Supplements out of date?

Heathen

Hi all.. first time poster in Fitness (i think)

I used to do a lot of training years ago and was also taking creatine and Protein supplements.. anyway after a long battle with a wrongly prescribed dose of penicillin that put me in bed for 3 weeks on liquid meals, i lost a lot of weight and also could not lift any of the weights on my program when i made it back to my feet.. so i kinda put training on the back burner.. anyway i have a full tub 5lb of whey and a 1000g tub of creatine left over and want to get back into training, however they are both 1 year passed their expiry date.. they both look fine.. still perfect powder no moisture or funky smells and have been stored in a cool dry dark place since bought...

so what im asking is.. can i save myself a small fortune in these dark recession days by using the stuff i have?

Thanks

rubadub

You say expiry date, but generally there are 2 types of date, "best before", and "use by", and them mean exactly what they say.

e.g. meat will have a use by date, it will be toxic after that. Tinned food has a best before, tinned food is sterile so it just not at its very best after such a date.

Also when calculating what date to put on something they use worse case scenarios, people storing in direct sunlight in humid environments.

If they smell & look fine I personally would have no problem using them.

Pro-Nutrition

Heathen wrote: »

Hi all.. first time poster in Fitness (i think)

I used to do a lot of training years ago and was also taking creatine and Protein supplements.. anyway after a long battle with a wrongly prescribed dose of penicillin that put me in bed for 3 weeks on liquid meals, i lost a lot of weight and also could not lift any of the weights on my program when i made it back to my feet.. so i kinda put training on the back burner.. anyway i have a full tub 5lb of whey and a 1000g tub of creatine left over and want to get back into training, however they are both 1 year passed their expiry date.. they both look fine.. still perfect powder no moisture or funky smells and have been stored in a cool dry dark place since bought...

so what im asking is.. can i save myself a small fortune in these dark recession days by using the stuff i have?

Thanks

I agree and I have done it a couple of times and to be honest after todays budget I might see myself doing it again As long as they were sealed and stored as you say they should be fine. But before taking them I would check out the best before and use by dates on the containers. If it tastes anyway strange stick it in the bin. Best to be safe than sorry.

Heathen

Thanks for the reply's guys.. much appreciated.. i'll give them ago with caution for a week or so to be sure.. and see how it goes

cheers

Pro-Nutrition

Heathen wrote: »

Thanks for the reply's guys.. much appreciated.. i'll give them ago with caution for a week or so to be sure.. and see how it goes

cheers

Hey, Just make sure that they taste ok and if they taste any way off its into the bin with them, Seriously