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How To Get The Most Benefits From Whey
Whey has escalated to become the uncontested winner in the Protein supplementation realm, but its claim to fame dates back to ancient history. It is not clear when it was first used, but we know that Hippocrates, 2,500 years ago promoted Whey for its natural healing qualities in prevention and cure of many ailments. Since then, Whey was used through the ages in various ways for Health and Beauty, where it was used as beverage or bath in its native liquid from. While the shelf-live of Whey - a "waste byproduct" of cheese making - is measured in hours, not months or years, the use of Whey was limited to close proximity to the source: the pasture roaming cows.
Than began to change some fifty years ago, when drying and processing methods were developed, to make Whey available to consumers everywhere, it had to be dried into a powder. The dried, unprocessed Whey contains only about 11% Protein (highly bio-available Albumin and Globulin) and 75% Carbohydrates in form of Lactose, plus abundant natural Vitamins, particularly B 2, alkaline Minerals, almost no fat and is therefore a low caloric Food. It is known to stimulate digestion, repopulate the intestinal flora with healthy bacteria and to serve a noticeable energy boost, while it has a naturally pleasant taste.
Industrial scale food processing allows the fractioning of the whole into selective molecules followed by recombination, concentration, isolation, blending and adulteration at will. The purpose of this process is to differentiate the market by targeting different segments with specific products. A well known example of a specific target market is the Body-Building sector. The quest to show huge Muscles real fast, requires pure Protein, and Whey just happens to be an easy product to isolate the Protein from all the other constituents. Whey Protein Isolates are commercially available at Gym's and Nutrition stores with almost 100% Protein powder. That means the Protein in the Product is from Whey, where everything other than Protein had been stripped. Thus, the flavor is gone too, so artificial flavors, sweeteners, colors and other teasers are added to make it palatable for the consumer.
Body-Sculpturing is a Sport and a highly competitive one in its own right. The contestants have chosen this Sport as a Lifestyle and they do everything it takes to win. So their choice of Whey Protein is highly focused on Winning, sustainable Health is not a concern. A Whey Protein Isolate product may serve them well in their zeal, even though the product they are using is more of a Drug than a Food.
What is the difference? When a single component in a Food is isolated, removed and blended with compounds from entirely different species or synthetic elements, the body cannot recognize it as Food and it is therefore a Drug that targets specific actions in the body. The result of altering certain body functions inevitably results in Side Effects.
Whey Isolates are connected with side effects that include headache, loss of appetite, fatigue, swelling, cramps and even damage to the kidneys or the liver; and long term the development of osteoporosis or allergic reactions. The added toxic chemicals may aggravate these and cause other adverse reactions too, but again, it is conceivable that these are considered small sacrifices to win in this Sport.
But Body-Building is a niche Sport and so is their Whey Isolate product. Nevertheless it illustrates the Whey's many uses and portrays its excellent variability to target specific needs. It follows that the more general the motive for adding Protein to the diet, the less processing is desired. Natural Whey is a whole Food that contains all co-factors, a life source Food that meet the body's cell-resonance and is optimally metabolized. That explains why Whey has been famed as a source of Energy boost for thousands of years and why Whey is highly recommended for people recovering from serious illness.
Nature has provided all Produce for human consumption in a perfect composition of nutrients, so that the human race can thrive and populate the World. We can't improve Nature by tampering with Food and neither can we improve Health by stripping certain Nutrients from a whole Food. For example, some Protein advocates preach that only the Egg-White should be eaten and the Yoke should be discarded. However, we should consider that only the whole Egg can spawn Life, no chicken has ever emerged from an Egg-White! Indeed when we analyze the nutritional content of an Egg, we find that only the whole Egg delivers whole nutrition, as the White and the Yoke complement each other synergistically for the metabolism. With the exception of Niacin and Riboflavin, almost all of the Vitamins are in the Yoke, so is Zinc, Phosphorus, Iron and Calcium, while Magnesium and Potassium are dominant in the White. It is well known that Calcium, Magnesium and Zinc are bio-available only in combination. We could analyze any Natural Food and come to the same conclusion, Whey is no exception.
So we have to consider the reason for wanting to add Protein to the diet. If the objective is Weight Loss, Whey in its most natural form is ideal and has an excellent track record.
Then, if we are subscribed to the current Fitness paradigm of Interval Training, the results can be more rewarding when using a Whey Concentrate that sports a higher Protein content, but still has all the co-factors intact. There are Natural Whey products from Grass Fed cows with no added chemicals with a Protein content of up to 50%. It is well documented that Interval Training three times a week, aid in gaining energy, burning fat and building muscles, when consuming Protein within a half an hour of completion of a workout. This may not necessarily reduce weight, but it definitely builds a more attractive shape by adding muscles and melting fat. However, there is no hunger after high intensity workouts and that is why Whey is the preferred source of Protein as it is easy to assimilate.
No Diet Liquid Protein.