CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE July/August SUMMER ISSUE | Page 107

Shopping for protein powder used to be easy at one point in time. There were only a few major supplement companies around in the industry and it made for very easy choices. Even if the products weren’t great, due to the amount of limited choices you did not have to spend much time comparing products. Now, there seems to be a new supplement company coming out every week and there seems to be a million different categories of protein powders.  First, let’s take a look at what is protein powder. The majority of us have tried protein powder at one point or another. It is even a daily staple in the lives of many, but is it crucial to use it for muscle gain and sports performance? The answer to this may surprise you PROTEIN POWDER