Anyone knows if you gain any weight by using this type of protein shakes? Advantages / Disadvantages?

Tks

 

Whey protein is great for adding mass but you also want to consider taking creatine with it. Creatine helps muscles absorb water as well as increasing your peak power. Disadvantage to using whey products is if you are lactose intolerant (like me) you will have an upset stomach. It can also make you fat if you aren't working it off. great for adding bulk though I personally added 20+ lbs with it.

 

Friend of an ex went mental on Creatine and ended up at the airport in the middle of the night jumping on cars thinking he was Michael Jackson. Was admitted to the ER a few hours later to detox.

 

creatine never did a thing for me but give me the runs well it also did what it was supposed to but i'm referring to side effects.

 

Are you sure that it was creatine naomi? The only explanation that I can think of is that your friend was allergic to something in it and had a reaction. Creatine is a nutrient thats found in all out bodies naturally for replenishing our muscles after use. You only really need creatine if you are working out hard around 5 times a week and find that your muscles are fatigueing (Sp?) too soon. I personally don't use it regularly even though I get it for free because I feel its unnecessary for me atm.

You also need to be careful with creatine since it takes the water from your body's organs to store in the muscles so you'd need to increase your water intake which you'd want to do anyway.

Protein is the key ingredient used in building muscle so supplements like whey protein isolates can be used to help your body get the necessary amount for your body per day. The problem that most people either don't realise or ignore is that your body will only use what it needs so you can consume 200g of protein in a day and see no change since you haven't used your muscles enough to warrant that amount.

The best way to work out what you need is to visit a nutrition or supplement store and tell them what you want to gain (i.e muscle/fat) and they will tell you what it will take as far as exercise and then hopefully guide you in what supplements you can take to help you get your diet to match. You can actually get supplements that are specific to bulking and contain an rounded supply of carbs and protein that will help you build overall mass.

A good guide for people that train ~4days a week is 1-1.5g of protein per pound of body weight so if you're 150lbs then you should consume around 150g of protein in a day but you have to do the work to convert that fuel into body mass.

IMO carbs are the most important fuel source when bulking because they give you energy to work with. Good carbs like vegies, basmati rice and wholemeal pasta will break down easy and benefit you immensely in bulking. When I first started working out regularly I ate a bowl of boiled rice and vegies every day for lunch and it helped but I know now that it wasn't a good balance and its certainly not something that you could keep up.

You must also realise that you should only be taking a maximum of around 20% of your intake through supplements for the best results as they wont contain all the natural minerals etc that things like salmon or chicken do. If you dont have time to eat properly you cant just make it all up by taking powders all day

 

i am using eas, myopro, get if online from netrition.com

30gram of this is 125calories. the flavor with only water is functional. improvements add splenda and or almond extract and you still hve 125calories.
try soy or rice milk finally regular milk adds alot of calories.

sad news; protine power, native dosnt taste good, the better it gets the more calories it has.

i have not found very many protine candy bars that work

 

here's a great site for w/ great prices: www.dpsnutrition.com ...when I was training I usually ordered here

 

Using whey combined with a shitty diet wont do anything for you. Learn to have a diet before using supplements or else it doesnt work.

 

Thank you all for your comments.

 

I used to use shakes in order to get my 8 meals a day...believe it or not eating that often will increase you metabolism....just spread them out...if you just getting started the try eating 5 times a day....3 meals and 2 meal supplements.....never eat till you full.....also try and no/low carb whey before bed or in the middle of the night if you wake up (or like i used to eat about 1000 cal in the middle of the night )