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Whey protein powders can be a useful tool for any dedicated exercise regime. This dietary supplement provides a balanced, nutritious and almost entirely carbohydrate-free source of protein and if you’re serious about your exercise, it can help you see results fast. The main benefits of protein supplements are to power and strength training programmes but it can also help people wanting to lose weight by introducing a source of high protein to a calorie controlled-diet.

The benefits of whey protein powders are nothing magical – it’s just basic biology.

Proteins are the substances used by your body to repair damaged tissue and when you exercise, you damage muscle tissue – when your body repairs this damage, it uses protein to build the tissue stronger than it was before. Getting enough protein in your diet makes the most of your exercise regime by helping your body to preserve and build lean muscle tissue whilst the exercise burns off fat.

You may be wondering what “whey” protein actually is – in short, it’s one of the two major proteins that can be found in milk. The other is casein but that isn’t used because a) it’s harder to produce from milk and b) because a significant, if relatively small, section of the population is allergic to it. Whey protein is extremely unlikely to cause an allergic reaction and it can be removed from milk during the production of other dairy products, making it a cost effective proposition for manufacturers.

Anyway, whey protein is popular for a few reasons. Chief among these is that the average serving of whey protein contains the same amount of protein found in a chicken breast – but with only trace amounts of fat or carbohydrates. It’s also a “fast” protein – easily and efficiently processed by the body to provide rapid nourishment to muscles. This helps the benefits of the amino acids contained within whey protein have the maximum effect on muscle repair, recovery and growth following a work out.

You can get whey protein in several different forms of supplements but the most popular is as a protein shake. Its recommended that you take this in two separate doses, one about an hour or so before you start training and one immediately afterwards. The shake you have before you train will give your body additional resources for your workout, meaning that it won’t start burning muscle tissue for energy and you’ll be able to stay longer in the gym before your arms turn to lead.

The second shake should be taken within half an hour of your workout – this will give your body the resources to repair all of the tissue damage that you’ve wracked up during your exercise. It’ll fuel the growth of new muscle tissue and let you get back to the gym sooner; done right, the use of protein shakes will stop you from feeling tired for days after a heavy workout.

Cheryl Cole has said that she felt proud when she heard that she had inspired a fan to lose weight.

Speaking to the Sunday Times’ Style magazine, she said that one of her fans told her how she kept a picture of the popstar pinned to her refrigerator to give her an extra impetus to stick to her weight loss plan.

The star said that when she thought about what she wanted to inspire women to do, it was to make the most of themselves. She said she wanted her inspiration to women to be “To make the best of themselves. Like, one woman said to me, ‘I’ve got you on my fridge door to inspire me to go to the gym,’ and I felt like that about Britney when she did ‘I’m A Slave 4 You’.

Cole is extremely slim and her beauty has certainly helped further her career. She was recently voted FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World and has won a prestigious contract with L’Oreal, which saw the iconic phrase ‘Because you’re worth it’ uttered in a Geordie accent.

Currently touring with the Black Eyed Peas, she has been linked to their singer Will.I.Am, who is said to be besotted with her.

Cheryl’s own figure has been a source of much interest and speculation in the tabloids. At the start of May, she revealed that she follows a weight loss program popular with Hollywood stars like Jennifer Aniston, Eat Right 4 Your Type .

She said the weight loss plan has not only made a difference to her figure but has impacted on her sense of wellbeing, commenting, “Eat Right 4 Your Type has made such a difference – not so much to my shape but to how I feel and my energy levels.

“Before, I was like ‘energy schmenergy’ and didn’t believe it. But now I believe it 100%.”

The weight loss plan is fairly faddy, with followers eating according to their blood type. So, if your bloody type is A, you are meant to mostly eat a vegetarian diet and do light exercise, like yoga. If your type is O, then you eat lots of meat, little grains and do lots of exercise.

The Eat Right For Your Type weight loss program was created by Dr. Peter D’Adamo and was recommended to Cheryl by her mother.

The star’s weight over recent months has caused some concern, with friends expressing concern over the rapid weight loss that followed her split from footballer Ashley Cole, who is believed to have cheated on her.

She has just filed for divorce, opting not to challenge him for anything but rather keep the split as clean and quick as possible. The divorce is expected to go though before Cole appears as part of the England squad in South Africa this summer to play in the World Cup.