unflavoured whey protein

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Bought a 5kg tub of unflavoured whey from bulkpowders, new to all this. Tried to have a shake there and nearly threw up. Anything I can throw in to hide the taste? I was thinking miwadi or something. Or will I just cut my losses and buy some flavoured stuff.

Khannie

For a post workout shake add dextrose or glucose, some cocoa and water. Nyom.

cardio,shoot me

+1 on cocoa, i think khannie reccomended it somewhere else and thats where i got the idea, just make sure its not cadburies hot chocolate, but pure cocoa, the dextrose or glucose will also sweeten it

grimloch

I was kinda the same the first time I had any. You get used to it if you keep at it. I just mooched around the house there and the cadburys hot chocolate made it taste grand, a little spoonful is all you need.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Cheers, I'll try the cocoa.

floggg

Khannie wrote: »

For a post workout shake add dextrose or glucose, some cocoa and water. Nyom.

Any either where you might get dextrose or glucose in Dublin CC?

rubadub

Glucose is in most supermarkets, either with the sugar, with cooking chocolate or more likely in the baby food section. 500g is around €1.10, shamrock brand usually.

I used to mix with milk and strawberry nesquik. I now have sugar free "black star labs" strawberry from myprotein and it is really nice.

cut my losses and buy some flavoured stuff.

I would never get flavoured stuff, with the flavouring packets you can add more or less to suit your own taste. I also like the plain whey with pineapple juice, or liquidised with pineapple chunks.

I think a huge factor in me liking the shakes so much is that I liquidise them with ice so they come out freezing cold like they would in a takeaway.

Khannie

rubadub wrote: »

I think a huge factor in me liking the shakes so much is that I liquidise them with ice so they come out freezing cold like they would in a takeaway.

I find the PWO shakes absolutely delicious too. I thought it might be a case of "what the body wants tastes good" kind of thing. I remember watching a show on TV before where a man and woman were adrift on a life raft for a long time and she said that (slightly gross, so spoilering)

fish eyes taste absolutely amazing when you're in a dehydrated state because they're loaded with water

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ScissorPaperRock

Khannie wrote: »

fish eyes taste absolutely amazing when you're in a dehydrated state because they're loaded with water

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Jesus that's nasty

rubadub

ScissorPaperRoc wrote: »

Jesus that's nasty

reminds me of this thread
http://pie.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055145633

floggg

Got the glucose. How much should you throwing in to a Pwo shake?

telemachus

I found it in Dunnes, Tescos staff looked as if i'd demanded cocaine and told me to try Boots "for that sort of thing". I've commonly seen two parts carbs/glucose to one part whey recommended.

red-demon

Bananas and cranberries

Khannie

0.8g of carbs per kg bodyweight iirc. Half that for protein.

floggg

Khannie wrote: »

0.8g of carbs per kg bodyweight iirc. Half that for protein.

In Pwo shake? Is that for a 'tide me over til i get home and eat something' type shake or a 'god that shake was good, won't need to eat for 2-3 hours' type shake?

keyboard 1

I use a liquid whey for my mouth ulscers and it says it can be used as a delicious drink. Its ****ing awful.

rubadub

telemachus wrote: »

I found it in Dunnes, Tescos staff looked as if i'd demanded cocaine and told me to try Boots "for that sort of thing". I've commonly seen two parts carbs/glucose to one part whey recommended.

You have to ask auld wans in all supermarkets. You probably would get some young lad who just associates it with cocaine. Chemists do sell it for stupid prices usually, it is always in the baby food section in my tesco.

And yes, 2 parts glucose to 1 part protein is recommended, that is by WEIGHT, not volume, i.e. a scoop of glucose will weight more than a scoop of airy protein powder.