Protein shakes?

My family and I have tried and test this to exhaustion. Brand name: Designer Whey - only the Vanilla one and mix it with apple juice - I use half apple juice half water to eliminate calories. You can also use the instant apple juice from walmart and it is only 5 calories for 16 oz..

I would go to a gnc store or something simular and look at the nutritional facts on several items. But as far as whey vs protein I prefer whey There's a good chart on this site that will show you the outcome values/percentages of what each contains:

http://www.build-muscle-and-burn-fat.com/soy-versus-whey-protein.html#Soy Versus Whey Conclusion

I use Nature's Best Low Carb Isopure (which you can get at GNC). If you only use 1 scoop it has 105 calories and 25 g of protein and 0g fat and 3g carbs! With a good percentage of vitamins and minerals! It is a little pricey though.

That's just what I think and feel is best for me, I'm sure a lot of other people have a different opinion.

Hope that helped in any way!

I use whey protien chocolate. It's pretty good. I like it better with milk then with water but i will drink it with both.

I use soya protein (in Vanilla flavour - goes with everything) as it has the least amount of carbs/sugar and the most protein.
I don't buy the type for body building men, just simple soy/soya protein to add protein to diet from the health food store.
I mix it with soya milk and a banana and any other fruit or yoghurt or cocoa powder and/or peanut butter in a smoothie maker or blender. Sometimes I even add an oatcake and little cinnamon to make it like a fruit pie tasting smoothie!! So many great ideas available.
You can't tell it's not cows milk beause of all the other flavours and it has much more protein and less carbs.

This is the perfect thing to make the night before, store in fridge then have first thing in the morning before a run or gym session.
Not too bulky and will provide your body with everything it needs - keeps me full for ages too.

You can experiement with chucking all sorts of things in the blender with it - I've never made anything that didn't turn out nice!

BSN Syntha-6 is by far the best tasting protein shake out there from the many I have tried. It is not cheap but you did mention that we all get what we pay for. It's thin and smooth, not chalky like many others I've tried.

I only use the optimum nutrition Gold Standard Natural, but I'm leaning towards creating my own mix from the Protein Factory "http://proteinfactory.com/shop/home.php"