Protein Powder

Why do you need powder? Just eat fish, chicken and nuts?

Why do you need powder? Just eat fish, chicken and nuts?

While I agree that whole foods are always preferable, sometimes there's caveats in a person's diet. If someone is vegetarian (for whatever reason) it's sometimes hard to get enough complete protein, especially if you are a person who lifts heavy.

Also, if you are a woman (or man of particularly small stature) who's trying to lose fat while maintaining muscle mass, you need a high intake of protein at a low daily caloric intake. This can make it difficult to get the protein required without going over your caloric intake.

Finally, it's a cheaper source of protein. Personally, at 6'6" 280lbs, lifting heavy, I'm taking in between 200 and 250g of protein a day. Say I went with just chicken today. That would be about 8-12 boneless breasts to get in me today. That's a lot of buying, a lot of cooking, and A LOT of eating. If I supplement a whole food diet with a handful of whey isolate powder, I can bump up my protein by as much as a factor of two for a couple bucks, and not have to eat 6 chickens worth of white meat.

double post. apologies.

ON Gold Standard.

Currently trying some bodytech(vitamin shoppe brand) stuff because it was 30 bucks for 100 servings.

Pffft. I can't put fish, chicken etc in my protein pancakes, and it would be a shame not to make them anymore.

I use Optimum Nutrition natural vanilla (it uses stevia). I like Teras Whey too, it's organic, but much more $$, so I only get the chocolate flavor now as I don't use it as much. Typically, I only use them to add to oatmeal, yogurt, or pancakes.

I just use Body Fortress from Walmart. I usually have a shake after lifting or a killer workout, or the odd breakfast shake to get some protein in a snap!

And it's a whole bunch cheaper! haha

Why do you need powder? Just eat fish, chicken and nuts?

Because it tastes like chocolate and its guilt free? yummy way to meet your protein goals.
anyway i was using muscle tech and it made me BLOAT. some people are talking about ISO 100. think I'm gonna give it a try

I use Casein protein instead of whey, it doesn't spike my blood sugar(don't get hungry right after) and it's pretty filling. Specific brand, optimum nutrition and I've been using blueberry & cream. Also, it's only 120 calories for 24g of protein.

My experience: They say it's not as 'fast acting', but honestly taking it at night I recover a lot better from workout to workout. The only thing is it is difficult to mix. I drink off 3 oz or so of a bottle of water, pour some in and shake the crap out of it. They'll still be chunks, but honestly I don't care. I'm a picky eater, but it tastes fine to me.

Why do you need powder? Just eat fish, chicken and nuts?

Beause I can't get over 100 g in protein with 1400-1600 calories a day to play with.... too short and small.

I'm a big fan of Optimum Nutrition. So many flavors to choose from and lots of protein.

Intek Protein, has a blend of whey, casein and albumin, so reportedly is better utilized by the body. sweetened with stevia. Many flavors. I am a short, female endomorph and do heavy workouts several times a week, so I find the supplements help keep my protein up. I use a scoop of vanilla in my coffee, or greek yogurt.

Please shut up about saying you can eat enough protein & get it through regular food sources...

YES...you can but I would rather not be eating 4+ chicken breasts a day.

Plus after a heavy lifting session I do NOT want to be eating a chicken breast or sandwich 15-20 minutes after working out so I supplement with a protein powder.

I currently am using BSN Syntha-6. Good protein, mixes well, tastes great, 30g/150cal/BCAA's all that good stuff.

It's good for recovery, weight loss, muscle growth and nutrition (hitting protein numbers) http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/bsn/synth.html

Before I picked that up I was using Optimum Nutrition's HydroBUILDER & HydroWHEY.

There's more than one way to skin a cat, no one way is the only right way. I'd prefer to eat my protein and enjoy it. Would I put tuna in my pancakes? Hell no, I would go to IHOP and have the real deal, all 10,000 calories of it, not no artificial pancakes. It didn't take a powder to gain all that weight, why should you take a powder to lose it I've found better luck finding food at a price per gram of protein LOWER than a jug of whey etc. Drink and be hungry, or eat and be happy.

ON Gold Standard.

Currently trying some bodytech(vitamin shoppe brand) stuff because it was 30 bucks for 100 servings.

Every time this topic comes up, ON Gold Standard gets recommended. I use it, too - the double rich chocolate flavor is pretty good, and not that expensive.

Agreed, Optimum Nutrition's Gold Standard Whey is good stuff! I started off buying protein powder in a pretty package because the big containers of protein powders looked really scary and meant for body builders, haha. Didn't take me long to realise it was the same product in a different package, so now I buy ON Gold Standard - the coconut chocolate is so yummy!

I also use About TIme protein powder! Its all natural and has the least amount of additives.
100 cals
no carbs
1 mg of chol
41 mg of salt
25 g of protein per scoop

They have a ton of flavors. The only thing I dont care for is the chocolate. I like rich dark chocolate and their chocolate is bland. I mix it with greek yogurt for breakfast before I work out. I take in over 130 grams of protein a day and trying to fit that in my macros without eating a ton is impossible. This works for me.

Oh and Muscletech made me sick with cramping really bad!! Something with the digestive enzyme complex.