(NaturalHealth365) Whey protein benefits are not exclusively intended for athletic people. The truth is whey protein appears to be able to halt a host of pathologies including cancer and HIV. Whey, the major protein found in milk, is also known for restoring and sustaining cellular energy.
New studies show whey to be a powerful cancer inhibitor, which makes it both a preventive agent and a supplement that profoundly affects the growth rate of cancerous cells. Interestingly, whey protein has the ability to temper free radical bioactivity of cancer cells – as proven by its ability to behave like a chemotherapy agent.
If you want to make your body an “unfriendly” environment for cancer cells to grow – then you may want to consider adding whey protein into your diet. Just be sure the source of your whey protein is from grass-fed cows and don’t eat any (unwanted) non-organic milk by-products or food additives.
As far as I've understood from my recent studies, whey protein upregulates insuline with its anabolic effect. This is probably due to its high content in methionine, which also stimulates the strong growth factor IGF-1, or Insulin-like growth factor 1. These two guys are called the IIS (insuline+IGF-1 Signal).
the IIS is oen of those biological master switches which triggers growth + proliferation. Growth + proliferation means a mroe favourable environment for the reproduction of cancer cells.
Besides, whey proteins are also rich in leucine, and aminoacid which triggers mTOR, another master switch which if activated may promote cancer proliferation.
Last but not least, even if coming from grass fed cattle, whey powder is not fresh whey, it has been processed in some manner.
I do not know about the statements in the article. My info would suggest that taking whey proteins is a very bad idea for cancer prevention and prevention of degenerative diseases.
