Hydrolyzed Protein.....
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Cathlete
Hi!
To the best of my knowledge Hydrolyzed Protein means that a hydrogen molecule has been added to the protein. And to the best of my knowlege, it's not as good as eating real protein. I do know for certain that adding a hydrogen molecule (hydrogenated oils) to oil is very bad for the body. The body cannot utilize that kind of oil, and it acts not as a food, but as a toxin in the body.
I'm not certain if the same thing happens with protein, but if it were me, I'd make my own protein bars (easy to do) instead of buying the store bought ones. The store bought ones are little more than a candy bar -- most are loaded with sugar, and it's so easy to make your own.
If you want, I can give you a recipe for protein bars that taste good and have not an ounce of sugar in them.
Hope this helps at least a little.
To the best of my knowledge Hydrolyzed Protein means that a hydrogen molecule has been added to the protein. And to the best of my knowlege, it's not as good as eating real protein. I do know for certain that adding a hydrogen molecule (hydrogenated oils) to oil is very bad for the body. The body cannot utilize that kind of oil, and it acts not as a food, but as a toxin in the body.
I'm not certain if the same thing happens with protein, but if it were me, I'd make my own protein bars (easy to do) instead of buying the store bought ones. The store bought ones are little more than a candy bar -- most are loaded with sugar, and it's so easy to make your own.
If you want, I can give you a recipe for protein bars that taste good and have not an ounce of sugar in them.
Hope this helps at least a little.
Karen, thanks so much for the reply. I stay far away from anything contaning hydrogenated oils and that's why I was asking about the protein. I think I'll stay away from anything contaning hydrolyzed protein, too.
Please post your protein bar recipe! I'm always looking for non or low sugar protein bars!
Thanks, again.
Alexandra
Please post your protein bar recipe! I'm always looking for non or low sugar protein bars!
Thanks, again.
Alexandra
Author
Cathlete
Hi!
I was gone all day yesterday and so didn't get a chance to post this.
This is a recipe for protein bars that my family and I love. Note: I wouldn't use hydrolized protein, however, as I'm not certain how healthy that is. I know that the reason hydrogen is added to oil is to increase shelf-life of the oil -- but at the expense of the consumer. Not sure if it's the same thing for the protein, but until I found out with certainty, I'd use only those proteins that are straight protein. Those you find at a Health Food Store usually.
There's four different kinds of protein powders that you can use for this recipe, depending on what you want to use. Soy or rice or whey or egg white protein. Some people stay away from soy, although it does contain properties that are good for women as it contains phytoestrogens (estrogens derived from plants -- which often help women). However, if someone has suffered from cancer or such, soy is not a good choice, as estrogen also says to the body "grow."
Anyway, here's the recipe.
1 cup soy protein or rice protein powder
3/4 cup whey or egg white protein powder
7/8 teaspoons of pure stevia (no fillers in the stevia) the best tasting brand of stevia I've found is KAL brand. If you get a stevia with fillers, the amount used would be 7 teaspoons -- the fillers make stevia less sweet so you have to use more. Note: stevia is a very sweet herb that has been used as a sweetner for thousands of years in South America with no effect on the blood sugar levels and no calories. In over a thousand years of use, there's not been a single adverse reaction to using this herb noted.
2 tablespoons vegetable glycerin (get this at a Health Food Store)
2 tablespoons clarified butter
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon flaxseed oil -- or if no flaxseed oil, use 3 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons liquid lecithin -- get this also at a Health Food Store
Mix all ingredients together until you get a crumbly, but firm dough -- if using rice protein powder, you might need to add a little more lecithin. The texture should go together well and not be sticky.
Press into 1/4 cup shapes and refrigerate.
If you don't eat chocolate, let me know, as I also have an Almond Butter protein bar recipe.
Have fun. Like I said, my family and I love these -- hope you do, too.:9
I was gone all day yesterday and so didn't get a chance to post this.
