Comments on: Is Denatured Protein Good For Bodybuilders?

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:20:37 +0000

@Younes. TSPA will get you there faster even if you were 30% body fat.
But you don’t need to pay extra for hydrolyzed whey; it won’t do anything that regular whey won’t. Also, fasted cardio is unnecessary. You can do it any time, see this https://musclehack.com/cardio-in-the-morning-on-an-empty-stomach/

By: younes from Morocco

younes from Morocco — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:02:05 +0000

Hi mark. I am a big fan of your work and i think that you are doing a wonderful job here.thank you.
I am welling to try the M.A.N.S. Dite with a small change to make it work for loosing fat and building some muscles by just manipulating my daily totale calories to make a deficit of 300 to 500 calories by day and using of course HIIT 3 times a week on non weight lifting days (3 days a week full body workouts) and i want to use hydrolyzed whey protine isolate, and becoz i want to train (hiit and weight lifting) in the morning i wonder if is it fine with the MANS diet to use only HWPI first thing in the morning before my fasted hiit morning and then after it and also with some oats and nuts before my morning weight lifting workout i ask this coz i did some reaserch and found that (like you said in previous articales) WPI and BCAAs are a good insuline releasers, so in MANS we should avoid insuline spikes (except after workouts) especialy if we want to loose some fat. so what you think about that. and by the way the only reason why a didnt want to use your TSPA is that iam over 16 percent body fat and i dindt workout its been now almost 2 years so after i go under 16 percent i will go TSPA.
sorry about all this, and happy holydays.thanks.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:53:26 +0000

@Bala. All chickens? What hormones? What parts of the world is this happening? What are your sources?
@Michael. Yes grass-fed beef is going to be more nutritionally beneficial. It depends on what you’re cooking with. Use coconut oil as it can be heated to high temps.
@Graham. There’s nothing “wrong” with it per say, but it’s unnecessary and expensive. The vast majority of my protein comes from food.

By: jdiezill

jdiezill — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 19:36:58 +0000

The source of the whey is of primary importance, as is the way it’s processed. Most commercial whey products are derived from pasteurized dairy and processed with heat and acid. Many are also artificially sweetened. Of particular interest is a 2010 Consumer Report study looking at 15 of the most bought brands of protein and tested each for heavy metal content (lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium), the results were pretty staggering.

Whey from organic grass-fed dairy contains beneficial immuno components, including immunoglobins, bovine serum albomin, and lactoferins, in addition to all the key amino acids and other beneficial nutrients you typically get from a high quality whey protein or natural source.

I think this is a good, better, best scenario. All protein powders are not created equally and I would suggest everyone read the study and then assess their own risk:reward ratio.

Some good guidelines to follow when picking a why protein:

– Whey that is derived from grass-fed cows that are not treated with pesticides or hormones
-Cold processed, since heat destroys whey’s fragile molecular structure
-Whey protein concentrate, not protein isolates
-Sweetened naturally, not artificially, and low in carbohydrates
-Highly digestible—look for medium chain fatty acids (MCTs), not long chain fatty acids

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 19:20:52 +0000

Hey Mark,

What timing.
I was going to ask you what you thought about getting the majority of your Protein from supplements ie, Whey?
I read an article somewhere, where the guy got most of his Protein from Whey as it was cheaper to get the quantities he needed rather than eating meat and fish which can be expensive.

I’d like to know your thoughts.

Rgds, Graham

P.s great site Mark! 😉

By: T-Dog

T-Dog — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 18:29:32 +0000

Sometimes companies claim whey concentrate is better because it still has retained “growth factors.” And, is ion-exchange whey isolate dangerous in some way say compared to cross-flow microfiltration? Does it matter?
I have wondered about the denatured protein arguments.
Thanks, Mark. Good article.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 17:05:27 +0000

Hi Mark, have you ever checked out the bulletproof diet? It’s like more developed than paleo and this guy basically talks a huge amount about the food sources e.g grass fed butter and beef etc and how you should cook the food at low temperatures to avoid oxidising the fats which is apparently bad? I’d love to hear your opinion on this Mark 🙂

By: Bala

Bala — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 15:17:31 +0000

But chickens are injected with hormones … Are’nt they more dangerous than the protein content they give us ??

By: Dai

Dai — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:27:04 +0000

I bet it’s some supplement company trying to push lies and BS again. Someone should have told the body builders from the 40’s to the 70’s don’t eat meat or eggs it won’t help build muscle.

Who the hell is coming out with this shit!

By: William

William — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:56:52 +0000

Great article Mark. Glad to get that cleared up!