Recipes & Rituals — Whey Protein

There is a particular kind of frustration that comes with spending money on a protein powder that leaves you doubled over in discomfort. Plenty of people experiencing this draw the obvious conclusion: their gut cannot handle protein powder. Some decide their IBS makes supplementation impossible. Others cycle through brand after brand, chasing a product that won't trigger symptoms. The issue, in most cases, is not protein itself. It is whey — and, more precisely, everything that comes alongside it in a typical commercial protein product. Understanding what whey is, why it affects the gut the way it does, and what...