If egg white provides the most complete source of essential amino acids, why can I eat egg white instead of chewing all those pills?
You could. You’d need to eat the egg white of two large eggs with each feeding. One caution — the egg white requires digestion. The digestive process delays the delivery of the amino acids into your bloodstream and thus to your brain’s hunger center. Also the digestive process prevents the total absorption of the protein, which means you will lose some of the protein. For anyone on a low-calorie diet such as this, hunger control becomes critical. If you wait for your body to digest the protein taken from a food source, your hunger center will signal your brain that food is in short supply and thus make you feel hungry. The amino acid tablets go directly into the bloodstream without having to wait for you body to digest them. They signal your brain that food is not in short supply and you feel satisfied.
