Protein powders vs real foods

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I am into kettlebells and die-hard wild, organic, grass fed etc NT.

Protein powder and weight gain is the most processed food I eat. I am

doing k-bells mostly for overall fitness but would also like to gain

weight. The debate:

Protein powder advantage

easy to digest protein and non bulk calories

Protein powder con

Processed, who knows where that milk is from, $

Real foods advantage

I like old fashioned egg yolks, milk and cream

Real foods con

Kettlebells are a slamming workout - Maybe need that protein powder!

THOUGHTS?

cheers,

[Guest guest]

> Protein powders vs real foods

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>Hello,

>

>I am into kettlebells and die-hard wild, organic, grass fed etc NT.

>Protein powder and weight gain is the most processed food I eat. I am

>doing k-bells mostly for overall fitness but would also like to gain

>weight. The debate:

>

>Protein powder advantage

>easy to digest protein and non bulk calories

>

>Protein powder con

>Processed, who knows where that milk is from, $

>

>Real foods advantage

>I like old fashioned egg yolks, milk and cream

>

>Real foods con

>Kettlebells are a slamming workout - Maybe need that protein powder!

>

>THOUGHTS?

Protein powder con: you need vitamin A to assimilate the protein. Vitamin A

is in the fat of real foods that contain protein, like meat, eggs, milk,

etc. Too much isolated protein can deplete your vit. A stores.

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

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Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

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heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times.” --

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[Guest guest]

In addition to what Suze said, most " protein powders " are hidden carriers of MSG

(hydrolysation releases FGA).

Also, they are often sweetened with Splenda or Aspartame.

Bottom line - they are a tasteless, meritless mass of junk food when compared to

real

food.

You will spend a lot of $$$, and end up feeling hungry and dissatisfied.

Sorry to sound so harsh, but I spend a lot of $$ on Atkins-style protein powders

a couple

years back.

And felt exactly like that - hungry and dissatisfied.

We are human beings - we need real food to feel " real "

-Pratick

--- jonathanpearl108 <jp2@...> wrote:

>

> Hello,

>

> I am into kettlebells and die-hard wild, organic, grass fed etc NT.

> Protein powder and weight gain is the most processed food I eat. I am

> doing k-bells mostly for overall fitness but would also like to gain

> weight. The debate:

>

> Protein powder advantage

> easy to digest protein and non bulk calories

>

> Protein powder con

> Processed, who knows where that milk is from, $

>

> Real foods advantage

> I like old fashioned egg yolks, milk and cream

>

> Real foods con

> Kettlebells are a slamming workout - Maybe need that protein powder!

>

> THOUGHTS?

>

> cheers,

>

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[Guest guest]

On 4/26/05, Pratick Mukherjee <pratickmukherjee@...> wrote:

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> In addition to what Suze said, most " protein powders " are hidden carriers of

> MSG

> (hydrolysation releases FGA).

I don't get it. How does this differ from eating, say, meat? Any

protein you eat will be hydrolyzed in your stomach.

Chris

[Guest guest]

> Re: Protein powders vs real foods

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>On 4/26/05, Pratick Mukherjee <pratickmukherjee@...> wrote:

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>> In addition to what Suze said, most " protein powders " are hidden

>carriers of

>> MSG

>> (hydrolysation releases FGA).

>

>I don't get it. How does this differ from eating, say, meat? Any

>protein you eat will be hydrolyzed in your stomach.

>

>Chris

Did you catch that whole discussion on the chapterleader list? According to

Dr. s it's the same, IIRC. Which is why he doesn't recommend fermented

foods. Seems like some folks are intolerant of MSG regardless of the source.

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

----------------------------

“The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause

heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times.” --

Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt

University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

<http://www.thincs.org>

----------------------------