As our society becomes more health conscious and aware of the importance of lifestyle factors contributing to our own personal well-being, the idea that what we eat influences not only how we look but how we feel and even how resilient we are to disease is becoming more and more mainstream.  Whey protein as a food supplement and health aid goes way back, beyond its use of increasing muscle mass in body builder’s in the last few decades, back to the proliferation of “Whey houses” in Western Europe during the 1800s which drew in patients with a wide range of illness from intestinal ailments to arthritis.  People in Turkey and Russia valued the whey beverage as a health elixir.   

Nowadays, people are looking to incorporate so-called “Super Foods” into their diet for a variety of reasons including better health, vitality and longevity.  Whey protein is considered one of those super foods.   Whey is valued for its high protein content, immune system strengthening properties, weight management properties and diabetes control properties, cardiovascular health effects and soothing effects on the gastrointestinal system or your gut.  Below I will describe how whey is able to accomplish these improvements and why different animal sources of whey may be more suitable for some people.