protein powder

[Guest guest]

Hi Joni,

Which of the whey proteins do you use...casine, isolate, concentrate?

I am going for nutrition and health.

Thanks,

M.

>

> If you get 90 servings for $30.00 thats still way cheap at 33 cents

> each serving. Even with some fruit added you still have a shake for

> easily under $1.00! You cant make too many other things (that are

> healthy for you) for under $1.00 a meal right? Looking at it in

> perspective, it may SEEM like alot of money to fork out at one time,

> but then its going to last what(?) almost three MONTHS at one shake a

> day!

>

> Also, the problem with scouting around for the cheapest whey protein

> is that you may end up with an inferior product. Check the source of

> where the protein comes from and the type of whey it is (isolate,

> concentrate, casien, or a blend) to know what you are actually

> getting for the price, also how may grams of protein per serving

> verses the cost.

>

> Have you looked online? You probably wont beat that .33 cents unless

> you find protein powders on sale, but it might be worth looking, so

> here's a few links to a few popular online spots to compare prices:

> http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/proteinper.htm

> http://www4.netrition.com/cgi/product_categories_display.cgi?

> categories=PRO

>

> http://www.vitaglo.com/

>

> And one alternative to maybe have on hand for variety:

> http://www.incredibody.com/proteinpowder.html

>

>

>

> joni

>

[Guest guest]

> Hi Joni, Which of the whey proteins do you use...

> casine, isolate, concentrate? I am going for nutrition

> and health.

Here's a good explanation of the differences btwn isolate,

concentrate, and blends:

http://www4.netrition.com/whey_protein.html

Go back to this page to also compare egg, soy and vegetable proteins:

http://www4.netrition.com/protein_powders_page.html

You can see that it might depend on when a person has a shake (post

workout or in the morning etc) but for me its always been taste above

all. If it tastes like wallpaper paste, it doesnt matter if it

wonderfully 'good' for me, I just wont drink it. :-)

Ive used quite a few brands over the years, but some of my favorites

have been:

Natures Best IsoPure LoCarb Chocolate (Isolate) - they list it as

50grams per 2 scoop serving, but I just used one scoop for 25grams

and doubled my servings that way. Best chocolate flavor ever.

Isolates are a very fine granular powder so they spoon swirl without

clumping and are very drinkable either in water or lowfat/free milk.

Also the Now brand of the Dutch Chocolate (Isolate)- again serving

size is two scoops @ 50 grams (not necessary) so I would get 25grams

and get 2x the servings from a container.

For some time now I have been drinking 'ProRated' (namebrand) by

Wellements - in chocolate of course - its a concentrate blend -

bought it at Costco - you can read more here and look over the

labelling: http://www.wellements.com/prorated.asp

Costco is weird tho, sometimes they carry the above and sometimes

they dont have it and then other times they carry their own Kirkland

brand - havent tried their whey powder, but the Kirkland ready to

drink protein drinks arent half bad (again not on their website and I

dont have a can left for the stats! But they were good for on the go

or stashed in my work fridge (straw in my drawer) for one of

those 'moments' of weakness (oh look Sue's back from Hawaii and

bought the staff chocolate covered macadamia nuts-enjoy!) meanwhile,

I'm doing the slurp slurp thru my straw .. ;-)

Here's a couple I would like to try just because they look

interesting (health wise) and for variety sake:

Hemp with omega fats ... http://tinyurl.com/5wacu3

Soy thats super strength ... http://tinyurl.com/5tnmev

Besides flavor, you want to keep in mind how much sugar, if any is in

a brand, or how its sweetened, also how much protein you get per

serving, and make sure there's not alot of extra stuff in it that you

dont really need or want (like extra vitamins/minerals etc that might

overlap what you already take) keep it pretty basic.

Protein powders are a convenient way to up your protein intake

without plusplus calories, fat etc from meats/dairy etc but its just

that - a convenience - and certainly not a necessity to seeing

results.

joni

[Guest guest]

I finally bought protein powder (100% whey) over the weekend. The container

says to mix a scoop with 6oz of milk. I wonder how many tablespoons are in the

packet of myoplex that Bill uses. I feel like a scoop of protein

powder is too large of an amount for me. Please let me know what you use.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

1 scoop= 24g and I weigh 139.

Re: protein powder

How much do you weigh, , and how much protein is in a scoop of your

protein powder?

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Raphael <tracyraphael@ yahoo.com>wrote:

> I finally bought protein powder (100% whey) over the weekend. The

> container says to mix a scoop with 6oz of milk. I wonder how many

> tablespoons are in the packet of myoplex that Bill uses. I feel

> like a scoop of protein powder is too large of an amount for me. Please let

> me know what you use.

>

> Thanks,

>

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