Whey Question for help?

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This is all new to me and really good timing. My family has raw milk to

drink, I have started making kombucha as we only get 2 gals a week now

and this is not enough to make kefir or yogurt and still have enough to

drink. Anyway, our family history is very slow metabolism, what one

doctor earlier in my life called a stingy liver which is always in

starvation mode. I have made bad choices for weight control my whole

life from pills to surgery and am now in my 50's. My 70+ mother was just

diagnosed with type II diabetes and is again starting on the weight

control thing.

Any way, just minimal history. Well my biggest concern is for my 19 year

old son. He is very big, over 300 pounds, very strong but also carrying

lots of extra weight. Although some years I have been very good about

preparing food for my family the last 4 years or so I have not had good

enough health myself to always keep on top of things and for the last 2

years we are almost back to total grocery store diet again. I have

always scoffed at the dry whey stuff because we have had access to raw

milk for the last 8 years but the recent discussion I just caught up on

about whey powders is opening questions for me. I will be honest, my

health does not permit me to spend hours researching just now and I

really really would like to help my son get his metabolism straightened

out now before he hits the weight loss trails that were so destructive

to my health. I read several of the websites recently recommended and am

more confused than ever.

If someone could summarize or help me with a clear answer. Will whey

powder help normalize food utilization and increase energy production so

that my son can loose weight with his exercising. This is one of our

problems, the body always being in " storage " mode, even lots of exercise

does not produce fat utilization. He was so discouraged last year, he

was swimming laps 45 minutes 3 times a week plus working out with

weights 30 minutes 3 times a week and still not loosing much of the fat.

I am again starting to work on food choices but these alone are not

showing results yet and the regimented exercise did not work so became a

burden and was stopped.

This is such a big thing in my family. I had hoped my son would get my

husbands metabolism but instead he got mine. I do not want him dealing

with burnt out adrenals, thyroid, arthritis, firbromyalgia etc. that are

partly hereditary and partly legacies of bad yo-yo chemical dieting over

the years.

Thanks so much if anyone can help. I would be more than happy if this is

not a good topic for the loop if someone could help me off line as well

at thedemesas@...

Thanks,

Deborah