People consume whey for protein thinking that extra protein helps to build muscle. If you look at the home page on healthy diet, you will see that people get whey (way) too much protein already. This excess protein causes people to die prematurely due to cardiovascular problems which is the main cause of death in the USA. To build muscle you need resistance training like lifting weights. Then eat a healthy diet and do not cut carbs. The home page tells what fats and carbs make you fat and which ones (the good ones) make you thin.
The sale of whey is to make money. Why does it need to be sold? Because otherwise it would be thrown away or fed to pigs. Have you ever heard of cheese? It is such a popular food that Whole Foods natural supermarket chain has a whole section on it. The healthiest cheese to buy is the raw goat cheese. There are cheese shops that only sell cheese.
To make the cheese, they take the milk and put something in it (like lemon juice) to curdle it. Then you are left with curds and whey. As a little boy, I put milk in my tea and then added lemon juice that I squeezed from a lemon and it curdled. Then the adults told me that I can only use one or the other, not both. The curds were used to make cheese and the whey was thrown away or fed to the pigs. So it was called pig slop. So now instead of throwing it away, they are selling it to you by making you think you need it. This is good business. Their goal is not to help you in any way but to make money.
When the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, was competing in bodybuilding contests and winning them all, there were no whey supplements or many other supplements they have now. He was in the famous documentary video, Pumping Iron, that helped to launch bodybuilding as a national activity. Someone in it asked him "Do you drink milk?" He gave the smartest answer possible-- very scientific. He said "No, milk is for babies." Since whey comes from milk, everything that is in it, is also in ice cream.
Americans already get whey (way) too much protein. See the article on protein that is on this webpage to learn how excess protein hurts you. Americans love eating foods that are high in protein like cheese steak sandwiches, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, ice cream, fried chicken, bacon, turkey and tuna that now contains toxic levels of mercury.
College textbooks on nutrition say that protein deficiency is rare in the world and does not exist in this part of the world. That means that while there are millions of people starving because they are not getting enough carbs and fats, it is rare to get enough of them but not enough protein.
There is nothing magical about protein. It is made up of 8 essential amino acids and that is all (now there are 9-- see below). Most fruits and vegetables have all 8 essential amino acids. An avocado has 4 grams of protein and 4.2 grams of fiber. Animal foods have no fiber. Here are the amino acids that make up the protein in it:
42 mg of trytophan
133 mg of threonine
143 mg of isoleucine
247 mg of leucine
189 mg of lycine
74 mg of methionine
137 mg of phenolalanine
195 mg of valine
A cup of navy beans has 19.7 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber. It has all 8 amino acids and the smallest amount is 233 mg of tryptophan. The above comes from the book, Nutrition Almanac, 4th Edition (1996). It says that histadine is an essential amino acid in infants and it has been added to the 8 essential ones for adults. But it was added after they tested hundreds of foods for the 8 amino acids.
A potato has 4.7 grams of protein, 1.2 grams of fiber and all 8 amino acids with the lowest being 73 mg of tryptophan and methionine. Four ounces of pistachio nuts have 23.2 grams of protein, 2 grams of fiber, 8 amino acids with the least being 320 mg of tryptophan. The magic is in the thousands of different phytochemicals that are in plant foods that prevent blindness, prevent cancer, prevent heart attacks and that prevent strokes.
There are alternatives to milk like soy milk, hemp milk, rice milk and almond milk. If you still want to drink real milk then switch to goats milk. It tastes better than cows milk. It is much healthier also. It does not contain antibiotics and bovine growth hormones that make you fat. The goats milk is not homogenized that causes the XO to attack the artery walls which creates plaque. The goats milk is not mucus forming like cows milk that creates sinus and respiratory problems. Also people with lactose intolerance can drink it. The U.S.D.A. says that goats milk is the healthiest milk. More people in the world drink goats milk than cows milk. But the 1,000 pound cow produces much more milk than the 150 pound goat so it is cheaper to produce.
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