Protein Beverage: From Gyms To Supermarkets, And Picked Up By Adolescents.
Half of the Australian adolescent boys are using protein powder, study shows.
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5 min readMar 19, 2020
The protein shake was probably a supplement only known by the muscle builders and athletes 20 years ago. Over the past 10 years, the protein supplement industry has changed drastically, with the arrival of ready-to-drink protein shake on the shelves of grocery stores and supermarkets, making protein shakes more accessible to the general population.
Recently, a piece of rather worrying news from Australia published on abc.net.au showed that “Half of the Australian adolescent boys are using protein powder, study shows”. The study mentioned was published by a group of researchers from the Victoria University [1].
