Why is it whenever I try to eat eggs from a carton I always get sick?

[Anonymous]

How are you cooking the eggs at home? Hard boiled, over easy, scrambled, .....?

[Anonymous]

I feel like this whole thread is a weird fever dream.

[Anonymous]

This thread has historic potential.

[Anonymous]

Have you tried the cartons of pasteurized eggs / "egg product" from the grocery store? I'm curious if you'd react to those like fresh eggs, or like fast food eggs.

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Anonymous wrote:You might be allergic to eggs, and highly process foods at a fast food place might have processed out whatever something that is bad for you. Or maybe it is that the eggs are cooked before they are shipped to most fast food places, then zapped again to serve. Where with store bought eggs they are "fresh" and only cooked once, and not as throughly.

I'd be curious if you react to farm fresh eggs?

When we went to the beach the only place to eat breakfast was the Burger King right across the street from our hotel. I gave in and ate there because it was convenient and I did not want to have to travel a long distance every single morning for breakfast. My entire beach trip was ruined because I stayed in my room all day long and I did not go out with my family because I knew I as going to get sick.

Well 1 week went by and I did not get sick.

So a 1 week vacation at the beach with my family was ruined.

But I did catch up on a lot of television programming seasons I was behind on.

There are so many poor decisions here I don’t know where to start.

Rooms were in demand everywhere and we booked last minute.Burger King is not that bad. I did not get sick.

NP here, but that's not the point. The fact that you were on a family vacation at the beach and chose to eat eggs every single morning knowing you were going to get sick is beyond weird. You chose to eat the eggs and then stayed behind in the hotel all day because you "knew" you were going to get sick.

Fine, eat at Burger King. I eat fast food too. But did you have to get the eggs?!!

The entire week I ate breakfast there 3 or 4 times.

There were days I ate a ham/turkey sandwich for breakfast instead.

[Anonymous]

If you bake something with eggs from a carton, do you get sick from it? Like muffins or cake? If not, the answer is that you are allergic to an egg protein that is denatured after being at high temperature, and the eggs you are making at home and reacting to are undercooked, or have enough bits that are undercooked to make you sick. There are two main types of protein in raw eggs that most allergic people react to. One is denatured at high heat, making it tolerable. The other is still allergenic after being heated. That’s why there’s a distinction between being allergic to all eggs or being able to tolerated cooked eggs but not eat raw/undercooked eggs.

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Anonymous wrote:You might be allergic to eggs, and highly process foods at a fast food place might have processed out whatever something that is bad for you. Or maybe it is that the eggs are cooked before they are shipped to most fast food places, then zapped again to serve. Where with store bought eggs they are "fresh" and only cooked once, and not as throughly.

I'd be curious if you react to farm fresh eggs?

When we went to the beach the only place to eat breakfast was the Burger King right across the street from our hotel. I gave in and ate there because it was convenient and I did not want to have to travel a long distance every single morning for breakfast. My entire beach trip was ruined because I stayed in my room all day long and I did not go out with my family because I knew I as going to get sick.

Well 1 week went by and I did not get sick.

So a 1 week vacation at the beach with my family was ruined.

But I did catch up on a lot of television programming seasons I was behind on.

If you didn't get sick, how was the vacation ruined?

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Anonymous wrote:You might be allergic to eggs, and highly process foods at a fast food place might have processed out whatever something that is bad for you. Or maybe it is that the eggs are cooked before they are shipped to most fast food places, then zapped again to serve. Where with store bought eggs they are "fresh" and only cooked once, and not as throughly.

I'd be curious if you react to farm fresh eggs?

When we went to the beach the only place to eat breakfast was the Burger King right across the street from our hotel. I gave in and ate there because it was convenient and I did not want to have to travel a long distance every single morning for breakfast. My entire beach trip was ruined because I stayed in my room all day long and I did not go out with my family because I knew I as going to get sick.

Well 1 week went by and I did not get sick.

So a 1 week vacation at the beach with my family was ruined.



But I did catch up on a lot of television programming seasons I was behind on.

There are so many poor decisions here I don’t know where to start.

Rooms were in demand everywhere and we booked last minute.Burger King is not that bad. I did not get sick.

NP here, but that's not the point. The fact that you were on a family vacation at the beach and chose to eat eggs every single morning knowing you were going to get sick is beyond weird. You chose to eat the eggs and then stayed behind in the hotel all day because you "knew" you were going to get sick.

Fine, eat at Burger King. I eat fast food too. But did you have to get the eggs?!!

The entire week I ate breakfast there 3 or 4 times.

There were days I ate a ham/turkey sandwich for breakfast instead.

If you were sick after eating breakfast there, why would you return? And if you were so sick you had to stay in the room, why are you eating breakfast at all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you bake something with eggs from a carton, do you get sick from it? Like muffins or cake? If not, the answer is that you are allergic to an egg protein that is denatured after being at high temperature, and the eggs you are making at home and reacting to are undercooked, or have enough bits that are undercooked to make you sick. There are two main types of protein in raw eggs that most allergic people react to. One is denatured at high heat, making it tolerable. The other is still allergenic after being heated. That’s why there’s a distinction between being allergic to all eggs or being able to tolerated cooked eggs but not eat raw/undercooked eggs.

Makes sense now after reading that.

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Anonymous wrote:You might be allergic to eggs, and highly process foods at a fast food place might have processed out whatever something that is bad for you. Or maybe it is that the eggs are cooked before they are shipped to most fast food places, then zapped again to serve. Where with store bought eggs they are "fresh" and only cooked once, and not as throughly.

