Advice on what supplement to take?

[staciemwah]

Ive been going to the gym for the past few months, but im not getting the results I'd hoped for. I don't get alot of protein in my diet so I'm looking at buying a protein supplement, I'm looking at the maximuscle promax diet but I wanted to know if its worth it before i spent the money.

If so, when would I drink it, and with what?

Im a little confused as I have never used it before and im a bit sceptical as to whether they work. I dont want to build muscle, i just want to loose weight as well as tone.

I currently do mainly cardio in the gym, with a bit of weight training only enough to mainly tone.

I try to eat healthily,

- Breakfast of porridge or bran flakes,

- Lunch is usually a ham salad sandwich on granary bread or soup

- Dinner of meat&veg

I try not to snack much but if i do ill have a ryvita cracker or bag of crisps. I only tend to drink tea/coffee/fruit juice and water.

Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[Jrahien]

Just regular whey protein is usually enough for anyone needing a protein supplement. Flavoured powders just need to be mixed with water while plain can be added to whatever you want.

I'd stay away from the fancy protein mixes. What supplement companies like to do is throw a bunch of different kinds of protein (unnecessary) in with basically whatever ingredients and compounds have been suggested to have some kind of benefit (potentially useless or unsafe) and then give it a fancy name such as "Y Complex".

Give this thread a read-through.
http://training.fitness.com/supplements/protein-supplements-101-a-51539.html

 

[DL455]

Lack of protein is rarely, very rarely the reason for lack of results from exericse. Its usually first a lack of intensity, then too many hard sets done to failure too often. In addition there's no supplement in existence thats going to deliver results by itself. They're only what they're called...a supplement.

 

[Danielle Evans]

Eat right and try to get sufficient protein from diet and then supplement with a basic whey protein powder (isolate or concentrate). Also try to avoid the ones that put a lot of rubbish in their powders like cheap milk protein powder, fillers, aspartame, acesulphame K, hydrogenated vegetable oils.. none of these will do you much good. Try makling your own shakes - you only need a blender, some fruit, juice, yoghurt and some pure whey powder.