Paleo Pro started with a question: what did people eat for protein before there was a supplement aisle? Beef and eggs. The research kept pointing the same direction. This page is the evidence that led us here — in plain language, every source named. If we can't cite it, we don't say it.
Each is a complete protein on its own. Side by side, their amino profiles cover each other's gaps — which is why one scoop does what most powders need a blend of ten to do.
Protein and connective-tissue quality — the amino acids that rebuild muscle, tendon, and joint. Naturally rich in glycine, proline, and iron cofactors.
The reference protein nutrition science has measured others against for decades. Highest DIAAS of any common food, and dense in leucine — the amino acid that switches on muscle repair.
DIAAS is the score nutrition scientists use to grade protein quality — how complete it is, and how much your body actually absorbs. A score near or above 1.0 means a complete, highly usable protein.
Egg white and beef — the two proteins in our scoop — sit at the top of the table. Sources 1 & 2 below.
The short version of a long biochemistry lecture.
26g of complete protein, about 120 calories, nothing your gut has to argue with.
Beef and egg proteins digest cleanly. Blood amino acids climb and repair begins.
Leucine crosses the 2–3g threshold and muscle protein synthesis turns on.
Repeated daily, protein you absorb becomes muscle you keep — through training and through life.
Nine essential amino acids must come from food. Beef and egg white deliver all nine in ratios your body recognizes — no blending, no fortifying, no math.
Whey is a fine protein on paper. The trouble is what comes with it — and what most bags add to hide it.
The bloat isn't in your head. Most adults stop making enough lactase — the enzyme that breaks down lactose — after childhood. Whey concentrate carries lactose, and lactose your gut can't break down ferments instead. Source 6 below.
Gums, thickeners, sucralose, "natural and artificial flavors" — the average whey label reads like a chemistry set.
Whey is the liquid left behind when milk is turned into cheese — filtered, dried, flavored, and sold back as a premium protein. It was never the food. It's what was left over after the food.
Beef and egg white deliver the amino profile whey is known for — with zero dairy, zero lactose, and a label you can read in one breath.
Walk any supplement aisle and count the promises. Real food doesn't make promises — it just delivers. We put two of the oldest proteins on earth in a bag and left everything else on the shelf.
Call us the anti-supplement supplement company. Everything we make is rooted in how humans have always eaten, checked against the research, and proven in Doug's own kitchen — and 100,000+ others. If it wasn't food before there was a supplement aisle, it isn't in our bag.
Every decision in the scoop has a why — tap a card to read it.
Muscle protein synthesis, the process your body uses to build and repair muscle, is switched on by the amino acid leucine. Research puts the trigger at roughly 2–3g per serving. A full 26g scoop of complete animal protein clears that bar. A small serving of incomplete protein never flips the switch.
Muscle you don't feed is muscle you lose, and protein intake is one of the few levers proven to help you keep it, alongside staying active. Higher daily protein supports lean mass, strength, and recovery through every season of training and life.
No whey means no lactose. No soy, no gluten, no gums, no sugar alcohols — the usual suspects behind protein-shake bloat simply are not in the bag. Beef and egg proteins digest cleanly, which is why people who quit whey tend to stay here.
Monk fruit has been used as a sweetener for centuries and carries zero sugar and zero calories into the scoop. No artificial sweeteners, no cane sugar, no blood-sugar rollercoaster. Prefer none at all? Plain Naked skips it entirely.
Doug didn't start with a lab. He started with a body that had to be rebuilt from a hospital bed, and a rule: only real food. Everything on this page is the evidence he went looking for when he couldn't find a protein that fit.
The formula hasn't changed in over a decade. The citations just keep piling up behind it.
Doug's StoryBeef protein isolate is hydrolyzed from grass-fed beef and refined to 90%+ protein. It's a clean, neutral powder — not jerky in a bag.
Plant proteins carry fiber, lectins, and anti-nutrients that many guts struggle with. Animal proteins score higher on digestibility in every DIAAS study.
Egg white and beef isolate digest quickly too — fast enough to clear the leucine threshold within the post-workout window.
Completeness comes from the source, not the count. Two animal proteins cover all nine essentials. Twenty plant ingredients are still guessing.
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