If, however, the milk proteins are "handled" in the most careful way possible, shielded from light and heat and mechanical insult, we can preserve the micellar casein. That means that the good properties of casein are magnified, increased exponentially. Micellar casein has antibacterial action; leads to increased nutrient absorption and even increased HDL levels; and it even has immuno-modulatory effects and opioid-like peptides that might ease achy joints and muscles.

Perhaps most importantly, nitrogen retention – the physiological condition that's essential for muscle growth – is amplified by micellar casein. All of that remains intact when it's processed properly.

Given that micellar casein forms a kind of gel in the stomach upon ingestion, it's absorbed slowly and uniformly. That means it's the ideal muscle-building food (if something with these effects can justifiably be called "food"). And for those who ingest protein at bedtime and then wake up in the middle of the night to eat again? Forget it. Micellar casein would render that practice obsolete since studies have shown that postprandial leucine balance remains high up to 7 hours after casein ingestion.

Ingest some at night and put your mind at rest because you'll be insured of 7 or 8 straight hours of growth.

So, given all that, it should come as no surprise to you that Biotest didn't let anything stand in its way as far as finding a way to introduce micellar casein into Grow!

Let me tell you something, if Biotest were selling this stuff on the shelves of health food stores, we wouldn't be able to do it. Why? Because the cost of a single bottle of Grow! would be almost a hundred dollars. I doubt there'd be many buyers, unless their last names are Gates or Trump.

The truth is, we could and probably should charge more for it, but we're kind of sneaky. We figure that if we can take a product like Grow! with it's phenomenal taste, luxurious mouth feel, superb nutrient profile and combine it with humungous amounts of micellar casein and only charge 23 bucks, you'll come to the Biotest store, buy it, and probably buy some other Biotest products at the same time.

Regardless, you're just plain absolutely nuts if you don't at least try Biotest's reformulated Grow!