Dear foozballking,
To reply your questions in specific:
-micellar is more anabolic than whey
Well, as Aaron_F had said, casein is generally more "anabolic" than way, in the sense that, it has a slower gastric clearance by this token drip-feeds your muscles, so to speak. Read somewhere about a lower rate of amino-acid influx resulting in less deamination and eventually, more aminos getting to your muscles. Whey on the other hand has a faster gastric clearance than casein and this could mean less of a drip-feed to your muscles and this is less anabolic. Then again, you could take small doses of whey throughout the day to maintain constant blood levels of amino acids. You could also take milk, meat, eggs and cheese and these ought to be relatively slower proteins than whey too. At the end of the day, "anabolism" in a dietary sense is a question of calorie and protein sufficiency. In this regard, protein adequacy combined with caloric surplus is perhaps, the most anabolic thing you could do. Protein sources would then, become less important.
-only the original Met-Rx protein had any significant micellar protein amounts
The original Met-Rx is something of an old product, and I don't really see it on the shelves anymore. Still, being superceded doesn't necessarily mean it is inferior, but a question of product life cycle in the increasingly dishonest supplement industry. I doubt the protein structure really matters anyway, since all proteins gets digested and whatever structure it might have had prior to digestion would be lost and if such special structure remained, the risk of allergy could be very high. If we must worry about protein structure, perhaps, we should ponder its relevance to gastric clearance. Then again, if you had a shot of protein every few hours, the issue of protein speed becomes much less relevant.
-micellar in milk is destroyed when milk is processed
This must be something to do with pasteurization and homogenization perhaps. I could be wrong. Then again, there is much controversy over drinking milk, and there also is controversy over raw milk vs processed milk etc. The dairy industry is a powerful, corrupt lobby and when we are talking billions of dollars and the livelihood of many farmers, research often becomes a question of the the piper playing the tune he/she was paid to play. My question is this - before micellar protein was discovered, what did people consume to get protein? Meat, milk, eggs, cheese, fish and even, vegetables. I would go as far as to say that, a quality whey, milk or egg protein powder would suffice if we wish to employ a source of convenient protein that is free of fat and carbohydrates. And if we want to be pedantic about it, we could go with HSN
rimer and Driver but anything more would be a rip-off.
I hope this addresses your concerns in whole or in part. Feel free to clarify any issues. We are all here to help
Godspeed, and happy HSTing.
