Fit and fine by Kamal Singh: Which whey do we go?

Vikram got an unusual gift for his 18th birthday – a gym membership. For the next three months, he worked out like a maniac but saw very little change in his physique. A trainer at the gym told him that he needed to add supplements to his diet. Then and only then would he see any change in his physique. The first thing he needed to buy was Whey Protein powder and glug the protein down within half an hour of finishing his workout. A whole bunch of questions went through Vikram’s head when he heard the word, “Whey”. He was worried that Whey might actually be “steroids”, that would damage his kidneys. And also, being a strict vegetarian, he did not want to eat anything non vegetarian. This column is for all the “Vikrams”, who write to me and ask similar questions over and over again.