Whey protein for children

Whey protein for children

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Chebble

1,906 posts

151 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Also, be careful you don't place too much emphasis on him gaining weight, otherwise you're going to end up with a very body concious young lad especially as he gets older, which isn't healthy at all. Not suggesting that you are doing this, but just be careful.

Count yourself lucky, the number of overweight children I see who aren't interested in any form of exercise makes me very sad indeed.

ascayman

12,732 posts

215 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Protein shakes for a 7 year old? Jesus Christ.

_Deano

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7,405 posts

252 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Thanks all.
I've been looking into this a bit more and i've found that any sort of child friendly drink, which could help with increasing weight, will normally contain other unwanted ingredients. This could be from E numbers, to something that NASA would be interested in.
Also from what i have also read above, it just seems that he may have not yet hit a growth sput, whilst the other boys have.
I've just come back with fresh meat from the butchers, so i will load up his plate later on and just increase his food portion size for now.

Thanks for all the advice, much appreciated smile

SpydieNut

5,794 posts

222 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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good decision, in the end.

so the G.P wasn't 'useless' after all!

roboxm3

2,414 posts

194 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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_Deano said:
Thanks all.
I've been looking into this a bit more and i've found that any sort of child friendly drink, which could help with increasing weight, will normally contain other unwanted ingredients. This could be from E numbers, to something that NASA would be interested in.
Also from what i have also read above, it just seems that he may have not yet hit a growth sput, whilst the other boys have.
I've just come back with fresh meat from the butchers, so i will load up his plate later on and just increase his food portion size for now.

Thanks for all the advice, much appreciated smile
Load up his plate by all means but don't (not suggesting you would btw) put any emphasis / pressure on him finishing it, if he's full before it's all gone.

Maybe cook some extra that he can have if he's still hungry, or maybe tuck into if he gets peckish later but I think loading him up could just lead to a small boy with a large capacity for eating. Something that he may not thank you for later in life if he hasn't got the metabolism he has now.

I say this as a short-arse 5'6" (always small for my age as a kid) who remembers getting the same portion sizes as their dad from an early age. Luckily, I like training and eating well but I wouldn't find it hard to be pretty un-athletic if I ate until full often.

ATG

20,485 posts

271 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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For your son's sake stop worrying about this non-issue. There is no need to feed him up. His low weight is not a problem. No doubt that's what the GP told you. Listen to them. If your son realises you think there's something wrong with his size you could do him some proper psychological damage.

272BHP

4,960 posts

235 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Nothing wrong with being concerned about the health of your child.

Strange thing is that if you had posted that you fed your boy one can of coke a day you would not have gotten a particularly strong reaction. Post that you feed them a protein shake and all hell breaks loose! The shake is undoubtedly healthier than nearly all the other stuff that kids drink these days - good ones are free of additives, low on sugar etc

People get suckered by labelling though don't they? for example lots of us fed our baby's protein powder. Call something Cow & Gates infant formula and we think nothing of giving them all they can take on; call it something like Mega Mass Whey 4000 and someone would be phoning social services!

I don't feed my boy protein shakes but if I had the choice to feed him one of them a day or a McDonalds Shake, Sunny Delight or a fizzy drink then the protein shake would win every single time.

Flibble

6,470 posts

180 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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jonah35 said:
Protein shakes contain so much chemical junk. Aspartame being one plus loads of other stuff.

My friend stole his dads protein drinks at high school and he went to being massive but that could have been his age lol.

I don't realy think it wise to feed a child protein shakes without a doctors opinion, what next? Steroids?!
Buy better shakes; the unflavoured stuff is just whey without additives. Also aspartame is about as safe as food additives get (i.e. safer than many "natural" ingredients).

That said shakes for a 7 YO is nuts, and he probably wouldn't like them anyway.

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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_Deano said:
_Deano said:
Purity14 said:
If you want to fatten your kid then try this.
http://www.complan.com
Do your research, but I was fed this as a kid twice a week in addition to my regular healthy food.
Nutritional information: http://www.complan.com/uploadedfiles/complan/conte...

