Protein Powder - Saje nak story. Tak tau apa nak pos!!! :(

Ok. I've been looking at this one protein powder brand that I bought a couple of months ago. The brand is EAS 100% WHEY PROTEIN!

What it states on the packaging of the big botol is:

• 23 grams of HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN
• only 2 GRAMS of carbohydrates
• High concentration of BCAAs

Whey Protein is... what aa... Hold on. I'll go and look for what it really is. Dont want to give false information. :)

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Whey Protein:

• The first step in making cheese is to curdle the milk. The whey is the watery liquid that separates from the curds. In the nursery rhyme, little Ms. Muffet was scared by a spider as she sat "eating her curds and whey", in other words, cottage cheese. Whey is a waste-product of cheese making. When dried and powdered, it is considered a good source of protein - www.muellercenter.rpi.edu/Glossary.asp

• This nutrient is a high quality source of protein, which contains large amounts of amino acids and supports the immune system and healthy muscle tissue. - www.nutribest.com/glossary.html

• Whey protein is the name for a collection of globular proteins that can be isolated from whey, a by-product of cheese manufacture from cow's milk. It is a mixture of beta-lactoglobulin (~65%), alpha-lactalbumin (~25%), and serum albumin (~8%), which are soluble in their native forms, independent of pH - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whey_protein

Whey Protein Isolate:

• Is when the whey protein is filtered to remove any LACTOSE and any FAT, plus what little carbohydrate is in the original protein.
  www.alacarb.com/glossary.html

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Ok... now that's cleared up... Let me just rethink what I wanted to post in the first place....

AH!

Ok... :)

I've been looking at people who're beginning to go to the gym. Doesn't matter if it's to lose weight or to gain mass. The first thing that MOST do is go to GNC and look for fat burners and protein powders. These have been like the MAGICAL DUST, that when you consume it, makes your fat melt away (for fat burners) and also make you as big as HULK (for the protein powder).

But the thing is... from what I've experienced... fat burners are rip-offs (and sometimes hazardous to health), and protein-powders are just the powdery representative of natural protein sources such as meat, dairy and soy :)

Ok, let's focus on protein powder here since I don't have concrete facts to bash fat burners :)

Protein powders do not have the magical properties to make people get bigger. That's the greatest myth in body building. Of course to build muscle, you'd need to consume protein. But what protein powders provide, despite the extraordinary claims, is basically the same of what natural sources provide :) The only advantage of this powdery supplement is that they are EXTREMELY convenient to prepare and carry around :) That's basically it! Other than that... other claims pertaining to increased muscular development and increased metabolism are absolutely crap! If indeed they can provide those effects... then that's not protein powder...
that's STEROIDS! ... Now, you won't wanna become a DURG abuser would you.

(Steroids however are allowed to a certain extent in Wrestling and also Pro Body Building)

Anywayz...

Just in case anyone decides on switching from chicken to protein powder.... this post might be useful :)

Cheers!

PS:- This guy is a totally natural bodybuilder. You might also wanna check his comments regarding protein powders as well :) Cheers!