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EricT · 08-22-2007, 01:19 PM

It'll change it no doubt. But whey can be heated and still be a good protein. It's temperature dependent to. Your just putting it in hot water to mix better you're not boiling it on the stove. Whey is used in all sorts of cooked products but I'd look at it like this: whey is supremely digestible as it is. Cooking it certainly is not going to improve it so it really can't do anything much good to it. But by the time you get it it's already been pasterized anyway when it was milk. I doubt just mixing it in hot water is going to be a huge deal and in the context of a high protein diet where you eat a lot and use alot of whey in general it shouldn't make too much of a difference.

I certainly wouldn't do that for pre/post workout and I would say most of you whey should not be served hot but I wouldn't worry about it a whole lot.

I know Will Brink has a bunch of protein bar recipes and what not featuring whey and that guy knows a whole lot about whey and nutrition in general.

Something I've been saying and am going to keep saying about whey and protein sups in general is that people are putting way too much stock in the "effectiveness" of them. Besides pre and post where the fast absorbing nature of whey (especially isolate but any whey really) gives it a huge advantage it comes down to one thing. If how you use a protein supplement makes a difference then probably you are not getting enough protein and good nutrition in general. Protein sups are just to top off your protein in that regard and if you don't worry about how you grill your steak and it's "effectiveness" I don't see why anyone should worry that way about their protein powders.