Many nutrients derived from normal food are the result of those nutrients combining with other chemicals in the body in a process that has taken many thousands of years to develop in the human body. Protein powders/supplements created in a lab often are not efficiently processed by the body and are expelled in the urine, sweat, and other ways.I'd like to hear more of an explanation for why that would be.
Is there some aspect of the powdering process which would interfere with the protease enzymes breaking down whey?
I was under the impression you absorbed MORE because it's already highly broken down, less chewing needed and all that.
If anything the concern is that it spikes quickly like sugar so you might run out.
that's why slow-digesting proteins like casein are taken before bed by some.
I actually prefer cottage cheese to that since I like the taste
This is why you'll see guys who were raised in the country - the hinterlands - who never used supplements and protein powders and yet they are enormously strong and physically big men with excellent physiques. They had access to high quality real food and lots of it. Whole foods, meat, fish, eggs, milk, potatoes, healthy bread, and vegetables.