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Old 10-23-2005, 03:51 PM
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Okay well I was looking for the answer to your question and I couldn't find a clear cut answer this is what I found though.

PROTEIN
For Ladies


Right now in the health food shops and fitness
centres there are various brands of protein
promoting they are just for women. The marketing
of these proteins seem to suggest that women need
different protein than men to achieve weight loss,
increase muscle definition and tone up. The fact of
the matter is that the human body, whether male or
female are made up of the same proteins. To
suggest that there are gender specific proteins is a
down right lie. The make up of muscles, enzymes,
skin, hair, nails, bones, blood, all the tissues in our
body, are the same for both males or females. To
trick women into believing there is a protein just
for them is deceiving and degrading. Women are
lead to believe that protein not labelled as women's
protein will make them bulk up and put on too
much muscle. This is far from the truth! A lot of
these so called women's proteins use the cheapest
proteins you can get. We all know that cheaply
processed proteins can cause bloating and
flatulence. Some women already have enough
embarrassing problems with bloating without
adding more fuel to the fire. Health food shops
and fitness centres promote these proteins to the
ladies because they are cheap and they can make a
bigger profit from them. Another thing is that these
proteins are promoted for weight loss. They have
pictures of slim figures on the container suggesting
that taking this protein will make you end up like
the picture on the tub. How are you going to get in
shape when the carbohydrate, fat and sugar
content of the protein is quite high and in some
cases higher than the protein content!

The Best Protein for Women to Use

A lot of people judge a protein by the amount of
amino acids it has per serving. This is true in
regards to comparing the amount of protein in the
product against another but it is not related to the
performance of the product or the amount of 'bio-
active' peptides in the protein. It's the 'bio-active'
peptides that have the specific functions within our
body and not the individual amino acids.
The amino acids are the building blocks for the
peptides. Every function in our body requires these
peptides. From producing hormones to keep us youthful looking to helping our liver produce enzymes to convert body fat into energy. Unless these are in an isolated form then the possibility of them being absorbed intact is very remote. Therefore it is the amount and type of isolated peptides which governs the best protein and not the quantity of protein or the amino acid profile. Unfortunately, most commercial proteins, if not all have a very small amount of these peptides and they are not in an isolated form.
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