Microblog: Nutrition Facts of Poultry Eggs

You can purchase duck eggs online and at farmers markets. You can sometimes find them at whole foods-type markets. Otherwise you’ll have to find a local farmer that sells duck eggs.⠀
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🚨So why do some that have sensitivities to chicken eggs have no issues with duck eggs? There are studies that show that most allergens to eggs are not IgE anaphylactic (read: EpiPen-needing) allergens but egg sensitivities (read: rash) and gastrointestinal disorders (read: abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea).⠀
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🍳Both yolk and whites can be allergenic, but the whites are the more common culprit. Although eggs contain over 40 proteins, 5 have been identified as the most common allergens.⠀
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🥚Protein content varies among different bird eggs. One of the common allergens albumen makes up 12% of a chicken egg white, but only 2% of a duck egg white.⠀
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📖 A study found, it is possible to have a cross-reactive allergic response to different bird eggs, but they also found if you are allergic to one, you may not be allergic to the other.⠀
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If you have protein sensitivities to chicken egg whites but not duck, it may be because:⠀
1️⃣ ducks having less egg whites,⠀
2️⃣ ducks have less of the common protein allergens in chicken eggs and⠀
3️⃣ you just may not have the same food sensitivities with different poultry.⠀
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💡You never know unless you try.⠀
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⚖️On the nutrition-front, duck eggs are higher in omega 3s…