Do we really need protein powder to build muscle?

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Today I’ll show how you can get the most out of your diet so that you can get the most out of the workouts; and get the body that you desire.

Alright today I'm talking about protein powders!!!

I'm not just talking about any old protein powders; I'm talking about if you are someone that would benefit from protein powder or not.

Should you consume protein powder from a jug or should you just eat good old-fashioned meat?

What if I told you that protein powders weren't important because of the protein value. And that's not why we consume protein powders.

To be completely honest, the benefits of protein powders come from the insulin spike we get upon consuming them.

We get an insulin spike just like if we were to consume carbohydrates, in fact it's even more in the case of the protein powders.

The spike in insulin it opens the cell doorway so the cell can be receptive to whatever nutrients are in play in this case protein.

So when you consume meat you don't have a huge insulin spike but when you consume protein powder it absorbs so darn fast, that you spike your insulin and are more apt to absorb the protein.

That is why protein powders are beneficial.

So don't be misled now, you know me I like to come from a traditional school of thought and have real talk without bro science. I like to keep it real because that's how you build a real physique.

So what are the kinds of protein powder I suggest?

Grass fed Whey isolate:

We've got grass-fed whey protein isolate; isolate is a key word here.

Isolated protein basically means that the protein has been isolated from the rest of the whey (i.e) from the rest of the dairy so you don't have all the junk .

In this case you don't have the lactose and you just have pure unadulterated protein that your body can synthesize and build muscle tissue period.

Now the fact that being grass-fed is beneficial simply is because we want to get that protein that is sourced from good healthy cattle that are not grain fed.

They're fed off of grass so they have a nice natural nutrient balance that's going to pass on through to you when you need it the most.

Pea Protein:

Next on the list is Pea protein source; I'm sticking my neck out here by say pea protein.

Why am i pulling some kind of veggie nonsense?

I have good reason okay I'm not opposed to dairy I just told you that my top one would be that grass-fed whey. But Pea protein gives your digestive system a little bit of a break it's good to alternate now and then.

Sometimes veggie proteins help you it's still a complete protein still going to cause that insulin spike still going to cause your muscles in your cells to uptake that protein the same way that it would with dairy; it's just something different and it might leave a little bit less of a carbon footprint in your system.

How about Meat:

Next protein powder source that I recommend isn't even a powder, it's just meat .

Yeah!!!! just eat your whole foods and you know me I'm talking about good old-fashioned organic farm raised healthy quality meat.

After your workout you can definitely go ahead and have a nice organic chicken breast, I like have a nice lean piece of fish something that's sustainably caught something like cod.

You don't always need to have protein powders they are just that a supplement and they supplement to a good healthy diet and helps build a real body.

Alright now that everything’s said What about Casein Protein?

Just avoid them, why is casein protein bad? and why is it touted as something that you need to have before bed?

Casein protein digests slowly so they always tell us consume it before bed so you have a sustained release throughout the course of the night.

Okay people say that to sell you that casein protein, it is not critical and in fact it's actually bad for you and will actually hurt your gains and hurt your progress here's why.

When you consume casein protein it kind of turns into like this gelatinous substance within your intestinal tract it creates excess mucus and that is why it digests slower but it also inhibits the digestion of other good food you ate prior to that shake.

It hurts your gut bacteria here's a little science fact for you....

Casein protein contains something called BCM-7 it is a bio-active opioid.

Now literally what that means is, it triggers opioid receptors within your body; similar to drugs that would trigger the opioid receptors like morphine, Oxycontin. Things like that it actually is addictive that's why dairy becomes addictive.

Now some of you might think this is cool and you might go get hooked on dairy but the fact is it's not healthy for you it is slowing down your progress and it's not needed.

You'll get the casein protein that you need in small enough quantities from other sources of the protein you consume.

Next supplement I suggest you stay away from is going to be a beef protein isolate.

Okay traditional marketing will have you believe that a beef protein isolate is literally like beef just like good old-fashioned meat shakes, but it is not true.

If you do the math it’s going to cost you more that $200 per tub, these supplements contain poor cuts; it's basically tendon, collagen, bits and pieces like and that they've added amino acids to make it a “Complete Protein”

It's not good quality you're going to spend the money on that you're better off to just eat a nice lean piece of organic grass-fed beef.

Now hope I didn't scare you with this article I just wanted to give you some good solid insights about protein powder.

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