EAT MORE EGGS: "Egg yolks are . . . an alternative to antibiotics."

Martie Whittekin of Healthy By Nature frequently cites and interviews health journalist, Bill Sardi.  In the context of fighting viruses and bacteria of any kind, or specifically one of the coronaviruses, she points to the value of eggs, writing, 

Mr. Sardi suggests “you might add eggs to your diet, and the diet of your kids.  An egg contains 100-150 milligrams of immunoglobulins – proteins in blood serum aka antibodies that bind to antigens such as bacteria and viruses, resulting in their destruction.  Egg yolks are actually an alternative to antibiotics.  Whereas specific monoclonal antibodies are what modern medicine relies upon, polyclonal antibodies in eggs provide broad protection against all strains of flu viruses and cold viruses, like coronavirus.  Egg yolk powder is also an alternative.  You can read about the history and application of egg immunoglobulins at  Knowledgeofhealth.com.  Egg yolk powder is also widely available.”   

I admit that I do like reading medical journals.  I like the technical language and the specificity of the information.  Bill Sardi, has produced an excellent review on the health benefits of eggs that go beyond praising their protein content.  Eggs can prevent disease.  Citing Dr. Alvin F. Coburn, he writes, 

It was 1960.  Dr. Alvin F. Coburn published a landmark report in British medical journal, The Lancet.  He had found cases of childhood rheumatic fever dramatically declined among children who ate eggs.  Dr. Coburn had actually opened a clinic to treat rheumatic fever that had to be unexplainably shut down in 1955, which he associated with higher egg consumption among families under his observation.  He also observed that children who developed rheumatic fever may better diets rich in animal protein, milk, vitamins A and C, but did not eat more eggs.  Another published survey reported children with rheumatic fever disliked eggs.  The incidence of rheumatic fever was 2.8% among who ate the least eggs and only 0.6% among kids who ate the most eggs, almost a 500% difference. 

So Dr. Coburn put eggs to the test.  Here were the results:

Group A:  Normal diet, many nutritional deficiencies; recurrence in 11 or 29 children. 

Group B: Children with reinforced diet of two eggs, milk, meat, butter, fish-liver oil (vitamin A); 3 or 35 had a recurrence.

Group C: Normal diet reinforced with powdered egg yolk only: 1 of 25 had a recurrence.

Dr. Coburn then launched a two-year study with half of the children given four egg yolks a day.  Among 28 children who developed a sore throat who received no medication and no eggs, 10 experienced recurrence of symptoms.  Among 28 children who ate yolk powder equivalent to 4 eggs a day, only 1 showed fresh rheumatic fever. 

That's impressive.  But you don't need to know this to know why you love eggs. 

EGG IMMUNOGLUBULINS

Eggs contain ~ 100 to 150 milligrams of immunoglobulins. These are proteins in blood serum that are also known as antibodies that bind to antigens such as bacteria and viruses, resulting in their destruction.  Whereas modern medicine has developed monoclonal antibody drugs that target a single cell receptor site, egg immunoglobulins are polyclonal antibodies, they have many targets and can protect against a broad variety of bacteria and viruses. 

Egg yolk antibodies are being considered as an alternative to antibiotic drugs that induce germ resistance.  Whereas multiple monoclonal antibodies may be required to deal with mutating flu viruses, polyclonal antibodies from eggs provide protection against the broad spectrum of influenza viruses.  Store-bought eggs have been reported to produce full recovery from the flu.  The ramifications of this are obvious in the event of a flu pandemic.  Eggs are available worldwide and are cheap. 

About 40 grams (40,000 milligrams) of egg immunoglobulins (identified as IgY—immunoglobin y) is produced in a year’s production of eggs from a single chicken.  These immunoglobulins also afford widespread protection from entero (intestinal) viruses such as polio and coxsackievirus as well as rotavirus that causes diarrhea in children and bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, Staphylococcus, tuberculosis, Clostridium difficile, and H. pylori. 

A super-egg can also be produced by injection of specific bacteria or viruses to that chicken eggs specifically address gastrointestinal infections.  These super-eggs would serve as alternatives to antibiotics and even problematic vaccines.  Egg immunoglobulins are already beings used among farm animals in order to avoid use of problematic vaccines to induce germ resistance.  Animals that eat from the ground frequently consume coil organisms that induce diarrhea.  Egg antibodies can bind to these pathogens and nullify their adverse effect. 

Egg yolk powder may become modern man’s preferred immune booster.

Dr. Coburn reported that eggs contain a sub-fraction called palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) that has potent anti-inflammatory activity.  PEA is available today as a medical food and dietary supplement.  It is extolled for its pain-relieving, anti-inflammatory properties and has application for a variety of maladies including mental depression, autism, even the common cold.  

Though my initial recommendation was to not overcook eggs, any eggs are better than no eggs.  I like mine sunnyside up, over easy or scrambled.  Here are ten additional health benefits of eggs as if you really needed this list to help you decide to prepare an omelet this morning or this evening or this afternoon. 

Sardi engs his report with this

Readers can assess the terrible consequences of the mistaken cholesterol phobia that has been the ruling paradigm in modern medicine for the past four decades.  With cholesterol phobia came a reduction in egg consumption and the obvious onset of new diseases (Crohn’s, autism, Clostridium difficile deaths, to name a few).  Egg yolk powder is widely available for bulk purchase.  PEA hasn’t hit store shelves yet but is sold as a dietary supplement online. 

That’s interesting; I’d never heard of these supplements. 

Should a predicted pandemic ensue, vaccines would predictably be in short supply, taking months to produce, while eggs would be readily available to save the planet from an otherwise historic calamity.