Soldato
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What are peoples thoughts on these? Apart from jumping on the protein band wagon.
Quick google suggest the protein in them is soya protein. I can't remember where I read it, but read one cumulative study that says soya is the worse type for the body. The body can't easily absorb is, so much of it is wasted. If taking it after a work out it's even less beneficial as it has such a slow absorption rate that anything the body does take it misses the ideal post-workout window.
Although happy to be shown wrong about the above.
It appears any major food brand is jumping on the protein ladder, and having the knowledge from above if I pick up a supermarket snack "with added protein" I'd always check the lable to see what type they've included. And unless it was something i would have bought as a snack anyway, ie a nature valley bar, I would put it back on the shelf. Yet I can still fall foul of marketing too, to the point I want to try the mars/snickers bar.
Quick google suggest the protein in them is soya protein. I can't remember where I read it, but read one cumulative study that says soya is the worse type for the body. The body can't easily absorb is, so much of it is wasted. If taking it after a work out it's even less beneficial as it has such a slow absorption rate that anything the body does take it misses the ideal post-workout window.
Although happy to be shown wrong about the above.
It appears any major food brand is jumping on the protein ladder, and having the knowledge from above if I pick up a supermarket snack "with added protein" I'd always check the lable to see what type they've included. And unless it was something i would have bought as a snack anyway, ie a nature valley bar, I would put it back on the shelf. Yet I can still fall foul of marketing too, to the point I want to try the mars/snickers bar.