Hey, what's up guys?
Sean Nalewanyj, of EliteImpactLabs.com here, with a little bit of pre-workout coffee, just
about to head to the gym.
But before I do that I just wanted to record a quick video discussing briefly the difference
between organic grass-fed whey protein, and standard regular whey protein powder.
So, you know, as you've probably seen the kind of all-natural organic sort of dieting
approaches kind of all the rage these days, you know.
You go to the grocery store, and lying in the shelf, you've got organic this, organic
that, all-natural this, all-natural that.
This video is not discussing the differences between -- or not discussing organic guides
in general.
But what we're specifically talking about here is grass-fed whey protein versus non-grass-feed
whey protein?
And what the differences are between the two?
So, with this whole kind of organic craze that's going on, a lot of companies are now
offering grass-fed whey protein, which is obviously from cows that haven't been threaded
with any antibiotics or hormones, and that have been feed in a natural diet.
So, most people who use these products, obviously are using them for the purpose of avoiding
ingesting, you know, the hormones and antibiotics that are supposedly passed through to the
whey protein.
Now, if you're using grass-fed whey because it's a lifestyle choice, you know, some sort
of reason along those lines, not specifically about your own health, and that's totally
fine.
I'm not -- I'm not here to talk about that.
What I'm specifically talking about in this video are the health benefits of grass-fed
whey versus standard whey.
So, let's just go through it really briefly.
First -- you got three main issues basically.
You have antibiotics.
You have growth hormones.
And you have steroid hormones like testosterone.
So, let's just go through each one really quickly.
On the issue of growth hormone, yes, milk does contain a small amount of growth hormone
from the cow.
And whey is derived from milk obviously.
So, a small amount of that is passed through to the whey.
But you have to realize that what you're getting in the actual whey protein is the natural
growth hormone from the cow itself.
It's not a result of the exogenous hormone that is injected into the cow basically.
There's a lot of data.
I'll link it in the description box below actually, that shows that the growth hormone
content of grass-fed whey and regular whey does not actually differ.
And not only that, but the amount that we're dealing with here is so absolutely minuscule
that it's really just a complete non-issue.
We're literally talking about roughly 1microgram per liter.
And a microgram is 1, 1 millionth of a gram.
So, it's -- it's really just a total non-issue.
And not only that, but growth hormones are very delicate proteins.
And when you do ingest that, you're body is going to pretty much destroy it during the
process of digestion anyway.
But again, 1microgram is virtually nothing, not an issue.
Secondly, you've got the issue of antibiotics.
The thing to realize is that any reputable company, selling whey protein.
So, the whey protein that we sell at Elite Impact Labs, and I'm pretty confident in saying
that all of the big brands are going to be the same are going to be using milk that is
very rigorously tested for antibiotics.
And any batch of milk that contains any reasonable amount of antibiotics is going to be -- is
just going to be rejected and not used.
So, you really don't have to worry about antibiotics in that sense, because all of the milk that
is used, again, this is where whey protein is derived from is very heavily tested for
antibiotics.
And you're not going to get any significant amount in the resulting whey protein product.
And finally, you have the issue of steroid hormones like testosterone.
Again, similar to growth hormone, you are going to get a very, very small amount.
But again, we're dealing with amounts that are so small that they are virtually undetectable.
I mean, they're literally invisible to the naked eye.
And some of them can't even be detected.
And specifically, if you're using a pure whey isolate, because testosterone is fat soluble.
So, it's going to -- if it is going to be passed through at, it's going to be passed
through the fat content.
And if you're using a pure whey isolate product, you know, whey isolates are virtually fat-free.
I mean, for labeling purposes, there is 0grams of fat in a whey isolate.
And more specifically, you're probably dealing with about a 10th or a 20th of 1gram.
And then of that 10th or 20th of that 1gram, you know, a lot of that is being derived from
the soy lecithin that's in there, which is basically just used for flavoring purposes,
and they kind of bind the protein together.
So, again, a pure whey isolate is going to be virtually fat-free, almost none.
And therefore, you know, you're not going to get any -- any testosterone that's going
to be passed through that because there's -- there's no fat for it to dissolve them.
And then, again, even if a very small amount did get in there, we're dealing with an amount
so small that it would be basically undetectable.
It's not going to be a health concern.
So, it's really not something to worry about.
So, again, if you're using a grass-fed whey protein because of a lifestyle choice, you
know, you don't -- maybe you don't want to purchase products that are derived from cows
that are being pumped full of this stuff, or it's an environmental issue or whatever
happens to be, that's totally fine.
I get that.
But from a human health perspective, there's really going to be no difference between an
organic grass-fed whey protein products and a standard whey protein.
And specifically, if you -- if you really want to be on the safe side, you can go with
the standard whey isolate.
But I do think that even whey concentrates from this particular perspective, are going
to be fine as well.
And of course, if you do want to check out a high quality whey protein isolate product,
you can check out our IsoM3 formula over on EliteImpactLabs.com.
I'll link that in the description box below.
But again, as I said, I'm not just mentioning that because I'm trying to, you know, promote
our product.
Again, from this particular perspective, a whey concentrate is also going to be fine.
So, I hope you found the information in this video lesson useful.
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Thanks again, for watching.
I'm off to the gym.
And I'll talk to you again soon.