Cpl questions How many shakes a day should I drink? Also at GNC they say you need a vitamin to help break down the shake is this true because iam not wanting to have to pop any certain pill with the shake.
Whey Protein Shakes.
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Take anything GNC tells you with a grain of salt. They're trying to sell you a product, not necessarily to improve your health.
How many you drink a day depends on how many grams of protein you get a day from whole foods and how many grams a day your target is. I normally have a shake at breakfast and one at night. I'm not bodybuilding/gaining mass, I'm burning fat/maintaining muscle.
The whole "vitamin to break down the protein" sounds like a bunch of crap to me. I think they were trying to sell you a vitamin. Taking vitamins is great, just do it for vitamin supplementation, not to break down proteins
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How many you drink a day depends on how many grams of protein you get a day from whole foods and how many grams a day your target is. I normally have a shake at breakfast and one at night. I'm not bodybuilding/gaining mass, I'm burning fat/maintaining muscle.
The whole "vitamin to break down the protein" sounds like a bunch of crap to me. I think they were trying to sell you a vitamin. Taking vitamins is great, just do it for vitamin supplementation, not to break down proteins
.Number of shakes will depend on how much protein you need to supplement into your diet. Best way to figure this out is to keep a log for a couple weeks. It is truely an eye-opener when you see on paper how your diet breaks down into its macro-nutrients.
It is not necessary to take any pills with protein shakes.
DM
It is not necessary to take any pills with protein shakes.
DM
Vitamins do help in the transport of other nutrients. So a vitamin will help, but your body is WAY MORE than capable of absorbing large amounts of protein - especially in a shake which already comes with other delivery nutrients (carbohydrates, for example).
I would recommend you take a multivitamin anyway. As far as nutrition, it's the very first thing I recommend anyone take - even before protein.
I would recommend you take a multivitamin anyway. As far as nutrition, it's the very first thing I recommend anyone take - even before protein.
I see I figured these guys were trying to sell me stuff I really didnt need. Anyhow I cant seem to eat enough protein with my diet is why Iam trying these shakes. Iam guessing Ill try 2-3 a day.
It's not difficult to get enough protein in your diet. If you're balancing your meals (30%-50% protein, 30%-50% carbs, 10% - 30% fat) you should be able to get a reasonable amount - unless you're aiming for, say, 2g per lbs of total body weight.
What you're aiming for is 1g - 1.5g of protein per lbs of LEAN body weight.
What you're aiming for is 1g - 1.5g of protein per lbs of LEAN body weight.