Protein additives are a source of additional protein and useful fats. At the same time the protein, as well as all products on a proteinaceous basis, has rather small expiration date which depends as well on tightness of packing.
Why use a protein
Some proteinaceous additives are applied as supportive applications to decrease in excess body weight, and others — as the main construction material for development of muscles. They are a protein source — ingredient which is necessary irrespective of whether we want to gather or lose weight.
Learn how to choose qualitative sports food.
Proteinaceous additives can be useful:
- during loss of weight (some meals replace with the use of a protein);
- during increase in muscles (mix is considered as additional meal);
- when it is necessary to gather or restore muscle bulk quickly;
- for strengthening of bones as comprises enough vitamins;
- to vegetarians, as compensates for the deficiency of animal protein of an organism.
The male body owing to a large amount of testosterone, acquires protein better, than women's that should be considered at selection of a dosage.
Important! Simple consumption of an excess portion of protein not necessarily leads to growth of muscles or to reduction of a fat layer.
What expiration date of a protein
The expiration date of the sealed, unpacked protein and cocktail from it strongly differs. To secure itself, it is necessary to adhere to storage time of each of types accurately.
Sealed
According to the European norms, the period of storage of protein additives in a dry form makes two years. It also depends on the producer therefore surely look on packing how many it is possible to store your protein mix.
After opening
After unpacking of protein additives it is recommended to store them no more than two-three weeks. After the expiration of this term it is not necessary to use an open protein.
The divorced cocktail
The proteinaceous cocktail (dissolved in water a protein) is stored only about four hours. At storage of mix in the fridge the term increases only for an hour. Owing to this fact athletes are recommended to cook cocktail just before sports and at once to drink.
Storage conditions
Dry mix, as well as cocktail, store at a temperature from +5 °C to +25 °C. The product has to be stored in the dry place, otherwise mix will begin to spoil, and in it there will be harmful microorganisms which will actively breed.
If mix was short time in the place where high humidity, it can be dried up, having put to the dry place. It will reduce the allowed time of its storage, but it will be still suitable for the use.
Important! The moderate humidity is the main condition of storage of a protein.
Mix needs to be stored in the dark place, far away from influence of sunshine.
What will be if to drink an overdue protein
After the termination of an expiration date in mix there are minerals, adverse for a human body, which cause disorders of a digestive tract, poisonings. The use of the sealed mix is admissible if its expiration date expired less than 10 months ago. The lack of advantage of its reception can become the worst consequence of it.
Whether you know? Average age of visitors of gyms is 40 years.
To use expired protein additives or to throw out them — the individual choice of the athlete.
But it is worth remembering that the producer is not responsible for the product after the expiration of its period of storage.