June 11, 2008
Eating Egg White Protein To Build Muscle Mass
Can adding egg white protein to your bodybuilding diet really help you build muscle? While there is no guarantee that simply adding egg white protein to your diet will result in any gain in lean muscle mass, incorporating a high quality source of egg whites into your muscle gain diet is certainly a good place to start.
I'm sure you're aware that eating high quality protein frequently throughout the day is a necessary strategy if you really want to gain lean muscle mass quickly. Most weight trainers understand the importance of eating protein frequently to repair damaged muscle tissue, but many simply don't have a clue exactly what types of protein are ideal for building muscle mass. Egg white protein is arguably natures perfect muscle building protein.
The technical term for egg white is albumen. The egg white makes up about 2/3 of the total mass of the egg and out of this, 90% of the mass of the egg white is actually water.
It's interesting to note that egg whites contain an enormous quantity of different types of quality protein!
