Protein shake disaster*

[Reardy Mister]

The only protein shake I've ever found anywhere that I can actually drink is Maximuscle Cyclone Orange flavour. But since they rebranded to Maxinutrition they've stopped doing that flavour which is a kiss of death for me. I need either a job lot of old stock of orange flavour or a good tasting alternative. Everything chocolate, vanilla etc tastes arse.

Ideas?


* Disaster in the PH sense of the word. Not biblical, quite.

[Reardy Mister]

smiffy180 said:

Do you actually need the protein shake?
Food is always the better option if possible.

Have you looked at mass gainers?
I found they were the best tasting - probably due to sugars but as long as you don't go over on calories, you won't gain unwanted weight.

Actually I avoided mass gainers because of all the sugar (Cyclone is quite low sugar) from back when I was trying to maintain <19% BF. But since then I've decided I need to eat more as I wasn't satisfied with my overall muscle mass. And I struggle to get enough calories in. So I guess I could revisit mass gainers (as I seem to be in the midst of a dirty bulk anyway). It might at least help me cut out some crap food.

[Reardy Mister]

lemmingjames said:

ViperPict said:

Heard too many stories about poor quality protein powders (basically lying about ingredients and nutritional content).

I try and eat whole food when possible and, when not able to, only trust Reflex products really. The cheap discount brands are a false economy in my view.

Thats the same for any 'product' where it gives you a matrix/cocktail of ingredients but doesnt state how much of each ingredient but gives a combined figure.

I was under the impression Maxi-Nutrition Cyclone was one of the better ones?