protein suppliment

[Dizaster]

I look at protein as if it's name is "meal replacement powder"...
When gaining weight, most websites/training programmes/magazines recommend 5-6 meals per day.. This is a very good start for gaining weight, as most people won't eat enough during just breakfast lunch and dinner (3 meals) to overload their bodies with excess material to build a dramatic amount of mass..

Now I would never replace a real food meal with protein any day of the week. You can't beat a good solid meal for nutrition & protein (run a search on yahoo or something for foods rich in protein).

But for most people, it's not practical to have 5-6 meals prepared every day.. Especially if you work or go to school.. And that's where protein comes in.. You can have breakfast, and then around 10:30 -11am have a protein shake.. then lunch, protein around 4pm.. you get the picture..
It's really their just to give you that extra intake that you otherwise wouldn't get.. It's also a lot easier to get 40 grams of protein from a drink than from eating a steak.. who could handle 3 or 4 steaks every day..
So make sure you've got your standard meals up to scratch.. never replace a proper meal with protein unless you just don't have time for a good meal. Once you've got your normal meals down and still aren't gaining the mass you hope for, add a dose or 2 of protein powder into your day..

A few things to be aware of with protein.
*It's not the magic answer to building mass,
*No matter what anyone says, its not as good as a real high protein meal, and these should be your FIRST priority.
*And if you are not completing a hard work out in the first place, extra protein is a waste of time & money.

BUT, added to an already solid meal & workout routine, protein supplements can play a BIG part in gaining extra weight and muscle mass....

[scottswald]

what type of supplements do you guys use

[scottswald]

if you use protein supplements, do ya still have to eat lots of protein foods like chicken and fish

[CRO-Luka]

first of all you'll get kidney stones because of all that shiat man. definately not after a month or two but after a few months of usage you're gonna mess up your kidneys. so don't take that stuff.

besides that, the most important thing that all of these guys on this forum who give you advices about buying this or that, first of all you have to know how your metabolism. are you trying to gain weight just because you can't with regular food?
in that case, it means that you have high metabolism, and that means that these supplements won't help you gain weight. they do help ppl gain weight, but only the ones who have normal or slow metabolisms. you even might gain a few pounds, but not for long. you'd have to keep taking them if you don't wanna lose your weight afterwards.

with high metabolism, you have to "slow it down". the only way to do this is to eat a whole mountain of food every day and drink a lot of liquid after eating.

if you use protein supplements, do ya still have to eat lots of protein foods like chicken and fish

and like i said..it might help someone with slow metabolism. but not you, you'd still have to eat a whole lotta food, no more no less.

[danne__]

acoording to u 50% of the lifters have bad kidneys?

[Fantana]

first of all you'll get kidney stones because of all that shiat man. definately not after a month or two but after a few months of usage you're gonna mess up your kidneys. so don't take that stuff.

besides that, the most important thing that all of these guys on this forum who give you advices about buying this or that, first of all you have to know how your metabolism. are you trying to gain weight just because you can't with regular food?
in that case, it means that you have high metabolism, and that means that these supplements won't help you gain weight. they do help ppl gain weight, but only the ones who have normal or slow metabolisms. you even might gain a few pounds, but not for long. you'd have to keep taking them if you don't wanna lose your weight afterwards.

with high metabolism, you have to "slow it down". the only way to do this is to eat a whole mountain of food every day and drink a lot of liquid after eating.

if you use protein supplements, do ya still have to eat lots of protein foods like chicken and fish

and like i said..it might help someone with slow metabolism. but not you, you'd still have to eat a whole lotta food, no more no less.

Disagree with all statements posted above.


Firstly, people with "high metabolisms" will need to eat more to gain weight, and it can always be done because of the different type of body types (endomorphs, mesamorph etc) and how they react to protein and carbs and fats.


Secondly, high protein diets require a lot of water intake to flush out toxins and to make sure the meat etc in your body does not putrefy. No one has mentioned this yet. I drink at least 4 litres per day.


Thirdly, Protein Powders like whey protein are EXTRAS to diets, MRPs are exactly what they say they are, replacements meals. They do help.

Creatine and Glutamine are also essential. As is flaxseed oil, and vitmain tablets.

OBviously yoiu can take as many things as you want but if your not training right, consistently then your not going anywhere.

[warnotwars]

another pull from my anatomy class... there was a study done and people have realized that ectomorphs, endomorphs, and mesomorphs only have one difference its placement of fat and doesnt have allt eh side effects that people originally believed

[Joe_Ice]

the best protein out there is trueprotein.com


the myth about too much protein being bad on the kidneys has been dispelled YEARS AGO!!!

[Fantana]

another pull from my anatomy class... there was a study done and people have realized that ectomorphs, endomorphs, and mesomorphs only have one difference its placement of fat and doesnt have allt eh side effects that people originally believed

What about people who have 15 feet extra of digestive trac then others?

What was the side effects?

Body shapes

[warnotwars]

no what i meant by side effects were people believed that the body types were more susceptible to different kinds of fatigue and diseases people even took it as far as certain types are even more susceptible of cancer

[Fantana]

no what i meant by side effects were people believed that the body types were more susceptible to different kinds of fatigue and diseases people even took it as far as certain types are even more susceptible of cancer

Thats fascinating, and in the end it turned out all that was different was how the body stored fat?