Dietary

Supplements
Products that are ingested in addition to the regular
diet to provide additional health-promoting nutrients

Consists of one or more dietary components

including:
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Herbs and botanical components
• Amino acids
• Meal substitutes
PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS
Properties & Safety
Outline

Properties Safety
Protein
Supplements
✓ Ease of Types According to Source:
availability
and use Whey
Casein
Soy
✓ Priced at ~P2850
Protein
Supplements
✓ Available in various
flavored powders

✓ Dissolved in milk or
water

✓ Consumed
throughout the day
as shakes
Proteins
A macronutrient comprised of amino acids
Whey Protein
Exploring use in
medicine
Protein is required to:
✓ Promote growth Nutritional supplement
✓ Repair damaged cells to help promote skin
and tissue
✓ Synthesize hormones
health, wound healing,
✓ For a variety of immune response and
metabolic activities muscle strength
Exploring use in
medicine

In patients with MS, consumption of whey

protein demonstrated to:
✓ Improve blood glucose
and insulin response
✓ Promote a reduction in
hypertension, lipid
profile, and arterial
stiffness
Regulation
RA 3720: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Adverse Effects

“High protein intake would promote

renal damage by chronically increasing
glomerular pressure and hyperfiltration” Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA)

No significant evidence was found regarding 0.8g protein/kg body

routine consumption of protein powder beyond weight/day for adults
the recommended amount and renal damage.

However, the study displayed a possible

correlation with progressing renal failure.
SHOULD I USE
PROTEIN POWDER
SUPPLEMENTS?
PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS
Properties & Safety
References
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