Can Protein make you break out??

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Mbauer21
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Can Protein make you break out??

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I am just curious bc suddenly I have been breaking out more than usual. before Id just get a pimple here and there but no biggie ...now im gettin a slightly bit more (im talkin 4 months or so), nothing over board, but still I dont want them. it is makin me wonder if maybe its something Im eatin, which it doenst make sense bc i am actually eatin healthier than EVER. Currently I am wondering if it could be protein intake, now that I think about it, ever since I take in more protein, Ive been breakin out more. but isnt protein supposed to help with the building of hair, nails, and skin too??? so it doenst make sense..
anybody with any intake??
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Could be that you're perhaps using some sort of Sugar content to boost the protein usage, that's having an issue.

Yes what you're saying about Protein helping with certain things could, because some of the Amino Acid content, might provide such benefits, but as for your original query it sounds like possibly the type of Carbs you take with it if you do.
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Well the whey I use is the GNC brand, it differs by flavor right now I have vanilla and has 2g fat and 4g carbs 20g protein. I was thinkin, since it says it contains: milk and soybeans. I was thinkin maybe could be the milk content. Maybe they dont use skim milk. and it has 2 g of sugar. I was thinkin of switching to isalote, when I was using Isolate (only bought it twice) I did notice that I didnt break out much, and now that im back to regular whey cuz its cheaper, i notice a change.
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If Isolate caused less of a problem, it could be the Casein, or possibly if it's got some Lactose in it, that might have done it perhaps.

I would suggest trying something made with Soy instead, and see if that works.
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Any product that contains hormones in it can cause breakouts as I understand it.

Milk and milk products contain hormones. Try a lactose-free formulation and see if that helps.
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