As I’ve been broke for the last few weeks, I’ve had to stop eating things like supplements and steaks and start eating lots of eggs, skim milk, and PBJ sandwiches. My drinking nearly a gallon of milk a day has made me wonder what its protein makeup and quality is.
Also, with all the attention casein has been getting lately, anyone care to tell me what good natural sources of it are?
20% whey 80% casein in milk roughly.
So milk is a good source of Casein.
DO NOT make milk the bulk of your protein sources. Here’s why:
It will BLOAT you up like shit!!! You’ll be walking aruond with a gut twice as big as it would otherwise be just because of all the gas. You’ll also be walking around twitching trying to control those cramps and keep from shitting your pants. In other words, not a sweet deal.
Milk is very low glycemic and has EXCELLENT protein (Casein and Whey, as has been said). Milk Protein contains roughly 25% Glutamine. That said, I personally do not touch milk because I know how evil it is. It makes me burp, fart, cramp up, bloat up like no other thing on the planet. It makes me a farting blowing ball with 2 eyes that talks. Just not a sweet deal.
HERE’S where you should be putting your money:
*Canned tuna - cheapest source of protein with one of the highest bioavailablity indices around, meaning more of its protein is actually absorbed and used. I buy cans with 32 g Protein for 60 cents each at Wal-Mart.
*Skinless chicken breasts: Go to a meat market where they’re usually cheaper, or to a supermarket when they’re on sale (such as the buy 1 get 1 free gimmick). I can buy them for as low as 1.70 bucks per lb at the meat market.
*Canned Salmon: A few brands are very cheap. Bumble Bee Canned Salmon cans cost me about 2.5 bucks, each with 84 g Protein and a bunch of healthy fats including the Omega-3s. Every once in a while they’re on sale for 99 cents each at Stop & Shop supermarkets, in the US.
*hicken leg quarters, thighs: These are usually considerably cheaper than Chicken Breasts. They can be as low as 79cents/lb. If you see this order in a truck and stock on em. Obviously they contain more fats than skinless chicken breasts, but are great for your Protein + Fats meals, especially on a tight budget.
*ed Meats: The leaner they are, the more expensive they are. F.ex., 90% lean would cost me 4 bucks/lb. 80% lean would cost me about 2.50/lb. 70% lean cost me 1.60/lb. Again, these are a good source of protein for your P+F meals, and come out very cheap.
These sources will yield more protein per Dollar than a gallon of milk. There’s no need to be a walking/talking Bowling ball perfuming the whole gym with a unique scent and charming everyone with some bad breath, when you have these. trust me , I KNOW.
go with cottage cheese instead of milk.
less sugar!
Course everyone isnt lactose intolerant, some can handle lots of milk others cant handle any milk atall.
I’ve gone through a gallon of milk in two days without succumbing to Diesel’s …issues.
Merely a vote for the pro-milk camp.
DI
I have the same problems as Diesel when it comes to milk.
One thing I don’t do though is ditch the egg yolks… yeah yeah yeah, saturated fat but egg yolks are just too damn good for you to be worried about that.
Of course if your dead set on not having much fat in your diet, then ditch the yolks… I guess.
Sorry, I’m just an egg fanatic 
I do not suffer any ill effects from milk or dairy products so diesel’s warning would be for the lactose intolerant. What about the carbs in milk? Are they any good?
If you are lactose intolerant try slow pasturised milk, or raw milk if you can get it. Grocery store milk is pasturized which kills all the enzymes that make is easy to digest. We pay extra for slow pasturized, non-homoginized milk from a small local dairy. It tastes TOTALLY different from ‘regular’ milk, and never causes the ‘issues’ diesel was talking about.
Jake, its not necessarily the fat, but the high amounts of cholestorol in the eggs that are bad for the heart…
I thought it was yet to be proven that egg yolks are “bad” cholesterol instead of “good.”
There are so many arguments going either way on the issue that I don’t feel like taking a side right now.
The US government though has conceded you can have one egg (whole) a day and remain healthy.
And why throw out the yolks if you can use them later on during your P/F meals?
if you are saving coin and need heaps of protein and bulking milk is a good option.
Diesel23: Sux 2 b u 
Milk have a GI of 45 so the carbs are slow release, propably due to getting stuck in the casein and that it takes some time for the intestines to use lactose.
As for eggs beeing dangerous fat, i thought that myth was killed off years ago?!?
I can easily drink a gallon of skim milk a day (I don’t every day, but fairly frequently) with no ill effects.
Tampa-Terry seems to think that there are reasons to stay away from milk, and that may be true, but the bloating and gas and stuff is certainly an individual thing.
I absolutely LOVE milk, and prefer it to any other beverage most of the time.
/Jacob
I saw a gallon of milk once, and lost complete control. I took a ball bat and just smashed that gallon. That is the day I realized I was lactose intolerant.
If you have read some of the ancient lifters posts around here then you might have heard of the milk bulking diet. Apparently it worked, but I would believe less effective then a massive eating protocol, and probably produced some chubby bodybuilders.
If you really want to check to see if you are lactose intolerant then either try the milk with the pre digested lactose, or those lactose digestion enzyme pills they have out. I personally have never had a problem with milk, other then negatively affecting fat loss.