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[quote=Anonymous]DS is 16 years old.  He is active, swims 2x a week for 1.5 hours  and lift weights at the gym 5x a week.  He was really skinny and wanted ti Bull up so he meets with a trainer 1x a week and the trainer gives hi workouts for the other 4x he is at the gym.  DS weights 140 pound and is 5’9 (we aren’t tall people).  His trainer specializes in growing teens. DS already started to get more muscular and has asked for a protein shake.  He probably gets 45-60 grams of protein a day with well balanced meals.  The protein powder has 24 grams of protein per scoop, he would like to substitute breakfast for 2 scoops with milk (48+ grams of protein) instead of breakfast. I’m calculating that will bring his protein intake to approximately 70-90 grams of protein a day.  My husband thinks this  may lead to kidney stones.  The information I get from fitness sites is conflicting, but generally lean protein + weight training is very effective.  Can someone, if you have a kid with a similar training regime, offer some insight? He meets a lot of his friends at the gym, mostly football players and they all use protein supplementation so DS is adamant, but he’ll be reasonable if there is science against it.[/quote]

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