NY Muscle

[Temple]

Why can't you heat protein powder? It is in the protein pancake recipe and that's cooked...

 

[Ceebs]

I'm not NY Muscle, but I've been told that cooking protein powder would denature (did I spell that right?) the protein. In plain English, it would break down the bonds between animo acids, and make it not as bioavailable. Or something. Just parroting what I've heard...

 

[NY Muscle]

I'm not NY Muscle, but I've been told that cooking protein powder would denature (did I spell that right?) the protein. In plain English, it would break down the bonds between animo acids, and make it not as bioavailable. Or something. Just parroting what I've heard...

Ceebs is correct, as would heating flax seed oil, that would turn it into BAD BAD trans fatty acids, and other "stuff" i think...NOT A GOOD THING

 

[crazyfit1]

Ceebs is correct, as would heating flax seed oil, that would turn it into BAD BAD trans fatty acids, and other "stuff" i think...NOT A GOOD THING

So cooking w/ flaxseed oil is bad or good? I use it sparringly when I cook. What do you suggest?

 

[NY Muscle]

So cooking w/ flaxseed oil is bad or good? I use it sparringly when I cook. What do you suggest?

NEVER cook with flax seed oil, its kept cold and in a dark container for a reason.
dot ever heat that stuff up i think only mct oil can be cooked with safely

 

[crazyfit1]

NEVER cook with flax seed oil, its kept cold and in a dark container for a reason.
dot ever heat that stuff up i think only mct oil can be cooked with safely

Thanks!! Damn, I wish I knew sooner. Thanks NYM!!!

 

[MS]

Most oils degrade pretty easily with heat, so even when you use stuff like olive oil, you should not cook it too hot or for too long. Most protein powders are already highly denatured due to the process of extracting and purifying the stuff. Additional (moderate) cooking is unlikely to dramatically change the amino acid content. The digestion of many proteins is enhanced by some degree of cooking, rather than inhibited. Hydrolysed whey protein is particularly denatured when you buy it. I dunno about egg and soy protein powders. I suspect it depends on the extraction method (acid/alkali/alcohol/ion X, etc...). All in all I wouldn't worry too much about you pancakes. At the very worst they make go a little gluggy, but be just as nutritious.

 

[aurelius]

What do you mean by "heat?" How hot? For how long?

 

[twinphish]

OOPS!

haha i made hot chocolate out of my protein powder.. won't do that again..

 

[wilson6]

You can add protein powder to baked goods. Amino acids are absorbed as amino acids. The proteins are broken down in the gut regardless. If cooking destroyed amino acids per se, then how can you get any protein out of cooked chicken breast?

W6

 

[The Cardinal]

Baking with whey protein does not denature the protein or the amino acids therein. In fact, there is at least one company - The Protein Bakery - that sells brownies and cookies that have decent amounts of whey per item, and that taste good.

http://www.theproteinbakery.com/products.htm

 

[Lumberg]

About denaturing

Another note on denaturing:

When you cook eggs, and they turn white and solid, that is exactly what you are doing: denaturing the protein. As far as I know this does not make them less nutritious. Also, I tried adding a can of water with 2 scoops plain whey protein rather than a can of milk to broccoli cheese soup last night. As I heated it it got kind of lumpy, almost as if there was egg in it. Next time I will do it differently.

BTW, one can of 98% fat free broccoli soup, with one can of water with 2 scoops whey, over pasta is a great tasting dish!

Also, I'm thinking of baking cookies using whey instead of flour. Anyone tried this?

JC