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I'm looking for little add-ins to put into my shake to make it more protein-dense or just plain tastier. What do you like to put in?

Bonus points if it goes with Cookies 'n Cream, which is what i have.

Try buying some Kefir. It's basically liquid yogurt and has a lot of good probiotics in it. Not only can you get some great flavors but this is one of the healthiest things you can do for your stomach.

All sorts of flavors, coconut (my fav), strawberry/banana, coffee, vanilla, apricot and a few others.

natural peanut butter
blueberries
low fat ricotta cheese

tastes like cheescake

Peanut Butter, almonds, frozen banana

frozen berries, slow down the absortion of protein tho...
delish and high in fibre
cant go wrong with a 13 cent banana
ground up flax seed, cant even taste it and a lil fibre boost
use any juice instead of water

I crack raw eggs and bananas into mine

YUM

peanut butter and a banana...mmmm

oreos

strawberries, blueberries, banana

just gotta get creative and try some different stuff and see what you like

Cum .....just kidding. Banana

Tyinstl saidI'm looking for little add-ins to put into my shake to make it more protein-dense or just plain tastier. What do you like to put in?

Bonus points if it goes with Cookies 'n Cream, which is what i have.

here is my tasty protein shake recipe. Yum..You will not feel hungry for hours.

Protein Shake

4 - heaping tablespoon cottage cheese - not low fat
2 - heaping tablespoon smooth peanut butter
2 - tablespoon Fig Pep
8 - oz frozen fruit- blackberries,blueberries etc.
1/2 - banana
2 - scoops Trader Joe's Whey protein power.
8 - oz Chocolate Almond Milk
1- raw egg
1/2 -teaspoon cinnamon

Alpha13 said

Tyinstl saidI'm looking for little add-ins to put into my shake to make it more protein-dense or just plain tastier. What do you like to put in?

Bonus points if it goes with Cookies 'n Cream, which is what i have.

here is my tasty protein shake recipe. Yum..You will not feel hungry for hours.

Protein Shake

4 - heaping tablespoon cottage cheese - not low fat
2 - heaping tablespoon smooth peanut butter
2 - tablespoon Fig Pep
8 - oz frozen fruit- blackberries,blueberries etc.
1/2 - banana
2 - scoops Trader Joe's Whey protein power.
8 - oz Chocolate Almond Milk
1- raw egg
1/2 -teaspoon cinnamon

Oh wow , Steal! O.o

Mine is

Milk
Ice Cream
Banana
Protein
Touch of Vanilla Extract
Honey
(ice)

yum! peanut butter and bananas make ANYTHING taste good

does anyone like vega whole food optimizer?

i kinda tend to stay away from stuff thats artificial. but everyone thinks vega tastes like mowed lawn...

fruit, specifically bananas and berries, cinnamon, nutmeg, yogurt, almond milk, granola, and cereal

Frozen berries.

Go to GNC and buy Purple Wrath from Controlled Labs iys branch chain amino acids.... tastes great as well....also add some vitimin c powder.....you will not look back....great gains.....dan

I usually add frozen strawberries, banana and maybe pineapple and some yogurt to banana cream protein powder...add a little Dole 100% Strawberry, Orange, Pineapple juice and it's delicious.

Bananas and all kind of Berries.

CuriousJockAZ saidPeanut Butter, almonds, frozen banana

ahhhh i bet that taste so terrible... peanut butter?

GuerrillaSodomite said

Lets just say I have added a little to some chocolate muscle milk at one time and it went over well!

MsclDrew saidI crack raw eggs and bananas into mine

YUM

YUK

Raw eggs are not a good idea.

It's best to get those pasteurized eggs in cartons. I add about a cup of that into my protein drink. A cup gives me about 24g of egg protein and is fat free.

It depends when I drink the protein shake. I have a 30gram protein shake during the first 30 minutes after a work out. I add brown, unrefined sugar to this so that I get about 100 grams of carbs which gives a post work out carb :protein ratio of 3:1.

shelled hemp seeds
EFAs and fibre!

flaxseeds, yogurt, skim milk, honey, banana, mango's, strawberries, blueberries

Flax seeds are great. I buy them whole and use a coffee grinder to pulverize them and I used them in my protein drinks. They give a nutty flavor to the protein drink and one TBSP is 9 whopping grams of fiber.

muchmorethanmuscle saidFlax seeds are great. I buy them whole and use a coffee grinder to pulverize them and I used them in my protein drinks. They give a nutty flavor to the protein drink and one TBSP is 9 whopping grams of fiber.

yes I LOVE flax seeds, but I have made the mistake of adding 3-4 whopping TBSP in my protein shake......boy did I learn my lesson

A cute bodybuilder to help me drink it.

Perhaps a naive question, but has anyone here tried building lean muscle using protein derived from their diet and without additional supplements or protein bars / shakes?

And if so, has anyone had any particular success?

ruggerlondon saidPerhaps a naive question, but has anyone here tried building lean muscle using protein derived from their diet and without additional supplements or protein bars / shakes?

And if so, has anyone had any particular success?

This is not naive question at all. There is a view that if you need to take protein supplements you are not training at a high enough intensity. However, the reality is that in order to put on lean muscle and keep % body fat down you need 1.5 - 2 grams of protein /kg body weight/24 hours. Many guys (myself included) find it really difficult to get this from day to day food intake. It is a lot of chicken tuna, salmon, etc. So it is often necessary to supplement with a additional protein from a shake or a bar. 30 grams a day from such a source is usually all that is needed. The only other supplement which has proven benefits is creatin as this enables you to lift heavier weights and train more intensively. However, it is contraindicated over the age of 55 as kidney function starts to decline thereafter as part of the normal ageing process and kidney failure has been reported in older guys who use creatin.

milk, apple juice, ice, and bags of assorted frozen fruit/ regular bananas

im gonna make one right now for breakfast, fuck yeah

I use Milo or Strawberry Quik... Sure, a wee bit of sugar, but you only need a little bit... 20g and 12g respectively.

I've also used coconut essence (Meh), imitation low kJ Maple Syrup (Alright) and coffee (Then started taking creatine so ditched the coffee).

I prefer to eat food so the protein powder is just for added protein... So it's 100% whey isolate, no flavours and I can add all kinds of things. Now, if only I liked chocolate I'd be golden...

I don´t use supplements, but I love cooking and make 3 cooked meals a day (lunch, merienda and cena) as well as breakfast and several sandwiches. That said I´d not say I´m a resounding success.

The strongmen of the past had no supplements as such





This is Eugen Sandow and his main dietary advice (that I have read up to now) was to eat cheaper cuts of meat and fish and not waste money on lobster.

I make a smoothie with vanilla protein, fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and cranberry juice, topped off with a bit of pomegrenate juice and ice.

So good.

1 scoop of vanilla whey protein
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp peanut butter
one banana

I have the cookies & Cream too. This is what I add.

Chocolate Soy Milk (no sugar added)
Unsweatned Hersheys CoCoa (New Special Dark Chocolate variaty)
tsp vanilla
Ice
1 pkt stevia sweetner (or splenda)
(Blend well)

Can you tell I'm a chocolate freak....

Bananas and peanut butter....mmmm

add a hamster or two before blending.

My boyfriends jizz.

kscott6671 saidMy boyfriends jizz.

That´s so not going to help the OP, unless you plan on selling it.

Frozen blueberries or natural peanutbutter are my faves!

a couple of tablespoons of vanilla yogurt, a banana and some natural peanut butter.