Which is better - whey or egg protein

An overview about whey and egg proteins, comparison and information about their structure, digestion and benefits.

New York City, CA (prHWY.com) July 19, 2012 - Whey and egg are both the highest-quality sources of dietary protein. Deciding which is better depends on your health and your health goals, as their characteristics are considerably different. Furthermore, depending on how you plan to consume either of these proteins, they can play a role with other nutrients in your diet that you may possibly look at as an extra or a detriment. Always seek advise from your doctor or your health-care provider for advice on the advantages of egg and whey proteins for your particular condition.

Structure

Since both whey and egg are from animal sources, the protein in egg and whey are nutritionally complete; which is, they contain all the essential amino acids your body requires. Whey proteins, are specially high in the branched-chain amino acids -- leucine, isoleucine and valine -- which help to enhance protein synthesis in the muscle tissue and help to maintain your lean muscle. For that matter, whey protein is higher in leucine than the protein from egg, soy or milk. If your workout goal is to build more muscle or preserve your lean body mass, whey may be a better option than egg protein.

Digestibility

Whey and egg proteins are two of the most highly digestible proteins of any food, which, therefore, interacts to how well your body can make use of the amino acids they possess. Egg protein has a somewhat higher protein efficiency relation, a measure of growth rate when compared to protein consumption, than whey. Whey, on the contrary, shows a slightly higher biological advantage than egg protein. Biological value aspects in how much of a protein's nitrogen incorporates into tissue relative to how much is actually absorbed. Net protein consumption is similar to biological value, except that it balances nitrogen incorporation to the quantity of ingested protein. In this field, egg protein offers a small edge over whey. In terms of digestibility, none of them prove substantial superiority over the other.

Additional Nutrients

Egg protein and whey vary in the associated nutrients they may bring to your diet. For instance, if you eat egg protein as whole eggs, you also take in all the fats, and vitamins included in the whole egg. Whey protein products vary, and can have between 20 and 95 percent protein and varying levels of fat and the lactose. For that reason, if you are lactose intolerant, egg protein may be better for your body in comparison to whey. However, if you want to avoid fat and cholesterol, there is a pure form of whey, named the whey protein isolates, containing only 0.5 percent fat, and less than 1 g of lactose, may be a far better choice than whole eggs or egg protein powder.

Considerations

In addition, whey can be more expensive than whole food proteins such as eggs. Even so, whey protein powders or shakes can be more handy and effortless than eggs in terms of preparing and consuming. Whether one is better to the other thus also depends on your personal preference.

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