All About Whey Protein

All of us know that doing some amount of physical activity is good for health, helps us stay healthy and fit. It can be walking, running, playing football, or swimming. Gymming is also included there. The primary reason why people join gym is to put on lean muscle mass and to get rid of fat in the body. Now, talking about lean muscle mass whey protein can be your best friend.

What is whey protein?

When paneer is being separated from milk, the straw colored liquid that remains is called whey (liquid form), now this liquid is taken through a process called microfiltration, and thus the powder whey is formed.

Why should we take whey protein?

When we hit the gym and do some kind of exercise we just go through a process of damaging the target muscles and redeveloping it, which makes it look bigger. Now for recovery of muscles protein is needed. Whey protein is a kind of protein which is in very simple form, thus makes the recovery of muscles faster.

A person who is into some physical training must consume 2grams protein per 1kg of the body weight, which means a 70kg person must consume 140grams of protein daily to meet his protein goals. A typical Indian diet lacks the amount of protein. One scoop of whey protein contains 25grams of protein which is more than four whole eggs .one scoop whey protein and some form of protein (fish,meat,eggs,soya) with every meal will allow us to meet our protein goals. Again these statistics are for person who are into some form of physical exercise or person who wants to put on weight through resistance training.

Famous myths about whey protein :-

“Whey protein is a form of steroid”- This is probably the most famous myth about protein supplements, whey protein is just a dairy product which helps to put on lean muscle mass, on the other hand steroids are anabolic which totally change the biology of the body by boosting the testosterone level to a much much higher extend than normal.

“Teenagers and beginners shouldn’t take protein supplements ”- This is also a common idea among many people, but the truth is contrary to this idea, when a person has newly started lifting weights, he or she will need more amount of protein than a person doing it regularly.

“Whey protein will cause health issues like kidney stones”-kidney stones can happen to anyone who is not consuming the proper amount of water daily, the water helps the waste material to go through urine and without the right amount of water these wastes can deposit and form stones

Lastly whey protein can be consumed by anyone who wishes to make lean muscles and stay healthy, even women can take it.