Everyone wants to look their best, regardless of who they are. People want to be slimmer, healthier, and stronger than they have ever been in their lives. In order to look your best you need to do more than just diet, exercise is essential in order to build lean muscle and lose weight. Adding vitamins and supplements will also help in this process, and to taking back your health overall.
One supplement which is arguably the most useful to help build lean muscle mass is whey protein. Whey protein is a milk by-product, and is separated from the milk during the process of making cheese. Whey protein has the highest value for providing branched chain amino acids, which help you to build and retain muscle tissue.
From a dieting aspect, whey protein balances blood sugar levels, which will rid you of symptoms like excessive over eating. You will have more energy and your body will be able to shed more unnecessary fat tissue. Whey protein often comes in a powdered form, and can be mixed into your drink or turned into a shake for consumption. Whey proteins do best when mixed with milk to slow down digestion and give them plenty of time to absorb into your body for maximum effect.
In addition to increasing your intake of vitamins, minerals and supplements (like whey protein), your regular diet could use some modification. Eating more small meals throughout the day keeps your blood sugar steady, keeps your digestive tract from overloading (which can lead to less absorption of nutrients as your body rushes to keep up), and less chance of over-eating due to hunger pangs or lack of food. Some experts recommend as many as five to seven very small meals throughout the day. Three or more of these meals can be supplemented with a whey protein drink or shake, and the whey will help curb your hunger even more, and increase your energy as the proteins go to work on your body.
Whey proteins, coupled with a good diet and exercise, will allow your body to show the results that you want even faster. Whey protein is good for you in general as well, even if you are happy with your weight and shape. You may find yourself becoming even more toned than before, and having a lot more energy to get done what needs to be done. A busy mom on the go can always use an energy boost, and the healthy benefits of whey protein offer just that to anyone.
Taking whey proteins does to not have to be the equivalent to taking your medicine as a child, either. Bodybuilders all over the world use whey protein to help them gain lean muscle mass, and the high demand for great tasting and easy to take supplements have caused nutrition companies to come up with wonderful flavors and powders that blend better than ever with your water, juice, or milk. Drinking your protein shake everyday can be a joy and a pleasure if you find the brand and the flavor that is best for you.
There is plenty of information online from nutrition companies wishing to sell their products. The best way to find information on the whey protein that is best for you is to ask other people at the gym or someone at a nutrition store which brands of whey protein taste great and work the best for them. Getting lean has never been easier than eating well, eating right, and supplementing your diet with exercise and nutrition.
Whey proteins are a favorite of bodybuilders for their ability to build lean muscle in a short amount of time, so imagine the results that you could get with a little whey protein, some boosted energy, and a gym membership. You'll be on your way to your dream body, supplemented with a milkshake a day
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Get Lean With Whey Protein
Benefits of Whey Protein?
Whey protein has grown in popularity with body builders, dieters, and those looking to maintain their health and well being for numerous reasons...
First of all, as a pure protein source, nothing can beat whey protein. It has the highest BV value of all proteins (Biological Value -- a term used to measure the amount if "usable" amino acids a protein source delivers) - around 100. (Many advertisers claim whey has a "BV" value in excress of 150, but that's impossible as well as misleading, since the maximum BV score is around 100).
The quality of whey as a protein source is only a small part of the story, of course.
Whey protein provides the building blocks of glutathione (GSH), a critical component of a properly functioning immune system, and probably the most important anti-oxidant in the body. Additionally, whey protein has been reported to increase immunity, supress hunger and encourage fat burning, lower cortisol levels (a stress hormone), fight cancer cells, and have anti-bacterial and anti-microbial activity.
Pretty impressive stuff indeed. But there is a hitch...
Whey protein is made up of a blend of smaller protein "subfractions" or peptides (you may have even seen some of these subfractions labelled on your whey protein product -- lactoferrin, alpha lactalbumin, immunoglobins, and beta lactoglobin are but a few you may already be familiar with).
Each subfraction has it's own unique and beneficial characteristics. And in large part, it is these peptides (singularly, or in concert with others within the whey protein profile), to which the health benefits mentioned earlier are attributed.
So what's the hitch?
The most beneficial subfractions comprise only a tiny percentage of the overall makeup of the whey protein. Lactoferrin, for instance, a subfraction that has been demonstrated to display "antimicrobial" activity, accounts for less than 1% of the total whey protein profile.
Worse still, it is these critical and most important subfractions that are most often compromised (denatured) in the filtering process (by high heat or acidic conditions), and/or are filtered out of the final product almost all together. Denaturing a protein or protein subfraction robs it of its "biological activity", meaning it provides little in the way of additional health benefits.
As consumers, it is important that you and I receive all the benefits of whey protein as flaunted at us by its manufacturers... and that means getting a complete, biologically active protein profile.
Ion-exchange protein, for instance, is one the worst forms of whey protein isolates when it comes to filtering out these critical subfractions. The best whey proteins (as far as keeping these critical subfractions and biologically active) are formed by the cold-temperature microfiltering process.
First of all, as a pure protein source, nothing can beat whey protein. It has the highest BV value of all proteins (Biological Value -- a term used to measure the amount if "usable" amino acids a protein source delivers) - around 100. (Many advertisers claim whey has a "BV" value in excress of 150, but that's impossible as well as misleading, since the maximum BV score is around 100).The quality of whey as a protein source is only a small part of the story, of course.
Whey protein provides the building blocks of glutathione (GSH), a critical component of a properly functioning immune system, and probably the most important anti-oxidant in the body. Additionally, whey protein has been reported to increase immunity, supress hunger and encourage fat burning, lower cortisol levels (a stress hormone), fight cancer cells, and have anti-bacterial and anti-microbial activity.
Pretty impressive stuff indeed. But there is a hitch...
Whey protein is made up of a blend of smaller protein "subfractions" or peptides (you may have even seen some of these subfractions labelled on your whey protein product -- lactoferrin, alpha lactalbumin, immunoglobins, and beta lactoglobin are but a few you may already be familiar with).
Each subfraction has it's own unique and beneficial characteristics. And in large part, it is these peptides (singularly, or in concert with others within the whey protein profile), to which the health benefits mentioned earlier are attributed.
So what's the hitch?
The most beneficial subfractions comprise only a tiny percentage of the overall makeup of the whey protein. Lactoferrin, for instance, a subfraction that has been demonstrated to display "antimicrobial" activity, accounts for less than 1% of the total whey protein profile.
Worse still, it is these critical and most important subfractions that are most often compromised (denatured) in the filtering process (by high heat or acidic conditions), and/or are filtered out of the final product almost all together. Denaturing a protein or protein subfraction robs it of its "biological activity", meaning it provides little in the way of additional health benefits.
As consumers, it is important that you and I receive all the benefits of whey protein as flaunted at us by its manufacturers... and that means getting a complete, biologically active protein profile.
Ion-exchange protein, for instance, is one the worst forms of whey protein isolates when it comes to filtering out these critical subfractions. The best whey proteins (as far as keeping these critical subfractions and biologically active) are formed by the cold-temperature microfiltering process.
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