Protein and the Rule of Three - Part 4

Why is it that not a single, viable protein supplement exists? Apparently it's harder than putting a man on the moon!

Isolated proteins do not fit humans, not even animals

Let's talk for a minute about supplemental protein: isolated proteins, the most popular protein source for commercial protein powder products, should never be consumed by themselves. Let me say this clearly: the human species has never adapted to being able to consume an isolated protein by itself. Proteins should never be consumed alone; particularly isolated proteins from plants. Protein is not a good fuel. We as humans have adapted to "whole foods" and in order for protein to be fully bio-available, protein should always be accompanied by either carbohydrate or fat. Ideally if the protein is pared with a carbohydrate, the carb source should be very low glycemic or fibrous. Unfortunately, the health and fitness industry has promoted a "carb-a-phobic" mentality, witness the Atkins diet disaster, etc. Supplement makers created this monster protein, isolated protein, a protein that is totally unfit for human consumption. They pair this monster isolated protein with no fat and no carbohydrate but rather with chemical additives. When we drink this stuff it is poisonous. When the commercial protein powder is heated and processed during manufacturing, the chemical and heat processing destroys many of the valuable amino acids: methionine, cysteine and taurine. These amino acids play critical roles within the human body. Isolation implies acid and heat and these two factors destroy essential amino acids. Processing also destroys another essential amino acid, lysine, a precursor for the amino acid carnitine, which is critical for all fat metabolisms. There can be no fat metabolism without the carnitine-related enzyme, CPT (carnitine palmitoyl transferase). CPT mobilizes fatty acid and brings it into the mitochondria on the "carnitine shuttle." Once inside the mitochondria, fatty acids can be oxidized for utilization. Entry into the mitochondria is regulated by the activity of the carnitine shuttle. Any impairment in this entry severely compromises the body's capacity to metabolize fat. Any impairment has devastating consequences for energy utilization, sex hormone production, neuron protection, immune system integrity and the overall survival of the organism.

When we pick food we need to go back to the three benchmarks; we need to observe our Rule of Three: Low glycemic, all natural, great taste.

It is very frustrating. We can send a man to the moon yet we cannot create a proper protein product. In my opinion, the bodybuilding and fitness supplementation industry produces products that are below the level of expertise and potency contained in pet food products - I kid you not! Isolated protein and soy protein are inexpensive and appeal to the protein maker. The makers of soy protein advertise lots of pseudo science designed to convince you that soy is a superior protein - when it fact it is vastly inferior! They typically point to the Japanese diet and say it is superior to the western diet on account of soy. They want to convince you that soy is incredibly beneficial; soy is a complete protein, they tell us. If you are to believe the soy proponents, soy possesses almost magical powers. They present soy protein as the supplemental protein solution, one particularly applicable and appealing to the vegetarian. Nothing could be further from the truth. Real research shows that continual soy protein consumption can be extremely dangerous for both humans and animals. Apparently even Japanese people suffer the consequences of over-consumption of soy products. There is some evidence that there is a correlation between soy consumption and retardation of growth in children, loss of virility in men, the suppression of certain sex hormones, loss of cognitive function in elderly people, increased risk of breast cancer in women, when you comb through the research on soy protein, it's a horror show.

Soy protein is enriched with massive amounts of estrogen. Why in the hell would we voluntarily agree to inject a toxic cocktail into our bodies? Yet the soy public relation machine rolls on, and so many people want desperately to believe that soy protein is the answer, particularly the vegetarian who thinks eating meat is toxic or criminal or just plain cruel and awful. If they only knew the truth about their favored alternative: the substance they've chosen in order to avoid eating animal flesh may be worse for them than meat! How pathetically ironic! Again, when we pick food we need to go back to the three benchmarks. We need to observe our Rule of Three: low glycemic, all natural, great taste. Avoid sugar and refined starch; so many health food products are loaded with these high glycemic insulin killer substances. Pick up any diet candy bar replacement and read the ingredients. Most have 15 to 40 grams of sugar! Yet they position themselves as a healthy replacement for sweets. The low carb products aren't better. Virtually all of them are loaded with chemical additives, synthetic sugar alcohol and artificial sweeteners. We've never adapted to these liver-destroying bloat-causing substances. Look for sugar alcohol disguised as a carbohydrate; this is a trick supplement makers use to avoid having to list their sweeteners as a sugar. Look at the incredible number of chemicals used to construct these dietary food products. You can go to the shopping mall health food store and start reading all the labels on all the products, trying to find a single all natural product that is low glycemic and tastes great; you can read the ingredients and taste every single product in the store and not find one single product that satisfies our simple Rule of Three! How simple could it be to construct such a product, much less a series of products that satisfies the Rule of Three? Apparently it is harder than putting a man on the moon!

With that said, I'd like to introduce you to a new Meal Replacement Shake that we've just made available for purchase. It's an all natural, pesticide free, great tasting, low glycemic, high quality protein meal replacement with a fantastic vanilla flavoring. All that - and it didn't even require the use of a space shuttle!