Need help choosing protein powder, whats best etc

Go with Optimum nutrition. They are of good quality and taste amazing. I love their French Vanilla.

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after excersise; 1 scoop in 200-230 ml of water. tastes good and it has good solubility in water (:

Other than finding the one that suits your taste, finding a good protein powder is actually pretty straightforward. You want to look at the ingredients -- the best whey protein powders will list whey protein isolate or hydrolyzed whey protein isolate as the very first ingredient. These are both very pure forms of protein (> 90% pure). The difference between these two proteins is that hydrolyzed protein has smaller protein fragments which are easier to digest than non-hydrolyzed whey protein isolate, but other than that one caveat, they are essentially the same. Other types of whey are not filtered as much (70-80% pure), which means you are getting some of the natural carbs that are found in milk along with the protein. While there is nothing inherently wrong with these extra carbs, most of us don't have any issues getting carbs in our diets, it's the protein we need to focus on.

It's easy to tell how pure a whey protein powder is -- just divide the number of grams of protein per serving by the number of grams per serving. For example, if you look at the powder I use -- Iso Sensation 93 (label found here: http://gnc.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pGNC1-6099251_gnclabel_pdf.pdf) -- you'll see that each serving has 30g of protein and each serving is 32g. So, 30/32 = 0.937 = 93.7% pure protein.

Compare that to the Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard -- 24g of protein per serving, each serving is 30.4g (http://gnc.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pGNC1-2331558_gnclabel_pdf.pdf) which is 78.4% pure protein.

Ladies, you want low cal (my scoop is less thank 100Kcal), low sugar with as high protein as possible in that combo - most of the ones mentioned are whey protein which is fast releasing.

Just having it with water is better in terms of less calories but having it with unsweetened soya milk which is also high in protein is what I like to do.

The ones pre mixed in bottle are not as good for you as just the powder that you mix yourself. Buy a shaker where you keep powder in the bottom and you can mix 3-4 drinks a day while on the go just by adding water. .

Always read the labels.

I am using the EAS myopleax permixed protein drinks they taste good. I've been told the Whey protein is good but I 've not tried it. but I know a few that do use it.

Actually you have tried whey. That is what is in EAS -- whey and casein. That is some good stuff too, I like that one as well as long as it is the CarbAdvantage as most of others have way too many carbs.

Thank you! I learn something new every day about good things for me.

Buy the least expensive protein powder that you can tolerate. Money never sleeps......

Try Walmart. Maybe you'll be able to stand Body Fortress, but I couldn't..... spent $2 more on Pure Protein. Six Star was fabulous but pricey, EAS is outrageous.

I do not know anything about them, but i use the Jillian Michaels vanilla and chocolate ones, they are sweetened with stevia and they didn't cost an arm and a leg to try them , i buy them at well.ca , free shipping in Canada , : )

I love Six Star and the EAS protein mixes, but I stick with Body Fortress myself - I just can't be prompted to spend the great markup that often comes with not being a "cheaper" brand.

Typically Body Fortress has 130-140 cals, 26g protein, and 1-2g each of carbs and fats. Not the most pure protein by any means but if it's post-workout, you want a few carbs anyway. I find myself eating chicken more often lately, 110 cal and 24g protein for the fillets I get.

I'm happy with dymatize elite