foods so I'm not sure what I would do if they were no longer safe. Not only safe, but one of my favorites.
Posted 9/7/2010 11:48 PM (GMT 0)
have you tried organic and cage free eggs? It might help.  I can't eat eggs either, major D when I do anymore.  At one point in my life I could, but no longer:( sure miss them.  Perhaps we have developed allergies to them for eating too many? I've heard that can happen with things especially shrimp.  Don't know but I've tried just egg whites and that didn't go well either.  But maybe a fresher egg will work for you, hope it does.
Posted 9/8/2010 12:52 AM (GMT 0)
I just had a food allergy test done because I was wondering about this. I'm not allergic to eggs, but I still can't eat them all the time.
Posted 9/8/2010 12:59 AM (GMT 0)
It's the salmonella in the eggs that's the problem :)

Just Joking! Not sure what the problem is in eggs. Some weight loss website just said that egg whites are hard to digest, so you burn more calories with egg whites than yolks...for what it's worth.
Posted 6/16/2015 9:23 PM (GMT 0)
I can eat eggs but cannot eat them scrambled?!?!
Posted 6/19/2015 10:14 AM (GMT 0)
When eggs are scrambled more fat is added to the pan. Since fat takes longer for the body to digest the result is diarrhea. When my crohns was active anything difficult to digest was a problem, including nuts.

Since I started my natural path my crohns took a 180 degree shift. Next week is my colonoscopy, I am excited for the first time.
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