The Health Benefits Of A High Protein Diet

A high protein diet has several health benefits that we don’t even consider. Most people look at protein as just a muscle building ingredient but it goes far beyond that. The amount of protein you should intake per day has been debated for centuries but the data tells us that a diet of 1-1.5g of protein per kg of bodyweight will give us the health benefits we desire.

It’s now easier than ever to increase our protein intake thanks to the sports nutrition market. A whey protein powder has now become a staple in every gym goers diet and it’s for good reason.

Whey Protein

Whey protein has been around for centuries. What most people don’t know is that for centuries whey was considered a “waste” byproduct of creating cheese from milk. It wasn’t until hippocrates discovered the health benefits of this “waste” and saw the great health benefits it provided. Even though this was 800 BC whey didn’t enter the consumer market as we know it until the 1940s. This was the first decade whey was advertised as a muscle building substance. Milk is made from 80% casein and 20% whey. The whey is the byproduct and this liquid byproduct is then filtered and dried into powder aka whey protein.

The different filtration processes create the different grades of whey protein. The 3 most popular are whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate and whey protein hydrolysate. Whey protein as we know it today has several benefits for both health in general and muscle building.

The infographic below tells us the benefits of a high protein diet. Whey protein can help increase your protein intake daily and is especially useful post workout as it’s rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream.

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