Attorney Gregory Chandler on Whey Protein and Metabolic Syndrome

Researchers in a metabolic syndrome study found that earlier research showed that dairy foods reduced chances of obesity and hoped to find that whey protein from dairy--rich in essential amino acids--could improve metabolic syndrome.

In the research, 70 overweight or obese people, ages 18 to 65, took 27 grams of whey protein, casein protein or a glucose placebo twice per day up to 30 minutes before breakfast and evening meals. The researchers asked the participants to maintain their normal diet and physical activity.

After 12 weeks, compared to the placebo group, those in the whey protein group had 22 percent lower blood levels of a fat known as triacylglycerol and fasting insulin levels were 11 percent lower.

GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney at Law