Indigestion with protein shakes

TheCenturion · 22 Jul 2010 at 17:11

Does anyone else ever get this? It makes trying to drink them really intolerable because of the discomfort in my throat afterwards. I get both mixing with water and milk

crunchman · 22 Jul 2010 at 17:15

How is it mixed with oats , like a porridge or something ?

TheCenturion · 22 Jul 2010 at 17:18

Well, I did once try shoving a load of oats in there, they just sank to the bottom.

cue: You're doing it wrong

Delboy · 22 Jul 2010 at 17:19

No, no problems here with protein shakes.

Are you trying flavoured or unflavoured protein? Whey or Isolate?

Edit: perhaps you are lactose intolerant. Can you eat cheese, milk or other dairy products ok?

TheCenturion · 22 Jul 2010 at 17:22

it's happened with the myprotein whey, chocolate and with the new one I'm using:

http://www.phd-supplements.com/store/p/8/1/PharmaGain.html

chocolate cookie flavour, which by the way is amazing

ben90 · 22 Jul 2010 at 18:15

Not putting the product down by saying this as i've never tried it myself and have only heard good things, but what a load of poo the guy in the video below is talking!

Anyway, what sort of discomfort in the throat? You could possible try mixing it with more liquid if its causing problems for your throat, although i've never heard of it before!

The problems usually occur in the gut, massive gas, rumbling, bloating etc.

TheCenturion · 22 Jul 2010 at 18:31

ben90 said:
Anyway, what sort of discomfort in the throat? You could possible try mixing it with more liquid if its causing problems for your throat, although i've never heard of it before! The problems usually occur in the gut, massive gas, rumbling, bloating etc.

well, it said to mix 2 scoops with 350ml of milk, I mix one scoop with 300ml so I think it's already pretty diluted.

ben90 · 22 Jul 2010 at 18:43

Well, atleast one advantage is that it will be easier to stick to whole food

TheCenturion · 22 Jul 2010 at 19:26

But it's really annoying, and quite uncomfortable

Delboy · 22 Jul 2010 at 19:57

Well, if you don't like it you've only got 1 other choice, eat whole foods plentyfull in protein.

Andy100 · 22 Jul 2010 at 22:45

If the whey is a problem then just drink the milk.

1 litre of low fat milk is around 36g of protein by itself.

Freefaller · 23 Jul 2010 at 08:31

Then stop drinking whey?! :/

Try different protein powders if you need to boost your protein intake, I personally rather like hemp, but a lot of people find it difficult to palette.

BennyC · 23 Jul 2010 at 09:47

I never had any issues with Phd whey.

Not swalloing **** loads of air with it as well are you?

platypus · 23 Jul 2010 at 10:20

I break wind a fair bit more but no Ive no problems digesting it.

J.T · 23 Jul 2010 at 12:11

platypus said:
I break wind a fair bit more but no Ive no problems digesting it.

Same here. LOL

TheCenturion · 24 Jul 2010 at 17:33

Freefaller said:
Then stop drinking whey?! :/

Try different protein powders if you need to boost your protein intake, I personally rather like hemp, but a lot of people find it difficult to palette.

Would isolate be any different?

BennyC said:
I never had any issues with Phd whey.

Not swalloing **** loads of air with it as well are you?

No

But it's not just PHD whey. It's all whey. I never used to have this problem

Freefaller · 24 Jul 2010 at 18:32

Isolate may help. However, if you've got irritability from whey, I'd move away from it.