I suppose this article from an edition of our newsletter last fall will come across as a bit self serving here, but it will give you a lot of insight.
I'm not so sure I would not just recommend quality table foods in your situation, Red. Hard boiled eggs are a good value and are fairly fast to digest and assimilate.
I completely agree with Rob that a powder either delivers beyond table foods or I'd rather eat steak with my money.
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>> Losing it's WHEY: An Inside Look at the Protein Market <<
EGG'CELENT?
The year is 1992. The protein powder touted as best in ads is Milk
and EGG. It doesn't dissolve into suspension and tastes like chalk.
The real crime though, was in the manipulation of buyer assumption:
Egg was touted as the highest quality protein of all, but if you looked
at the studies carefully you noticed something curious. WHOLE egg
(including yolk) was what that biological value was predicated upon.
What was in those metallic lined cans? It wasn't whole egg. It was
high heat dried egg white powder of dubious origin and quality.
1993: ENTER WHEY PROTEIN
The new kid on the block barges in. Much more soluble, and boasting
an honestly high biological value. Consumers noticed a BIG difference.
As the research continued to unfold, whey's health and muscle building
benefits really started to pour in. A year later, whey was here to stay!
At the forefront was the MASS distributorship, offering the highest
quality name brand whey protein available at the time.
1994: THINGS STARTED TO CHANGE
Whey protein got so hot, so fast that copycats sprang up left and right.
Worse, original formulas changed overnight. As research progressed, the
quality of whey proteins on the market re-gressed in quality. In haste
to make more whey faster (and cheaper), the big brands began drying
with heat and/or using unnatural chemical production to cut corners.
It all became about driving the production costs lower. Some brands were
watered down to being virtually worthless. Today, you can find one which
was once a good brand, that now goes for $41.99 for 5 lbs. The original
non big pharma version of it was almost that price for 2 pounds!
How did they cut costs so much? They changed to heat processing, and
cheap carbohydrates became the second ingredient in the "protein blend".
Wondering what happened to the top quality name brand whey the MASS
distributorship was stocking? Out of the blue in late summer 1995, it fell
from grace, too. This one had led the pack. Cold processed, easy mixing
and worked worlds better than egg protein. It even tasted good.
That all changed one day when a 'New, Improved!' version took the place
of the original, without warning. It had a new slicker label, huge fanfare.
The problem was, when one looked closer it was discovered the protein
content had been slashed almost 35%! And the taste, totally destroyed
by lacing it with uncalled for b-vitamins (what's called 'window dressing'
in the industry). Sadly, it was now also heat processed...
This was no big advancement as proclaimed. It was lipstick on a pig!
It was such a HUGE step backward and so ill received by (fast becoming
former) loyalists and serious distributors like MASS that in record time
you could hardly even find this once top brand of protein anymore.
OCTOBER 1995: A PHOENIX RISES
Fortunately, it was at this very point in time when the heralded and
most favored serious whey formula was about to get a new lease on life.
Prompted by athlete outcry, the #1 original whey formula was acquired by
John Drake of MASS and quickly re-introduced as 'MASS PRO Whey Protein'.
And thus, just like that, the good stuff was back! MASS PRO Whey Protein
was born, rising like a phoenix to fill the needs of serious athletes.
REAL PROGRESS
Today, in October of 2009, MASS PRO Whey Protein celebrates it's 14th
Anniversary. The MASS PRO name has earned a sterling reputation along
the way as one of the very finest protein powers in the world. To the point
of being trusted and recommended by medical professionals.
Compared to the other whey powders and their fall from grace, each upgrade
of MASS PRO has been to legitimately enhance the performance, health and
wellness attributes of what began as the best rated protein powder formula.
Today, it remains a vastly superior protein of true world class quality, for
14 years running.
*Read More about it*
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