Once upon a time, Tracey’s mom consulted her local GNC employees about a low-carb protein powder and came up with SEI Pharmaceuticals’ Max Protein. It has a bit of a clumping problem that makes it very annoying to clean out of shaker bottles, but it’s delicious and very low-carb at 3g carbs and 1g sugar for a 30g scoop.
However, it’s $50 for 2 lbs., which didn’t bother me before when protein shakes weren’t a habit of mine, but now that I’m sometimes having multiple shakes in one day, it seems pretty excessive.
A muscle-building friend of mine talked me into buying the protein powder he uses, which is Dymatize Elite Gourmet. It has 5g carbs and 0g sugar for a 32g scoop because it’s made with sucralose, no clumping, and a different but still great taste. And it’s only $29 for 5 pounds, so it’s a major savings.
The problem is that the Dymatize contains almost no vitamins, whereas the SEI is loaded with them. I read a blog where a woman was breaking a multivitamin into her protein shakes to make them more nutritious, and I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on that.
Does it matter if my vitamins are part of the original powder or something I add myself? Does it matter if I have the vitamins in the shake or alongside it?
I kind of assume that taking a multivitamin right before or after I drink my shake is the same as breaking it up into the shake itself, but I’m no doctor of vitamin-absorption.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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Tracey · 760 weeks ago
naturally44 18p · 760 weeks ago
As for the vitamin-hm...don't know. I thought they had to be swallowed whole?
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Tracey · 759 weeks ago
Regular milk is a little too high-carb for us (although unsweetened almond or soy milk would work well), but a mixture of water and heavy cream makes a good base for a shake. That's enough if you like the taste of your powder. (A little powder mixed into a couple of ounces of pure heavy cream makes the most delicious dessert, and if you actually whip it, it's chocolate mousse.)
After that. the options are pretty much endless depending on how many carbs you want to add.. Spoonfuls of natural peanut butter, dollups of sugar-free jam, shots of sugar-free syrups, instant coffee granules (or actual prepared coffee), tiny amounts of those flavoring extracts you find in the baking aisle, etc. My favorite way is to get out the blender and blend in frozen berries, ice, and a little cocoa powder and Splenda.