Hey there everyone.
Paul from Ultimate Fat Burner.com here and today I'm going to answer a question which
on the surface seems a bit odd, "which is better, creatine or whey protein?"
I'll start the discussion in just a couple of moments, stick around don't go anywhere...
Hey there, welcome back, and thank you so very much for sticking around.
OK, so before the break I talked about answering a question that I've received many times over
the years and that is, "which is better, creatine or whey protein?."
And I said, on the surface it's seems like a bit of a strange question.
And the reason it's a strange question is because these two things are not related,
and as a result you wouldn't normally compare one to the other.
For example, you might ask, which is better, a Porsche or a Maserati?
This makes sense because you're comparing similar
things.
However, Asking whether creatine is better than Whey Protein is similar to asking whether
a car is better than a bulldozer?
It really depends on what you want to do with it.
A car is obviously better for some things, while a bulldozer is better for others.
So what I think most people are asking when they ask this question, is...
If I can only take one of these two supplements, which one one should it be?
That's the question I'm going to try to answer now.
Let's start by talking briefly about whey protein.
Now whey protein is a pretty awesome supplement.
It's high branched chain amino acids which are necessary for
muscle growth and it's especially high in leucine, an important branched chain amino
critical for muslce protein synthesis.
It contains minimal carbs and fats, and it offers a truckload of additional benefits
beyond its mere protein and amino acid content - and I've done videos that discuss these
benefits in so I won 't go into detail here.
However, at the end of the day, what you have to remember is that despite all the advertising
hype whey protein is food.
Buying a jug of it is not going to change your life, build slabs of rock hard muscle
overnight, make you run faster or strip off pounds of ugly bodyfat.
If you're thinking it's critical for athletic performance or bodybuilding, remember whey
protein wasn't even readily available on the market before the
late 1980's, and plenty of people built pretty impressive physiques without ever consuming
a drop of the stuff.
Ever heard of Arnold Schwarzenegger?
He won 6 Mr. Olympias long before whey protein graced the shelves of any
store.
So whey protein is not a necessity.
You can build muscle just fine without it if you consume plenty of protein in your diet
already, preferrably from lean sources of pork, chicken, beef, turkey and fish.
Wehy protein becomes more important to you if your diet is lacking in protein, or you
need a super efficient, low fat and convenient way to boost your protein intake.
And what about creatine?
Well, creatine - and I'm talking about creatine monohydrate here, not any of the other variations
available on the marketplace - is not food, and even though it does occur naturally in
some foods, you can't realistically consume an effective dose without supplementation.
In other words, while the argument for supplementing with whey protein decreases with the more
quality protein you consume daily from other sources, the argument for creatine supplementation
never decreases, because you can't obtain the effects of creatine through diet - you
have to supplement.
So which is better for you, creatine or whey protein?
Well, keeping in mind that neither product is going to make hugely dramatic changes overnight,
here's what I'd recommend...
If your diet sucks and you do not consume adequate amounts of quality protein, then
there's really no point in experimenting with creatine.
Whether or not you want to add a protein into the mix, or simply try to eat more sources
of lean protein daily is entirely up to you, but a protein supplment makes more sense in
this case.
On the other hand, if your diet is good and you're already consuming plenty of lean protein
in your diet, then - provided you're using it for anaerboic activities - like bodybuilding,
power lifting and strength training - by all means, give creatine monohydrate a try.
Alright guys, hope that helps you answer the question, "which is better creatine or whey
protein?"
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