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Monday, January 10, 2011

Whey Protein Or Milk Protein - What's The Fuss All About?

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By Rex Tango


Why cannot I just take a whole lot of milk and be done with? Yeah, many of you might be thinking that milk is the best solution to give your body all the protein it needs day in and day out. The thing is that milk is not so good of a protein source in the short run as opposed to whey concentrates and isolates.

Think of it this way, milk takes a long time to digest because of its high casein concentration which basically coagulates in the stomach and takes hours to metabolize whereas, whey protein being derived from milk has all the good proteins of milk except the casein and hence it gets metabolized faster. Nutritionists put the time frame for metabolism of whey proteins at half an hour. This means that every time one takes whey protein, the muscles get the bulk of the protein in under an hour.

So, whey is good but which is better the isolate of whey or its concentrate? It hardly matters what you take because both materialize fast in the blood stream. The actual difference lies in its protein composition. While the isolates are jam packed with high amounts of protein and is nearly devoid of fat, concentrates on the other hand are significantly lower in protein concentrations with relatively larger fat servings. All this means is that isolate tops concentrate right? Not so much if you take availability and price into context. Whey isolate costs a fortune and is rare in the market making concentrate a better choice.

Getting back to the discussion, is milk better or is whey better? To answer this question let us take a look at where whey comes from. Unknown to many, whey is actually made from milk as it undergoes a change into cheese. What is left over in the process is whey. This just implies that the debate is a futile one and that both whey and milk are great in their own right. The only consideration to keep in mind is to ingest whey any time of the day except before hitting the sack unless you do not mind waking up with a starving stomach.

Some critics of whey might point out that it is not good for the health as it gives too much of protein and no carbs or fat. Well anything in excess is bad for the body and this implies to whey as well. Hence, just make sure that you only take whey in moderation under the prescribed dosage.

Now that you know better, let the fools who make distinctions between whey and milk on grounds of nutrition be educated. Give them the facts and let them decide if it is even worth debating on milk and whey.




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