This is a recipe for protein bars that my family and I love. Note: I wouldn't use hydrolized protein, however, as I'm not certain how healthy that is. I know that the reason hydrogen is added to oil is to increase shelf-life of the oil -- but at the expense of the consumer. Not sure if it's the same thing for the protein, but until I found out with certainty, I'd use only those proteins that are straight protein. Those you find at a Health Food Store usually.
There's four different kinds of protein powders that you can use for this recipe, depending on what you want to use. Soy or rice or whey or egg white protein. Some people stay away from soy, although it does contain properties that are good for women as it contains phytoestrogens (estrogens derived from plants -- which often help women). However, if someone has suffered from cancer or such, soy is not a good choice, as estrogen also says to the body "grow."
Anyway, here's the recipe.
1 cup soy protein or rice protein powder
3/4 cup whey or egg white protein powder
7/8 teaspoons of pure stevia (no fillers in the stevia) the best tasting brand of stevia I've found is KAL brand. If you get a stevia with fillers, the amount used would be 7 teaspoons -- the fillers make stevia less sweet so you have to use more. Note: stevia is a very sweet herb that has been used as a sweetner for thousands of years in South America with no effect on the blood sugar levels and no calories. In over a thousand years of use, there's not been a single adverse reaction to using this herb noted.
2 tablespoons vegetable glycerin (get this at a Health Food Store)
2 tablespoons clarified butter
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon flaxseed oil -- or if no flaxseed oil, use 3 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons liquid lecithin -- get this also at a Health Food Store
Mix all ingredients together until you get a crumbly, but firm dough -- if using rice protein powder, you might need to add a little more lecithin. The texture should go together well and not be sticky.
Press into 1/4 cup shapes and refrigerate.
If you don't eat chocolate, let me know, as I also have an Almond Butter protein bar recipe.
Have fun. Like I said, my family and I love these -- hope you do, too.:9
Author
Cathlete
Hi Alexandra,
Hope you enjoy the recipe. If you like it, I also have a delicious (though not a lo carb) cookie recipe that my family also loves. I have to watch it on that one, as I really like it, but it's not lo carb and I tend to overeat them... Sigh...
Oh, yes, Splenda has some negative feedback now that it's been on the market long enough. It is a chemical basically similar to eating insecticide (I think I've misspelled that). Atkins thoughts were that it simply washed out of the body without staying in the body to do any damage, but it's now becoming evident that it can, indeed, stay in the body. Stevia is a safer sweetner -- you just have to get used to it -- and not all stevia's are alike in quality or taste. Personally I like the KAL brand -- very little aftertaste.
Have fun and a terrific weekend.
Hope you enjoy the recipe. If you like it, I also have a delicious (though not a lo carb) cookie recipe that my family also loves. I have to watch it on that one, as I really like it, but it's not lo carb and I tend to overeat them... Sigh...
Oh, yes, Splenda has some negative feedback now that it's been on the market long enough. It is a chemical basically similar to eating insecticide (I think I've misspelled that). Atkins thoughts were that it simply washed out of the body without staying in the body to do any damage, but it's now becoming evident that it can, indeed, stay in the body. Stevia is a safer sweetner -- you just have to get used to it -- and not all stevia's are alike in quality or taste. Personally I like the KAL brand -- very little aftertaste.
Have fun and a terrific weekend.
Author
Cathlete
Hi Alexandra,
My brother-in-law looked up hydrolyzed protein and found that it is a kind of protein that is water processed, making it pre-digested. It actually has nothing to do with hydrogen (doesn't have that extra hydrogen molecule) and isn't in any way like hydrogenated oils. Because it's pre-digested, it's actually an okay type of protein.
Just thought I'd let you know. I was wondering, too, and tried to find out at my Health Food Store today, but couldn't and so my brother-in-law looked it up tonight.
It should be okay.
Have a great evening.
