I understand people have different views on diets etc so I'm actually steering clear of the "more healthy and responsible" parts of protien and just focus on the main differences and benefits/drawbacks to each and then everyone can make their own "educated" choices.

The body needs protiens, it's a macronutrient usually found in food such as meats, dairy, beans etc...that the body breaks down into amino acids, the building blocks if you will. Out of the 22 amino acids, the human body cannot synthesize some of them on it's own and need to be supplied by diet, these are called the "essential" amino acids.

Now we need to look at "complete" and "incomplete" protiens, which are sources of protien that contain adequate proportions of the essential amino acids to sustain the dietary needs of the human body. With the exception of soy and quinoa, vegetable sources are usually significantly low in lysine and to a smaller extent methoinine and threonine and are therefore considered "incomplete". Animal, soy and quinoa sources are considered complete as they have significant proportions of all the essential aminos.

When looking at protien powders we need to be making sure they are "complete" and give you all of your essentials, if not, why supplement. You can get get "complete" vegetable based powders they just have to have added significant amounts of lysene and a smaller extent of threonine and methoinine to them to get them to be considered "complete" if they are not derived from soy or quinoa.

Protiens actually have a Biological Value scale with the bar being set by the Egg, which has a BV level of 100. (Eggs are a super food on a biological value scale by the way) When protiens are compared they are compared to the egg. Vegetable protien is lower on the scale and is generally absorbed slower by the body, however usually has higher levels of antioxidants. Soy is on the about the same level as the egg, is again absorbed slower. Whey has a higher BV then the egg and is absorbed much faster...which can lead to waste, I'll get into that shortly.


IF you are not constantly tearing down and rebuilding your body or are in a hypermetabolic state (healing etc...) then plant based protiens make sense for your body (as long as they are complete). They are effecient and have higher levels of antioxidants. If you need your protien to be absorbed quickly as your cells are constantly in need of building blocks to gain or maintain, then whey is the way to go.

I use whey due to my lifestyle, and I like cows. I like to eat cows, specifically steaks and ribs however I think any part of the cow covered in BBQ sauce is fair game in my book. I don't even care that the cow has been hopped up on hormones and steriods, in fact I say hop them up on antidepressants too so I know I'm eating a happy cow. It should be happy, because it's making me happy by eating it. When I die of heart disease or colon cancer, I'll die happy.

Somethings got to kill you it may as well make you happy right. If OC kills me I know I had a lot of good sex getting there I would've dodged that bullet with Gardasil if it were available or known to me but hey I'll take the consequences for the action...ahem.


Sorry for the ridiculous, I wouldn't be me if I didn't go there

Eric