More money is spent on protein powder and
whey than any other supplement and its important you understand exactly what you are buying or you will fall for the marketing hype and waste money.
Not exact matches
A twice daily dietary
supplement for 13 weeks containing
whey protein, leucine, and vitamin D (20 g
whey protein, 3 g total leucine, and 800 IU vitamin D) was given to older (~ 78 years) primarily independent - living sarcopenic adults and resulted in improved chair — stand test time and showed a greater gain in skeletal muscle mass
than the control group (and these results were repeated in
other studies).
Being a protein, collagen contributes to total protein intake, and has been proven helpful for maintaining lean muscle mass, particularly in the elderly.7, 8 In fact, collagen peptides may even be more effective for suppressing appetite
than some
other protein
supplements (
whey, casein, soy) according to one recent study.9 The only drawback is that collagen is not particularly high in leucine, which is the rate limiting factor for protein synthesis of muscle tissue.