My brother-in-law looked up hydrolyzed protein and found that it is a kind of protein that is water processed, making it pre-digested. It actually has nothing to do with hydrogen (doesn't have that extra hydrogen molecule) and isn't in any way like hydrogenated oils. Because it's pre-digested, it's actually an okay type of protein.
Just thought I'd let you know. I was wondering, too, and tried to find out at my Health Food Store today, but couldn't and so my brother-in-law looked it up tonight.
It should be okay.
Have a great evening.
Hello!
Thanks for posting again on the subject. You know, I have noticed some protein powders list "pre digested" protein as an ingredient, but to me, that didn't sound good either. I tried doing a search on the internet for both hydrolyzed and pre digested protein and came up with a whole bunch of hits (very overwhelming). Anyway, I really didn't read anything negative, so I'm not going to worry about it.
BTW, I tried the protein bar recipe this weekend and I think I may have done something wrong; although, the bars were good, the wern't like bars; they were more a pudding/soft chewy consistency even after refrigerated. Was I supposed to use a combination of the flours or just the 3/4 cups of egg or protein powder? I chose protein.
Thanks,
Alexandra
>Hi Alexandra,
>
>My brother-in-law looked up hydrolyzed protein and found that
>it is a kind of protein that is water processed, making it
>pre-digested. It actually has nothing to do with hydrogen
>(doesn't have that extra hydrogen molecule) and isn't in any
>way like hydrogenated oils. Because it's pre-digested, it's
>actually an okay type of protein.
>
>Just thought I'd let you know. I was wondering, too, and
>tried to find out at my Health Food Store today, but couldn't
>and so my brother-in-law looked it up tonight.
>
>It should be okay.
>
>Have a great evening.
Thanks for posting again on the subject. You know, I have noticed some protein powders list "pre digested" protein as an ingredient, but to me, that didn't sound good either. I tried doing a search on the internet for both hydrolyzed and pre digested protein and came up with a whole bunch of hits (very overwhelming). Anyway, I really didn't read anything negative, so I'm not going to worry about it.
BTW, I tried the protein bar recipe this weekend and I think I may have done something wrong; although, the bars were good, the wern't like bars; they were more a pudding/soft chewy consistency even after refrigerated. Was I supposed to use a combination of the flours or just the 3/4 cups of egg or protein powder? I chose protein.
Thanks,
Alexandra
>Hi Alexandra,
>
>My brother-in-law looked up hydrolyzed protein and found that
>it is a kind of protein that is water processed, making it
>pre-digested. It actually has nothing to do with hydrogen
>(doesn't have that extra hydrogen molecule) and isn't in any
>way like hydrogenated oils. Because it's pre-digested, it's
>actually an okay type of protein.
>
>Just thought I'd let you know. I was wondering, too, and
>tried to find out at my Health Food Store today, but couldn't
>and so my brother-in-law looked it up tonight.
>
>It should be okay.
>
>Have a great evening.
Author
Cathlete
Hi!
They were runny, huh? Let's see -- if using soy, it's one cup of soy and 3/4 cup of whey or egg white protein -- you need to use the two different proteins. Or if using rice protein, it's one cup of rice protein and 3/4 cup of whey or egg white protein -- again two different kinds of protein powders.
Apparently when the protein is pre-digested, it makes it easier for the stomach to digest it. They were enzymes to pre-digest it. I know with soy and with whey this is helpful, as they are sometimes hard to digest.
Hope this helps.
They were runny, huh? Let's see -- if using soy, it's one cup of soy and 3/4 cup of whey or egg white protein -- you need to use the two different proteins. Or if using rice protein, it's one cup of rice protein and 3/4 cup of whey or egg white protein -- again two different kinds of protein powders.
Apparently when the protein is pre-digested, it makes it easier for the stomach to digest it. They were enzymes to pre-digest it. I know with soy and with whey this is helpful, as they are sometimes hard to digest.
Hope this helps.