How Do You Think ON Gold Standard WHEY Compares To The Designer Standard WHEY Product?
Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard is a whey protein isolate, while Designer Whey is a whey protein hydrolysate. The main difference in simple terms is how quickly and easily the hydrolysate is digested. One problem with a hydrolysate is it appears to damage the glutamine in the whey, but Next proteins addressed that problem by fortifying the powder with glutamine (2.8 grams in two scoops). If you went to the test data, it’s a hands down win for designer whey! Optimum’s whey protein is a regular whey, it’s not engineered. Designer Whey was tested in three separate university studies against regular whey peptides. The result was an astounding 300% improvement in the designer Whey’s engineered formula. Better body composition, more lean mass gain and better fat loss were all shown in the Designer Whey group. That group was comprised of 85 healthy men and women with more than sufficient control. Now, let’s look at how much you can trust Optimum’s data. The FDA doesn’t evaluate any claims of
