quick questions on routine and diet

Two questions:

1) I have become accustomed to a six-day weightlifting cycle. Sure,
it's easy to do one group every Monday, another every Wednesday, etc.,
but since I get through my lifting and rest in 6 days instead of 7, I
figure I might as well stay at it - however, I was thinking about just
resting an extra day and going to a specific 7-day cycle. What are
your thoughts on this?

2) Sometimes I am in a hurry and don't have time to poach eggs (or
whites), and I am tempted to just down them out of a glass (a la
"Rocky") with a bowl of oatmeal or whatever. Is there any proof that
it's more difficult for the body to ingest the uncooked eggs vs.
cooked?

Thanks in advance -

- B

On 19 Feb 2005 17:47:19 -0800, "Sandman" <2bq64jt02 DeleteThis @sneakemail.com>
wrote:

>Two questions:
>
>1) I have become accustomed to a six-day weightlifting cycle. Sure,
>it's easy to do one group every Monday, another every Wednesday, etc.,
>but since I get through my lifting and rest in 6 days instead of 7, I
>figure I might as well stay at it - however, I was thinking about just
>resting an extra day and going to a specific 7-day cycle. What are
>your thoughts on this?
>
>2) Sometimes I am in a hurry and don't have time to poach eggs (or
>whites), and I am tempted to just down them out of a glass (a la
>"Rocky") with a bowl of oatmeal or whatever. Is there any proof that
>it's more difficult for the body to ingest the uncooked eggs vs.
>cooked?

There is one study that showed a reduced digestibility(google this
group and you'll find it), but it had a few flaws. Well, not exactly
flaws, just that its applicability may be limited. First, they did
the study on ileostomy patients, so there's a chance that the egg
would have spent more time in the small intestine of healthy subjects.
Second, they didn't use whole eggs, but a mixture that had a ratio of
several whites to one yolk (maybe to limit dietary cholesterol). And
third, IIRC, they didn't have the egg mixture as part of a more
balanced meal containing other foods for carbs and fiber, so that
would presumably affect the transit time.

I decided that worrying about it just didn't matter. I can easily
down six raw eggs at a time, but trying to eat six cooked ones is no
fun at all. So even if the digestibility is only 80%, I still come
out ahead.

>Thanks in advance -
>
>- B

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