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I don’t know if you realize this but

there’s this one protein that can raise

insulin

way more than white bread

way more than actual glucose that

protein is

whey protein so today let’s discuss whey

protein and is it good is it bad what’s

my thoughts on it what about can it

knock you out of ketosis so white bread

can increase the insulin by 87 percent

and if we compare that to whey protein

powder that can increase insulin by a

factor of 139 percent now normally when

we eat sugar okay the blood sugar goes

up and then insulin comes in there and

pushes it down but whey protein is not

sugar okay

it is amino acids then those amino acids

get absorbed very very quickly and so

they have an interesting fact because

they raise insulin but apparently they

don’t spike your blood sugars in fact

there’s been studies that show that if

you’re eating whey protein after a meal

it can actually help lower your blood

sugars so potentially help a diabetic

now I don’t know if that’s true or not

but the point is if just think about it

if you’re consuming something that

raises insulin it’s going to then push

blood sugars down the other thing about

whey protein powder is that it also at

the same time when it increases insulin

it increases another opposing hormone

called glucagon which tends to kind of

neutralize some of the maybe a bad

effects of insulin I think a question

that people want to know is this would

whey protein knock me out of ketosis and

the answer is well yes because anything

that increases insulin will knock you

out of ketosis and then of course the

next question is will whey protein

powder increase weight gain well I don’t

think it does because we’re not

necessarily converting glucose into fat

what we are doing is we’re increasing

insulin

which has believe it or not a lot of

positive benefits especially if someone

has insulin resistance in fact if you

take a look at all of the symptoms that

relate to insulin resistance

they’re really a deficiency of insulin

why because with insulin resistance you

have the resistance and it takes greater

and greater amounts of insulin to create

the same effect so the question is will

whey protein powder create insulin

resistance well it’s a little bit of a

mixed review because you know a lot of

times when people take whey protein

powder they also exercise at the same

time

exercise improves insulin resistance so

the jury is still out on that I do know

that whey protein powder does stimulate

muscle growth but it also at the same

time stimulates a lot of other things

because it actually creates a hormonal

effect on your body so it may stimulate

other organs not just your muscles like

the prostate for example there’s also

been some data that it can protect the

liver

other data that says that it worsens the

liver it can create inflammation in the

liver increasing liver enzymes

especially if you take it without

exercising so

there’s a bit of a mixed reviews on

exactly what it does and what it doesn’t

do so would I recommend taking away

protein powder personally for me I don’t

take it because I don’t feel good on it

I also know that whey protein powder is

out of the natural milk complex so it

doesn’t have the casein in it it doesn’t

have any other nutrients in it versus

like if you had a fermented dairy like

cheese right it has everything in it

plus additional microbes so whey protein

powder is kind of considered like a

refined product but for some people it

can create some positive effects on

their muscles allowing amino acids to go

into the cells a little bit better maybe

after a workout but on the flip side you

have the whole egg and you also have

meat and you have fish which are a

better quality of amino acids plus you

get a lot of additional nutrients with

that plus you have less of an insulin

Spike but for certain people maybe in

competition with you know bodybuilding

um well they swear by it and it

apparently does help them so you might

just want to experiment for yourself and

see if it does help you and how you feel

after taking it but I wanted to give you

some additional data on whey protein

that you may have not heard before now

since we’re on the topic of dairy okay

and let’s say you’re on the ketogenic

plan if you haven’t seen this video you

should probably check it out I put it up

right here