# Essential amino acids instead of whey protein
**URL:** https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/essential-amino-acids-instead-of-whey-protein/4417
**Category:** Nutrition Q&A \[Moderated\]
**Created:** [December 24, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/essential-amino-acids-instead-of-whey-protein/4417 "2018-12-24T02:00:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@abelian](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/abelian)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/essential-amino-acids-instead-of-whey-protein/4417/1 "2018-12-24T02:00:19Z")
As a lactose intolerant individual, I’m thinking of taking an EAA supplement to boost my protein intake. Do you have any guidelines on how much/how often I should be taking them?
(I previously posted this but it never made it through the moderation queue. I’m not sure why that is. I tried Googling it, but I can’t find much information on this, other than an article by Ben Greenfield, which I’m not sure is sound advice.)
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### Author:  [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/essential-amino-acids-instead-of-whey-protein/4417/2 "2018-12-25T16:56:47Z")
There’s essentially no lactose in a good whey protein isolate (like ours), but if you wanted to use something different I would use egg or beef protein over stand alone EAA’s.
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### Author:  [@JonnyRockets](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/JonnyRockets)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/essential-amino-acids-instead-of-whey-protein/4417/3 "2019-06-26T08:34:25Z")
> [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](#):
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> There’s essentially no lactose in a good whey protein isolate (like ours), but if you wanted to use something different I would use egg or beef protein over stand alone EAA’s.
Why? Price?