Protein powder

chezzabelle82
chezzabelle82 Posts: 302 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have a bag of protein powder in the house (hubby started using it then stopped when he had to stop exercising for medical reasons), I was thinking of using it to use it up rather than wasting it but when do I use it? I don't do massive workouts but I do HIIT sessions at home and try to use TRX trainer.
Any advice would be great :)

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  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    Add it to milk in a shaker, shake it up, drink it.

    Protein timings are irrelevant so pre/post/intra work-out makes such a minute difference that it is best ignored. Just drink it when you feel like a snack.
  • chezzabelle82
    chezzabelle82 Posts: 302 Member
    StealthHealth wrote: »
    Add it to milk in a shaker, shake it up, drink it.

    Protein timings are irrelevant so pre/post/intra work-out makes such a minute difference that it is best ignored. Just drink it when you feel like a snack.

    That's great thank you, I just made a homemade iced coffee and put a scoop in it and it tastes lovely :)
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    If you get bored with drinks there was a recent thread discussing cooking with whey powders which contained a few recipes:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10438647/cooking-with-protein-powder
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I sometimes add a scoop to my morning coffee. i add it to yogurt, oats and all sorts of desserts. I use optimum nutrition choc/ peanut butter casein .
  • chezzabelle82
    chezzabelle82 Posts: 302 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    This may sound obvious and stupid but make sure you add it into your daily calorie allowance. The number of people that take them for "recovery" but forget the calorie content, is staggering.

    Oh I did that after I made the iced coffee I created a recipe in the recipe builder it was over 100cals so glad I thought to do it :#
  • coreyreichle
    coreyreichle Posts: 1,031 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    I sometimes add a scoop to my morning coffee. i add it to yogurt, oats and all sorts of desserts. I use optimum nutrition choc/ peanut butter casein .

    Just be aware, some research has shown that much of the benefit of protein powder is lost when heated, due to heat denaturing the proteins.
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    coreyreichle wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    I sometimes add a scoop to my morning coffee. i add it to yogurt, oats and all sorts of desserts. I use optimum nutrition choc/ peanut butter casein .

    Just be aware, some research has shown that much of the benefit of protein powder is lost when heated, due to heat denaturing the proteins.

    The thread I linked above was specifically about this subject and nobody posted any science/refs that backed up the "heat damages/reduces bio-availability of p/powders". If you've got refs which state otherwise post them up. I'm happy to change my position based on evidence.
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    edited August 2016
    coreyreichle wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    I sometimes add a scoop to my morning coffee. i add it to yogurt, oats and all sorts of desserts. I use optimum nutrition choc/ peanut butter casein .

    Just be aware, some research has shown that much of the benefit of protein powder is lost when heated, due to heat denaturing the proteins.

    BTW: You cook an egg and you denature the protein in the white (it's the denaturing that makes it go white) but the digestive system chops it all up into component amino acids all the same. Also, in cheeses the casein is denatured by enzyme action - You still get all the protein on consumption.
  • coreyreichle
    coreyreichle Posts: 1,031 Member
    edited August 2016
    StealthHealth wrote: »
    coreyreichle wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    I sometimes add a scoop to my morning coffee. i add it to yogurt, oats and all sorts of desserts. I use optimum nutrition choc/ peanut butter casein .

    Just be aware, some research has shown that much of the benefit of protein powder is lost when heated, due to heat denaturing the proteins.

    The thread I linked above was specifically about this subject and nobody posted any science/refs that backed up the "heat damages/reduces bio-availability of p/powders". If you've got refs which state otherwise post them up. I'm happy to change my position based on evidence.

    Myth Busted! (Apparently):
    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/muscle-mystery-does-denatured-protein-still-make-you-grow.html

    As you are happy to change your opinion, because of science, as am I :)
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    To be fair, I'd always believed the "don't cook it" message, and even threw away a batch of unpalatable protein powder because of fear that baking it would negate the benefit.

    It was only recently that I learnt I was wrong.
  • paulbrttn
    paulbrttn Posts: 72 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    This may sound obvious and stupid but make sure you add it into your daily calorie allowance. The number of people that take them for "recovery" but forget the calorie content, is staggering.

    Also make sure you're recording the right scoop size, only realised last week that I have a large scoop which contains double the amount :|
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    You use it if you aren't reaching your protein goals that day through normal diet. It doesn't do anything different than food, time is irrelevant.
  • traceyidundun
    traceyidundun Posts: 16 Member
    Protein Muffins are really nice as a snack, or Protein pancakes.Just be cautious of what you put in them. For my muffins i use egg whites, 2tea spoons of greek plain yogurt,unsweetened coco powder and stevia (optional) or I drizzle a tea spoon of honey when they are baked.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    paulbrttn wrote: »
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    This may sound obvious and stupid but make sure you add it into your daily calorie allowance. The number of people that take them for "recovery" but forget the calorie content, is staggering.

    Also make sure you're recording the right scoop size, only realised last week that I have a large scoop which contains double the amount :|

    Absolutely!! Don't go by scoop size, weigh it on a scale.
  • chezzabelle82
    chezzabelle82 Posts: 302 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    paulbrttn wrote: »
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    This may sound obvious and stupid but make sure you add it into your daily calorie allowance. The number of people that take them for "recovery" but forget the calorie content, is staggering.

    Also make sure you're recording the right scoop size, only realised last week that I have a large scoop which contains double the amount :|

    Absolutely!! Don't go by scoop size, weigh it on a scale.

    Good advice :)

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