Edited by Purity14 on Wednesday 29th October 10:46
Thank you, i will take a look at this.
Christ, i have no idea what half of that stuff is, which is mixed in.
I think that i will steer clear of this, but thank you for letting me know about it.
Complan is a good choice for sick people looking to put on weight eg cancer patients going through chemo. Fortijuice is another brand. http://amzn.to/1tk1qDS

Another way is to make sure he eats lots of good fats eg nuts, nut butters. http://amzn.to/10zOmRt

Crush

15,077 posts

168 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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Don't worry about his size, it can work as an advantage in younger years when playing rugby as he will learn proper skills and proper technique rather than only using brute force like the players that develop earlier.

mph1977

12,467 posts

167 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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Mr Gearchange said:
Is he always complaining that he is hungry?

If so just feed him more 'good' food (not the I'm hungry for crisps/chocolate that all kids always are)

If he's not always hungry then everything is fine. My kids eat a massive amount of food (6&8) and both are like streaks of pump water.
exactly

how much is he actually eating ?

remember growing uses a lot of energy ?

vx220

2,689 posts

233 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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Hoofy said:
Complan is a good choice for sick people looking to put on weight eg cancer patients going through chemo. Fortijuice is another brand. http://amzn.to/1tk1qDS

Another way is to make sure he eats lots of good fats eg nuts, nut butters. http://amzn.to/10zOmRt
As soon as I started reading I thought "Complan" and "nuts"!

I was an awfully skinny child (my mum cried when she heard one of the kids call me "Oxfam" and "Cambodian") and had Complan on top of meals.

Just have some nuts about, maybe honey coated for a few extra calories? You don't have to tell him why they're suddenly in the house, just "try these, they're amazing"

dirty boy

14,688 posts

208 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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To be fair, we give babies stuff pretty similar, I don't see a major issue in a child having protein supplements, as long as that's exactly what they are.

Children tend not to drink a great deal on the whole, so if they do have some sort of protein, they should be encouraged to drink more as their organs are more sensitive than those of an adult.

However, my son is 8 and he too is a streak of piss half the size of the kids he competes against. He's done okay so far walking away with 3 medals at each of the three galas he's competed at. He also swims 5 times a week, he's 8 and swam a mile Saturday morning in under an hour with sprints at the finish.

I wouldn't give him protein supplements, but I also wouldn't think it would do too much harm either, Genetic Supplements are high quality (high price) grass fed stuff if you do go that route.

Oddly, my daughter loves Muscle Moose hehe (she has it once a week with me)

SLCZ3

1,204 posts

204 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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What sort of build are you and the Mother of the child, were you of a similar build at that age??, I was small 5Ft-6in tall, and have been on the slim built side all my life, My parents gave me complan, horrible stuff, made no difference, played football and cricket and was never outclassed, found that being smaller actually gave several advantages, I am now 63 and still only 10st wet through.
Had a lot of comments, knots on cotton etc as I grew up, but started to build more when I did the newspaper boy bit using my bike, that built muscle on my legs, thighs and forearms/shoulders.
Having a small frame and head I noted that if I increased my bulk too much, my head looked like a pea on a drum, later did a lot of swimming for recreation and toned very well.


Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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"Oxfam". hehe

Someone said I looked like a guitar when I was a kid - you could see my rib cage.

30 years later, I could easily become chubby if I stopped training. I must have changed somatotypes. wink

ATG

20,485 posts

271 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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272BHP said:
Nothing wrong with being concerned about the health of your child.
There is something wrong if you've sought a GP's opinion, they've told you there is nothing wrong, and you choose to dismiss them as useless rather than ask yourself if the problem only exists in your own head.

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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GPs aren't perfect, though...

otolith

55,899 posts

203 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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Does occur to me that although you can't infer from his build now how he will end up after puberty, if it is the case that he ends up naturally small of build, making a big deal of it now isn't going to help his confidence and happiness later in life.

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

BenM77

2,835 posts

163 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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didelydoo said:
Give him more milk, and dianabol, to help him grow.
laugh




OP your son doesn't need anything like protein shakes. Kids at that age grow at different stages with activity, metabolism and genetics playing a part.

My ten year old is a good weight and one of the taller boys in his class despite being one of the youngest. My 5 year old eats twice as much as his brother and is short and lean but much more energetic.

Why not up the calorie intake over the day rather than bigger meals? Higher calorie drinks and snacks should do it.