Which Whey Protein?

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So many :(

The meal plan I'm on is calling for a "whey Protein" during the day but with so many on the market and with all sorts of extra additives it's a job to know which one to go for.

#Cutting phase....
 
To answer the question myprotein impact whey is what i go for.

But on a cutting phase wouldn't you be better off trying to get as much of you protein from solid food throughout the day?
 
it's a supplement so take it to supplement your diet, as long as it's from reputable source it will be the same tosh inside the bag, just the taste will differ!
 
They're all much of a muchness, but you do pay for what you get. There are many loaded with crap which serve little use.

Why does your diet plan ask for whet protein to supplement your diet?
 
Darryl_1983 said:
To answer the question myprotein impact whey is what i go for.

But on a cutting phase wouldn't you be better off trying to get as much of you protein from solid food throughout the day?
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It's already quite hardcore clean food!

Just the mid morning and mid afternoon snacks while I'm at work.
Some days it's soy nuts, others 1% cottage cheese, today was a protein bar which I already had and now it's protein shake but my old one was over two years out of date :o
Don't fancy being ill because of it being gone off. :D
 
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It is a clean diet in that it teaches the body to do the proper thing with the proper nutrients rather than store it as fat.
I understand no matter what I shove in my gob my body will break it down into Protein, carbs and fat.
What I'd like it to do is utilise the more nutrient dense products I am currently shoving in it to stabilise my metabolism and do what it's supposed to do with it rather than storing it away for a rainy day thats never going to come.

The meal plan is designed not only around a calorie level but a macro nutrient balance as well, so it is important to get that balance right as well as the calorie intake.
Therefore if it's saying drink some whey protein I'm guessing the macro's call for that sort of intake..
 
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Fuzz said:
It is a clean diet in that it teaches the body to do the proper thing with the proper nutrients rather than store it as fat.
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Didn't see a definition of clean there... and the body doesn't work like that. You can't get fat if you're under-eating. Anyone that claims they ate poverty calories and still put on weight is either a) lying b) under-reporting/estimating their intake (which has been shown to be almost universally common in dieters).

Severity of a calorie deficit combined with macro split will determine how much of that loss is just fat, size of a surplus combined with macro split will determine how much of the weight gain will fat. (Assuming resistance training is being performed as well)

You can still get fat eating 'clean'.

Eating nutritious food is a priority of course but there is no reason why a diet has to be 100% 'hardcore clean', as
a) what is 'clean' varies individual to individual
b) develops an unhealthy relationship with food - orthorexia nervosa
c) once micronutrient needs are met over a day/week it doesn't matter if some of your macros come from low-nutrient foods - 80/20 rule etc
d) individual foods can't be judged in isolation, only in the context of the diet overall; on a desert island if you had nothing to eat but celery ('clean') you'd die, where as tubs of ice cream ('dirty') would be enough to keep you going.

Having macro targets and using common sense to hit them = good
Having meal plans to hit those targets = sounds overly restrictive, inflexible and will probably leave you deficient in certain things if it's limited to about 10 foods. Also boring.
 
The meal plan is varied.
The meal plan isn't restrictive in that it isn't the same every day.
There's Steak, Pork, Turkey, Chicken, Halibut, Salmon, Tuna, Shrimp, Swordfish and Soy Sausage in one week!
A meal plan is easier - I look at it - buy the ingredients in preparation,and stick it in the fridge/freezer in portions as required then dig out what I need when I need it.
All nicely planned out by someone else. I haven't got the time to be trying to work out a 50/30/20 (Pr/Ca/Fa) split every time I want something to eat.


Skillmister said:
Please do elaborate on this "proper thing"..
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Background
Empirical evidence has shown that rising obesity rates closely parallel the increased consumption of processed foods (PF) consumption in USA. Differences in postprandial thermogenic responses to a whole-food (WF) meal vs. a PF meal may be a key factor in explaining obesity trends, but currently there is limited research exploring this potential link.
Objective

The goal was to determine if a particular PF meal has a greater thermodynamic efficiency than a comparable WF meal, thereby conferring a greater net-energy intake.

Design
Subjective satiation scores and postprandial energy expenditure were measured for 5–6 h after isoenergetic meals were ingested. The meals were either ‘whole’ or ‘processed’ cheese sandwiches; multi-grain bread and cheddar cheese were deemed whole, while white bread and processed cheese product were considered processed. Meals were comparable in terms of protein (15–20%), carbohydrate (40–50%), and fat (33–39%) composition. Subjects were healthy women (n=12) and men (n=5) studied in a crossover design.

Results
There were no significant differences in satiety ratings after the two meals. Average energy expenditure for the WF meal (137±14.1 kcal, 19.9% of meal energy) was significantly larger than for the PF meal (73.1±10.2 kcal, 10.7% of meal energy).

Conclusion
Ingestion of the particular PF meal tested in this study decreases postprandial energy expenditure by nearly 50% compared with the isoenergetic WF meal. This reduction in daily energy expenditure has potential implications for diets comprised heavily of PFs and their associations with obesity.
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Fuzz said:
It is a clean diet in that it teaches the body to do the proper thing with the proper nutrients rather than store it as fat.
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