The reason that there is little hype about this is because the supplement industry makes millions of dollars every year. I’m sure you have seen that people buy protein powders by the tub load, I have myself and you may have too. If people start to realise that they don’t need all this stuff and stop buying, the supplement industry will crash and burn very quickly. They can’t afford to have that happen.

Brad states some interesting research in his book that there is not science studies out there that show proof that protein is anabolic. It’s quite confronting to read this and I felt quite emotional about it at first. But I’m prepared to test things and I did a 12 week program and didn’t take any pre or post workout protein shakes and just stuck to 3 meals a day of whole food. I didn’t lose any muscle mass at all and I did gain some strength.

I’m convinced that you don’t need protein powder. There’s nothing wrong with protein powder and if you have commitments in your life and skip some meals you might find protein powder useful. But just don’t think that it’s essential and you can save a lot of money.