Protein is one of the most important nutrients for anyone involved in intense exercise and of particular importance for anyone looking to gain lean muscle mass. At it’s simplest level, our muscle tissue is made of protein and every time we take part in strenuous exercise, micro damage is caused to the muscle tissue. To aid the repair of muscle tissue, protein is required, however many do not intake the require amount to aid the training. It is estimated that those involved in intense exercise may require between 1.5g -2g of protein per kilo of body weight. Eating this amount of protein on a daily basis can be difficult and this is where protein supplements play a part.

It has long been known that there are benefits of eating protein at 3-4 hour intervals to aid optimum recovery. However, there are times during the day and evening where having access to protein, whether from food or nutritional supplements may not be possible.

Micellar Casein is a form of milk protein, which has been proven to breakdown slowly over a longer period of time when compared to other protein supplements such as whey protein. The benefit is that the protein can take up to 7 hours to completely digest and be utilised, making Micellar Casein the perfect protein product to use when you cannot have access to protein for an extended period of time. Because of these benefits, many athletes will use Micellar Casein prior to sleeping to maintain a state of muscle support whilst they are sleeping.

Research carried out comparing the metabolic responses of Micellar Casein to whey protein highlighted the following:

Casein was found to inhibit muscle breakdown by 34% over a 7 hour period.
Blood plasma amino acid concentrations remained significantly higher over a 7 hour period with casein compared to when blood plasma amino acid concentrations dropped dramatically after 3 hours in the group consuming whey.
Although blood plasma levels dropped dramatically with whey, the net increase in protein synthesis was boosted by 68%.

Micellar Casein from Reflex Nutrition is not to be confused with acid casein or caseinates which are made using manufacturing processes which can denature the protein rendering it less valuable from a nutritional perspective.

And just to prove that we deliver on our label claims, all of our protein products are tested in our in house protein testing facility and the results are published on our website. We also have batches randomly rest by independent, ISO accredited laboratories.