Best protein suppliments?

[Trick]

lately, I've been eating these whole grain flax seed bagels. Honestly, I just eat 'em dry, I find them kinda hard to get down, that or I don't REALLY like the taste. But taste shouldn't really matter if you're serious about training.

Anyways, I really recommend these things. Lots of complex carbs, a small amount of sugar (which you do need), 6g of fibre, 2 of which is soluble, 12 g of PROTEIN, and even some unsaturated fats, including those omega 3's and 6's that everyone seems to love these days.

As a source of carbs, I can't really recommend much better. I find they make a good pre-workout (like 1-2 hours) snack, as they've even got some protein, which is good to have in small amounts before you work out too.

Also, which never fails is good old fashioned dry pasta. It may not be fancy, but honestly, I could eat dry pasta with a chicken breast every day of my life.

[dario]

Problem with that is protein shakes are best used within 60 min of a workout.
Hard to force down extra carbs as well. BTW what do u think the best way to get carbs is?

I eat a meal an hour before I work out and then I chug down a mass gainer protein shake RIGHT after I work out.

[BrooklynBomber]

lately, I've been eating these whole grain flax seed bagels. Honestly, I just eat 'em dry, I find them kinda hard to get down, that or I don't REALLY like the taste. But taste shouldn't really matter if you're serious about training.

Anyways, I really recommend these things. Lots of complex carbs, a small amount of sugar (which you do need), 6g of fibre, 2 of which is soluble, 12 g of PROTEIN, and even some unsaturated fats, including those omega 3's and 6's that everyone seems to love these days.

As a source of carbs, I can't really recommend much better. I find they make a good pre-workout (like 1-2 hours) snack, as they've even got some protein, which is good to have in small amounts before you work out too.

Also, which never fails is good old fashioned dry pasta. It may not be fancy, but honestly, I could eat dry pasta with a chicken breast every day of my life.

Where do you get them?

[dario]

lately, I've been eating these whole grain flax seed bagels. Honestly, I just eat 'em dry, I find them kinda hard to get down, that or I don't REALLY like the taste. But taste shouldn't really matter if you're serious about training.

Anyways, I really recommend these things. Lots of complex carbs, a small amount of sugar (which you do need), 6g of fibre, 2 of which is soluble, 12 g of PROTEIN, and even some unsaturated fats, including those omega 3's and 6's that everyone seems to love these days.

As a source of carbs, I can't really recommend much better. I find they make a good pre-workout (like 1-2 hours) snack, as they've even got some protein, which is good to have in small amounts before you work out too.

Also, which never fails is good old fashioned dry pasta. It may not be fancy, but honestly, I could eat dry pasta with a chicken breast every day of my life.

Sometimes I get Honey Wheat bread products. It still has wheat in it, but the honey gives it some flavor and not much sugar either. I also like Whole Grain Eggo's with blueberries; might sound childish but it tastes good and it's healthy. And you don't have to eat your pasta and bagels dry, you can easily give it some taste with barely any calories or any fattening calories. For bagels you could spread fat-free Philadelphia cream cheese which is almost all protein. As for pasta, you could add in a few different slices of fat free cheese (almost pure protein) while it's still hot so it melts so it's nice and cheesy. I hope that helps make your meals a little easier to swallow and if you need any more examples just let me know.

[BrooklynBomber]

Sometimes I get Honey Wheat bread products. It still has wheat in it, but the honey gives it some flavor and not much sugar either. I also like Whole Grain Eggo's with blueberries; might sound childish but it tastes good and it's healthy. And you don't have to eat your pasta and bagels dry, you can easily give it some taste with barely any calories or any fattening calories. For bagels you could spread fat-free Philadelphia cream cheese which is almost all protein. As for pasta, you could add in a few different slices of fat free cheese (almost pure protein) while it's still hot so it melts so it's nice and cheesy. I hope that helps make your meals a little easier to swallow and if you need any more examples just let me know.

Thanks, cause I am actually a huge fan of pasta.

[dario]

Thanks, cause I am actually a huge fan of pasta.

Same here. And pizza as well... I make my own. And I make my own pasta. Oh yeah, to add to the pasta; if you add cheese you can add some lean ham or turkey or shrimp, just depends on the cheeses you choose I guess. But after I mix the cheese in, then I get the meat (which I already cut up in small pieces) and add it into the mix.

[Banderivets]

Too much protein is big stress on your kidneys, you'll just piss out all the excess.

A lot of guys who build take 100g or more of protein a day only to piss most of it out. It should be 30% of your diet, so make sure you have enough carbs etc to maintan that ratio.

100g is a massive amount. Calculate how many steaks and chicken breasts you have to eat a day to have that much.

Thats way over a dozen eggs.

Sure you gain when you jack up on food and suppliments, but how much of it is lean muscle?

Most guys bulk up, then cut and cut and cut...When you could have just taken it easy and gained lean muscle over a longer period of time...But people like to see results right away..so no wonder...

[Trick]

Dario, those are some good suggestions, you're quite the chef eh? haha. Pesonally, I hate cream cheese. I'll try that low fat/no fat cheese on the pasta though, that'd go good with the pasta and chicken. I live in Toronto, and these bagels are found basically anywhere. They're the "Country Harvest" Brand, but I'm sure other companies make similar products.

And no, you don't piss out extra protein. At least you shouldn't. Proteins don't fit throught the glomerulus in the kidneys. If they are, you have a serious probelm you might wanna get checked out. Yes though, they do still stress the kidneys, elevate blood Ph, cause many problems when present in too high amounts. Kinda like... everything else. As long as you keep intake reasonable, you burn off the excess. I'd rather have more, and burn it off than less. Also though, too much protein metabolizing can also give problems, as many times, it can release to many nitrogen compounds into the blood. Again, as long as you don't have too much, it's fine. A normal sized man, who works out hard twice a day easily needs more than 100g, perhaps not NEEDS, but should have.

Peace,
Trick

[Trick]

O ya, he also had another point, balance is key. 100g of carbs a day is not good with 100g of protein. But if you're getting around 250-300g of carbs a day, 100g of protein should be fine... If you're using it.

Trick

[dario]

Too much protein is big stress on your kidneys, you'll just piss out all the excess.

A lot of guys who build take 100g or more of protein a day only to piss most of it out. It should be 30% of your diet, so make sure you have enough carbs etc to maintan that ratio.

100g is a massive amount. Calculate how many steaks and chicken breasts you have to eat a day to have that much.

Thats way over a dozen eggs.

Sure you gain when you jack up on food and suppliments, but how much of it is lean muscle?

Most guys bulk up, then cut and cut and cut...When you could have just taken it easy and gained lean muscle over a longer period of time...But people like to see results right away..so no wonder...

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100g is a massive amount?? Pshh. You think people on here that work out, train, and stay in the gym for hours don't need more than 100g of protein? They'd stay small and just start tearing down muscle if they never got more than that. Yeah 100g may be a lot, only if you're on a low-carb diet. I'm pretty sure everyone in here is (or should) be consuming anywhere from 400-800 carbs a day. Anyone who trains and lifts weights every week needs at least 150g of protein, if not more, to fully recover and rebuild their torn muscle. The average body consumes around 25-35g of protein (considering if you ate at least 35-50g) per metabolism cycle, and your metabolism cycle starts over every two hours. If you eat properly and end up eating more carbs than protein at the end of the day, it would only be better to consume at least 30g of protein per meal about 5 times a day.

If you still think 100g of protein is too much (like other American Universities), then I will gladly like to give you some articles arguing that people that lift weights and train need at least 1g of protein per body pound, if not more.