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From addressing food security to meeting dietary challenges and boosting athletic performance, the potential of whey protein continues to be revealed. Powered by Arla Foods Ingredients, The Whey & Protein Blogcast is a non-promotional resource that disseminates the findings, opinions and aims of leading researchers and healthcare practitioners around the world.
Foods for immune health have topped the charts in 2020, as consumers look to their diet for extra protection from viruses and disease.
One piece of advice is to eat more protein. But, as nutritionist and food engineer Georgia Castro will tell you, some are better than others at giving immunity a boost.
In whey, she says, there are two proteins in particular that keep the body’s natural defence system in balance.
Find out what they are in this episode of the Whey & Protein blogcast
About our guest
Georgia Alvares de Castro has more than 20 years of experience in the food and beverage industries. She is a qualified nutritionist and food engineer and has PhDs in Food and Nutrition from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the University of Campinas in Brazil.
Type 2 diabetes has been called one of the biggest health threats of the 21st century. The good news is that, with the right diet, people in the prediabetic risk group can reverse the condition before it even starts.
The question is: what is the right diet?
In this episode of the Whey & Protein blogcast, Dr Søren Gregersen explains what happened when prediabetic subjects took a daily dose of whey protein and dietary fibre for 12 weeks.
Both the protein and fibre had shown a good effect in separate clinical trials. But, when eaten in combination, the results were surprising – to say the least.
About our guest
Dr Søren Gregersen is chief physician at Steno Diabetes Centre and clinical associate professor at Aarhus University in Denmark. Along with treating people with diabetes, he has a special interest in clinical research that explores opportunities to prevent type 2 diabetes by way of functional foods.
Everyone’s talking about the impact of dairy and meat production on the climate, but is plant-based protein always the most sustainable?
Not according to a recent protein study in the US. In fact, when scientists looked at carbon footprint, bioavailability and serving size at the same time, whey protein got a top score.
Dr Chris Wharton talks about how the study and how it could help consumers choose the best proteins for a healthy and sustainable diet.
About our guestDr Chris Wharton is associate professor in nutrition and assistant dean of the college of health solutions at Arizona State University. Working in the university’s radical simplicity lab, he focuses on health-related behaviour in relation to the environment – in other words, how to help people lead healthier, more sustainable lives.
Can whey play a role in reversing global warming? International bioeconomy expert Lene Lange is convinced. The story of whey is her favourite example when talking about developing new strategies for reducing manmade impact on the climate.
Hear why becoming CO2 neutral is only part of the climate solution in the first episode of the Whey & Protein blogcast.
As Lene says: the age of the bioeconomy is now.
About Lene LangeLene Lange is a leading bioeconomy expert and advisor who works with businesses, universities and international research institutes. She is currently vice chair of the scientific committee that advises the European Commission on bioeconomy.
She is the author of ‘The Fundamentals of Bioeconomy: The Biobased Society’, an illustrated guide.
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