protein powder and cholesterol

Scarface30 · 05-06-2008, 09:50 AM

so the other day I noticed that in 1 serving of my protein powder there is 150mg of cholesterol. I am just wondering if that is significantly high, or if that is normal for most mass building proteins? also, might that be harmful ingesting that much cholesterol? I normally only take one full serving on my training days, and ~1/2 a serving on my non-training days.

PGHRam · 05-06-2008, 11:46 AM

What kind on protein is it? I'm taking ON Gold 100% Whey and there is only 30mg in 1 scoop.

soxmuscle · 05-06-2008, 01:26 PM

dietary cholesterol has no effect on blood cholesterol.

Marcus ATW · 05-06-2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Scarface30

so the other day I noticed that in 1 serving of my protein powder there is 150mg of cholesterol. I am just wondering if that is significantly high, or if that is normal for most mass building proteins? also, might that be harmful ingesting that much cholesterol? I normally only take one full serving on my training days, and ~1/2 a serving on my non-training days.

Is it a weight gainer? I wouldn't be concerned. ATW has 50mg in their supermass and ATW Isolate has 1mg per serving.

Balin · 05-06-2008, 02:13 PM

There is a site Cholesterol -- A Vital Building Block of Life. that explains ad nauseum on how cholesterol works in the human body. In the Myth section he talks about dietary cholesterol and its impact.

Scarface30 · 05-06-2008, 05:43 PM

alright thanks guys, that's good to hear. I was just kind of concerned when I read it had that much cholesterol in it.

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Originally Posted by Balin

There is a site Cholesterol -- A Vital Building Block of Life. that explains ad nauseum on how cholesterol works in the human body. In the Myth section he talks about dietary cholesterol and its impact.

thanks Balin, that was a very useful site

Yanick · 05-06-2008, 08:38 PM

Dietary cholesterol can have in impact on serum cholesterol if other risk factors are present in your genes/lifestyle (saturated fat, inactivity, even insulin has been implicated in facilitating the onset of atherosclerosis etc).

If you are an active person and your diet is mostly clean, non-smoker, rare drinker, even with a genetic predisposition you are mostly good to go.

**Biggly** · 05-11-2008, 03:06 PM

Good to see more and more people quit beating up on cholesterol

In fact low levels can be dangerous and let's not forget it aids greatly in neurotransmission, ie strength.

B.

thewicked · 05-12-2008, 12:30 AM

can't really go over more than what's already been said..

basically the answer to your question is don't worry about it LOL

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PGHRam Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: PA Posts: 37	What kind on protein is it? I'm taking ON Gold 100% Whey and there is only 30mg in 1 scoop.

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Balin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 36	There is a site Cholesterol -- A Vital Building Block of Life. that explains ad nauseum on how cholesterol works in the human body. In the Myth section he talks about dietary cholesterol and its impact.

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