Protein powder recs

Noor13

The vegan protein powders are so expensive. I may just go on an all bean diet....:laugh:

I bought yesterday some pure pea protein without flavour or sweetener. Didn't try it yet. It was only 12£ a kg, which is really good.
I got it from the NutriCenter. I am in the UK though

each_day_stronger

Hey y'all...

As someone who isn't doing intense strength training/workouts yet (I can't afford a gym just yet so I've just been doing some push ups and walking) would you still recommend adding protein? As a vegetarian I get a fair amount of protein in terms of grams but usually not more than 14-15% of my diet, so I'm considering this might be a good idea when I get a job and can afford it.

I also wonder why protein shakes are recommended but more generally processed foods are not? I don't really understand, isn't a protein shake like the epitome of processed food? Forgive my skepticism, just trying to finally teach myself what is healthy and what isn't and why.

Thanks!!

ouandi

Hey y'all...

As someone who isn't doing intense strength training/workouts yet (I can't afford a gym just yet so I've just been doing some push ups and walking) would you still recommend adding protein? As a vegetarian I get a fair amount of protein in terms of grams but usually not more than 14-15% of my diet, so I'm considering this might be a good idea when I get a job and can afford it.

I also wonder why protein shakes are recommended but more generally processed foods are not? I don't really understand, isn't a protein shake like the epitome of processed food? Forgive my skepticism, just trying to finally teach myself what is healthy and what isn't and why.

Thanks!!

Protein powder is not processed in the way you think it's processed. It's "broken down" to the whey part of milk. Every heard of curds and whey? People used to eat whey all the time in the old days. My husband and I just had a discussion about this and found a whole website that talks about curds and whey and what they are.

Anyways, I'm terribly lactose intolerant and GNC whey isolate is wonderful for me. It is from cow milk but doesn't have lactose. I think all whey isolates are like that. It's 140 calories, 28g protein, and 4 carbs. I suck it down at least once a day.

alcon79

I use EAS protein powder in chocolate and vanilla. A tub of it is around $20 at Target and it mixes really well with water and in a blender bottle. About 120 cals and 24g of protein.

I also like their Advantedge low carb drinks - about 110 cals and 17g protein. I take them to work since they're much more transportable.

nyspotlight

I just ordered from truenutrition.com I'll have to let you know how I like it

You can customize your protein powder. They have a bunch of different kinds of pure protein powder, with options to add supplemental vitamins, carbs, even flax oil powder. I did a blend of pea protein, brown rice protein and soy. But they even have beef protein (WEIRD!).

Then they have a bunch of flavor options, and you can add different kinds of sweetener or none at all.

And it came out to half the price of what I see at trader joe's.

Brilliant concept. Hope it's good.

daniii6

I just ordered Syntha6 from Amazon because it had great reviews on taste, and mixes well with water (according to reviews). It should arrive tomorrow so I'll be back with a review. I got chocolate milkshake and vanilla ice cream.

The chocolate milkshake flavor arrived today and I just had to try a little. I mixed half a scoop with some water and it mixed pretty well and tasted better than most I've tried. Only downside is 200 calories per serving, but I used to have to mix my other powder with milk so that's okay. I read some glowing reviews of Truetein today though and would really like to try that next.

On the website for Trutein you can order samples of the flavors to try first! I think it is ~$2 for each flavor and it makes one protein shake. I did that first to try all the flavors and decide if I liked it and which flavor I liked best.

meggyh20

On the website for Trutein you can order samples of the flavors to try first! I think it is ~$2 for each flavor and it makes one protein shake. I did that first to try all the flavors and decide if I liked it and which flavor I liked best.

Thanks for the info! Can't wait to try them!