Benefit No.1 Of Hydrolyzed Proteins

Benefit 1 Of Hydrolyzed Proteins:

• More And Longer-Lasting Amino Acids

Whey protein hydrolysate has a higher leucine content compared to whey isolate: 14.2 percent versus 12.2 percent, to be specific. Given that leucine is essential for "turning on" muscle building, this lift in delivery to your muscles may potentially provide a very slight edge over any other whey form, but the difference is far more pronounced in casein.

Traditional (intact) casein provides a slow, steady increase in amino-acid levels. It doesn't produce a pronounced spike in levels, which is why it's widely considered to be "anticatabolic"—take it before bed to stave off muscle breakdown—rather than anabolic.

Casein hydrolysate, on the other hand, has been shown to initiate a prominent spike in amino-acid levels similar to whey protein while still maintaining elevated amino-acid levels for the hours to come like that of traditional casein. Even more impressive, a study published in Pharmacological Reviews found a 30 percent greater rise in muscle protein synthesis over a six-hour period when subjects consumed casein hydrolysate versus intact casein.