WHEY PROTEIN?

The directions just say that. you're fine taking it any time.

If you're watching your weight I'd reccommend looking into Scivation Whey. No carbs.

I also like Dymatize and Optimum Nutrition.

I have a whey protein shake for breakfast 3 to 5 days a week. Holds me well.
Cytosport 100% whey at Costco.
Mixed with skim milk.

Protein shakes is also a fattening supplement. If you don't exercise as much your body turns that protein into extra storage fat.

I really like the Biochem Vanilla Whey Isolate Powder. It's only 110 calories per 2 scoops and 20g of protein, 0 fat, and very little carbs. It mixes really well, either in water, milk, or in a breakfast shake, and doesn't have the chalky taste like some other powders can. Amazon also has it on sale right now for $23.50 + shipping for a 29.9oz can.

great topic! was JUST thinking about adding protein shakes to get my protein up. i seem to stall out around 60-70g per day.

I prefer casein, I don't know if it is just placebo effect, but "slow digesting protein" makes me feel fuller longer. I like Optimum Nutrition for both whey and casein. Currently obsessed with their cake batter casein flavor. So decadent tasting.

I prefer casein, I don't know if it is just placebo effect, but "slow digesting protein" makes me feel fuller longer. I like Optimum Nutrition for both whey and casein. Currently obsessed with their cake batter casein flavor. So decadent tasting.

^ Generally speaking I don't think that's placebo, I think it's correct. Casein digests slower and mixes a lot thicker, so for most people you will tend to feel fuller on casein.

I'm loving Myofusion Probiotic. I have the cinnamon roll flavour right now and can't wait to try the peanut butter chocolate.

Genuine Health Protein Plus Natural Chocolate is my current whey protein of choice. Two scoops are 110 calories, 2 g of carbs and 25 g of protein. It doesn't even taste bad. Just make sure to dissolve the powder in a bit of warm water and then top up your water bottle with cold. This stuff doesn't dissolve in cold water.

I prefer casein, I don't know if it is just placebo effect, but "slow digesting protein" makes me feel fuller longer. I like Optimum Nutrition for both whey and casein. Currently obsessed with their cake batter casein flavor. So decadent tasting.

^ Generally speaking I don't think that's placebo, I think it's correct. Casein digests slower and mixes a lot thicker, so for most people you will tend to feel fuller on casein.

I mostly put that in because I didn't want to attract people yelling broscience, since the only conclusive science I've read on the topic is that casein takes over 2 hours to digest... I haven't seen that that necessarily effects satiety, as compared to a whey protein.

My favorite quick breakfast is a protein shake with one of those high-fiber bars to help stop the protein from passing through too quickly. Depending on brands, it's about a 260-calorie meal in about one minute.

Protien shakes aren't neccessary for weight loss & I would argue not reccommended. Unless you are doing a considerable amount of heavy lifting, a healthy diet should provide the reccommended amount of protien your body needs daily. Extra protien won't build extra muscle. In fact, several studies show that our bodies can only digest about 26g of protien per meal - the rest turns to fat. Considering that whey protien in particular is a by-product of cheese (the curds, aka. the left overs), you need to really be on point with your nutrition to utilize them properly.

Overall, I would say skip the shake, eat a healthy diet, & take a multivitamin. But hey, thats just my opinion :-) Let me know if you want more info! I just finished my nutrition class & am an exercise physiology major, so I'd like to consider myself very knowledgeable about this stuff.

I'm looking at getting Body Fortress Super Advanced Whey Protein. It's low carb at about 3g of carbs per scoop and each scoop has about 26g of protein per scoop. For a 2 lb container, it's about 15 bucks at Walmart, which is perfect for my budget because I am living that poor college kid life, haha! ( Side note: I'm going to use it in fruit smoothies twice a day while I do Tapout.)

Protien shakes aren't neccessary for weight loss & I would argue not reccommended. Unless you are doing a considerable amount of heavy lifting, a healthy diet should provide the reccommended amount of protien your body needs daily. Extra protien won't build extra muscle. In fact, several studies show that our bodies can only digest about 26g of protien per meal - the rest turns to fat. Considering that whey protien in particular is a by-product of cheese (the curds, aka. the left overs), you need to really be on point with your nutrition to utilize them properly.

Overall, I would say skip the shake, eat a healthy diet, & take a multivitamin. But hey, thats just my opinion :-) Let me know if you want more info! I just finished my nutrition class & am an exercise physiology major, so I'd like to consider myself very knowledgeable about this stuff.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22895782
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Aug 14. [Epub ahead of print]
Protein feeding pattern, casein feeding or milk soluble protein feeding did not change the evolution of body composition during a short-term weight loss program.
Adechian S, Balage M, Remond D, Migné C, Quignard-Boulange A, Marset-Baglieri A, Rousset S, Boirie Y, Gaudichon C, Dardevet D, Mosoni L.
Source
1INRA.
Abstract
Studies have shown that timing of protein intake, leucine content and speed of digestion significantly affected post-prandial protein utilization. Our aim was to determine if one can spare lean body mass during energy restriction by varying the quality and the timing of protein intake. Obese volunteers followed a 6 week restricted energy diet. Four groups were compared: caseins pulse, caseins spread, milk soluble proteins (MSP = whey) pulse, MSP spread (n=10-11 per group). In caseins groups, caseins were the only protein source; it was MSP in MSP groups. Proteins were distributed in 4 meals per day in the proportion 8/80/4/8 % in the pulse groups; it was 25/25/25/25 % in the spread groups. We measured weight, body composition, nitrogen balance, 3-methylhistidine excretion, perception of hunger, plasma parameters, adipose tissue metabolism and whole-body protein metabolism. Volunteers lost 7.5 ± 0.4 kg of weight, 5.1 ± 0.2 kg of fat and 2.2 ± 0.2 kg of lean mass, with no difference between groups. In adipose tissue, cell size and mRNA expression of various genes were reduced with no difference between groups. Hunger perception was also never different between groups. On the last week, due to a higher inhibition of protein degradation and despite a lower stimulation of protein synthesis, post-prandial balance between whole-body protein synthesis and degradation was better with caseins than with MSP. It seems likely that the positive effect of caseins on protein balance occurred only at the end of the experiment.

(My emphasis)

Laymans terms articles that cite great sources here:
http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html (Myth 5)
http://www.wannabebig.com/diet-and-nutrition/is-there-a-limit-to-how-much-protein-the-body-can-use-in-a-single-meal/

Please post your sources and I'll read them to decide what I think is most valid. But I think Martin (leangains link) makes a great point in that this myth doesn't pass the evolutionary sniff test. Why on earth would we evolve to need to eat every 2-3 hours to stay healthy?

You have to watch the cholesterol content in a lot of protein mixes as well.