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what's in your protein?

Suppose you went to the grocery store and asked for “ground beef”. The butcher gives you a package and says it's a great buy and won't cost you much money. Great deal right?

Only when you get home you find that the “ground beef” is 35% meat, 50% fat. Not such a deal any more.

So how do you know when you purchase protein powders what you're getting?

Let's take a look at Whey Protein. There is no ingredient that is called just “whey protein”. It's either Whey Protein Concentrate, or Whey Protein Isolate.

- Whey Protein Isolate is almost all protein – at least 90% protein. - Whey Protein Concentrate is lactose, protein, and minerals and can vary a lot.

The FDA only requires that Whey Protein Concentrate be a minimum of 25% protein. When it's 25% protein, what's the rest?

It's 60% lactose. When you get less protein, you get more lactose

– So what is lactose? It's milk sugar. So cheap Concentrate is cheap, but it's not a bargain. Lactose can cause you more problems than fat. Get informed and ...stay tuned for the rest of the story!

information from:  www.UNJURY.com

Posted on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 09:41AM by Registered CommenterJulia Holloman | Comments2 Comments

Reader Comments (2)

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

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April 3, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSarah

Thanks Sarah, Good to know that you're finding the info helpful and if you have any questions or request...let me know...much success. julia

April 3, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJulia

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