Your Protein Shake Is Solving a Problem You Don't Have

Whey isn't toxic. The scam is the belief that you need it.

There is one health habit almost every executive I work with treats as beyond question.

The morning protein shake.

Whatever else is up for debate, the shake is sacred. It is the one box he is sure he is checking correctly.

“Getting my protein in,” he says, in the tone of a man repeating something he stopped examining a long time ago.

I want to take that …