Here’s what’s interesting about that: Your taste buds will tell you which protein you need more. If you’re missing an amino acid in your diet, the protein product that provides more of that amino acid will tend to taste better to you. So my advice in choosing a protein product is to try all the top contenders and see what the high-tech chemical sensors on your tongue tell you.

You may also find that your taste varies over time. For example, you may really like one protein product a lot at first, but as your amino acid intake gets balanced, your taste buds may tell you to switch to a different protein. This is completely normal. It’s one of the ways your brain communicates with you to make sure you vary your diet. It’s also why eating the same food over and over again eventually gets boring. That’s your brain telling you to eat something different!

In my opinion, plant-based protein products are superior to animal-based proteins for lots of reasons — not just nutritionally speaking, but also for avoiding the tremendous resources required to produce animal products, the environmental consequences, etc. I used to recommend egg and whey protein products (and I still think egg protein is better than whey), but I stopped recommending whey protein due to all the gas and bloating effects users were reporting. Do you realize, by the way, that it takes up to 2,000 gallons of fresh water to produce just a single gallon of milk from a cow? That means a lot of environmental resources are being consumed to produce whey protein.

While we categorically don’t agree with the author about whey protein, it’s always good to hear differing opinions when it comes to choosing your personal favourite protein powder.