And substituting ultra-high processed foods for... food. As PP said, eat a hardboiled egg or two with your coffee. Or a spoonful of natural peanut butter. Or a handful of nuts. Or some cheese. Cookies and cream protein powder? Is that made from people? |
I have to agree. Cookies and cream protein power? Likely some blend of palm kernel oils, stevia, and gums, fake sugars. Just eat real food like an egg or nuts. |
Do people like you open every single thread looking to pick it apart and chastise the poster? This entire exchange is unnecessary. |
Protein powder is mostly whey. It’s nothing to be afraid of. Pea and collagen are different proteins but still nothing weird.
But yes, it’s not magic. It’s just that protein keeps us full longer. So an egg, although it has less protein, also has fat which is works too. But a scoop of protein gives you 20-36 g of protein that most dieters need anyway. IME, whey protein doesn’t mix well though. That’s why I use collagen. I have collegen coffee and a small high protein breakfast like Greek yogurt. |
The flavored protein powders have a lot of additives |
agree. I’m the poster you quoted. I’ve been using the collagen powder for ostensible injury prevention from a lot of exercise volume. It’s sort of “if it’s not broken don’t fix it” sort of thing for me now that’s it’s part of my routine. |
I've mixed protein powder and coffee for a while, makes the protein easier to take because I love coffee so much. Your choices are low protein (6 gm in eggs) and/or very high in fat, like peanut butter, nuts, cheese. If you are going to give advice, at least make it decent. |
Different approach. But I’ve used coffee instead of hot water to make oatmeal. Add a splash of milk to get to my desired consistency, maybe sometimes a little honey or maple syrup to reduce acidity depending on the coffee. Delicious |
Let’s not encourage orthorexia. It’s basically powdered milk. |
I don’t think it’s orthorexic to note that a lot of protein powders are highly processed food. It’s just true. |
New word for me. Have never heard this term. |
And what do you think makes it tastes like cookies, lemon bars, salted caramel and whatever other flavors are out there? They are filled with palm kernel oil and some combination of sucralose, stevia, or erythritol |