I'd be curious if you react to farm fresh eggs?

When we went to the beach the only place to eat breakfast was the Burger King right across the street from our hotel. I gave in and ate there because it was convenient and I did not want to have to travel a long distance every single morning for breakfast. My entire beach trip was ruined because I stayed in my room all day long and I did not go out with my family because I knew I as going to get sick.

Well 1 week went by and I did not get sick.

So a 1 week vacation at the beach with my family was ruined.



But I did catch up on a lot of television programming seasons I was behind on.

There are so many poor decisions here I don’t know where to start.

Rooms were in demand everywhere and we booked last minute.Burger King is not that bad. I did not get sick.

NP here, but that's not the point. The fact that you were on a family vacation at the beach and chose to eat eggs every single morning knowing you were going to get sick is beyond weird. You chose to eat the eggs and then stayed behind in the hotel all day because you "knew" you were going to get sick.

Fine, eat at Burger King. I eat fast food too. But did you have to get the eggs?!!

The entire week I ate breakfast there 3 or 4 times.

There were days I ate a ham/turkey sandwich for breakfast instead.

If you were sick after eating breakfast there, why would you return? And if you were so sick you had to stay in the room, why are you eating breakfast at all?

No. I do not get sick eating McDonalds or Burger King breakfast.

I stayed in all week because I was sure I was going to get sick but it never happened.

[Anonymous]

OP, are you from somewhere other than the USA? I ‘ew someone who grew up in a European country where eggs did not need to be refrigerated (because, unlike in the US, the eggs were not washed before being sold).

When she came here, she didn’t realize that refrigeration was necessary. So, she was keeping her eggs at room temp, and got quite sick once.

Someone else I know didn’t realize for a long time that eggs could go bad! (How she missed this, I can’t say; there is definitely an expiration date on cartons). She thought she was allergic to eggs, but turns out, she’d just had a few experiences with eggs too old to be eaten.

I should add that both these women have advanced degrees from world-renowned universities. Smart in many regards, but not in matters related to the American egg industry!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You might be allergic to eggs, and highly process foods at a fast food place might have processed out whatever something that is bad for you. Or maybe it is that the eggs are cooked before they are shipped to most fast food places, then zapped again to serve. Where with store bought eggs they are "fresh" and only cooked once, and not as throughly.

I'd be curious if you react to farm fresh eggs?

When we went to the beach the only place to eat breakfast was the Burger King right across the street from our hotel. I gave in and ate there because it was convenient and I did not want to have to travel a long distance every single morning for breakfast. My entire beach trip was ruined because I stayed in my room all day long and I did not go out with my family because I knew I as going to get sick.

Well 1 week went by and I did not get sick.

So a 1 week vacation at the beach with my family was ruined.

But I did catch up on a lot of television programming seasons I was behind on.

There are so many poor decisions here I don’t know where to start.

+1 so pp never actually got sick, but their health anxiety immobilized them to the point where they couldn’t leave their room. This one day of not feeling great ruined an entire week? And they blame BK?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You might be allergic to eggs, and highly process foods at a fast food place might have processed out whatever something that is bad for you. Or maybe it is that the eggs are cooked before they are shipped to most fast food places, then zapped again to serve. Where with store bought eggs they are "fresh" and only cooked once, and not as throughly.

I'd be curious if you react to farm fresh eggs?

When we went to the beach the only place to eat breakfast was the Burger King right across the street from our hotel. I gave in and ate there because it was convenient and I did not want to have to travel a long distance every single morning for breakfast. My entire beach trip was ruined because I stayed in my room all day long and I did not go out with my family because I knew I as going to get sick.

Well 1 week went by and I did not get sick.

So a 1 week vacation at the beach with my family was ruined.



But I did catch up on a lot of television programming seasons I was behind on.

There are so many poor decisions here I don’t know where to start.

Rooms were in demand everywhere and we booked last minute.Burger King is not that bad. I did not get sick.

NP here, but that's not the point. The fact that you were on a family vacation at the beach and chose to eat eggs every single morning knowing you were going to get sick is beyond weird. You chose to eat the eggs and then stayed behind in the hotel all day because you "knew" you were going to get sick.

Fine, eat at Burger King. I eat fast food too. But did you have to get the eggs?!!

The entire week I ate breakfast there 3 or 4 times.

There were days I ate a ham/turkey sandwich for breakfast instead.

If you were sick after eating breakfast there, why would you return? And if you were so sick you had to stay in the room, why are you eating breakfast at all?

No. I do not get sick eating McDonalds or Burger King breakfast.

I stayed in all week because I was sure I was going to get sick but it never happened.

So you ruined your own vacation.

[Anonymous]

What kind of "sick" do you get from regular eggs?

And the burger king story hurts my brain. I guess I'm glad you figured out you can eat that kind, but if you went in thinking you were allergic to eggs, why did you get the eggs at all? Why not pancakes or a plain English muffin?

Go to an allergist. The above poster is right about the proteins in the food and how they're processed that changes potential for reaction.

[Anonymous]

Once you realized BK was the only option for the whole trip, why didn't you then go out of your way to find a store and pick up some fruit or bread or whatever for the following days breakfasts instead of going to BK and then sitting in your room waiting to get sick all day? The long drive would have been annoying but once you stocked up you would have been fine to have a regular trip.