got some ideas for post-workout nutrition

[dEgeNeRaTe8211]

well most of u guys know that i have a protein powder dilemna with my parents. i know its not the best thing, but for the past couple of weeks, i've been having honey and tuna after my workouts. well i've been thinking of how to improve that. i know its better for post workout stuff to be in liquid form...so how about milk?? its got carbs and protein...and skim has got no fat. but i dont know how good at repairing is lactose carbs and casein protein?? i was also thinking how would the protein in cottage cheese be? also...well since the meal should be a liquid....what if i put a protein bar in the blender? i used to have Carb Solutions protein bars...but i got real sick of the taste after about a month. so now i have Promax Bars. they taste soooo good. probably cuz they have so much carbs. depending on the flavor, one bar has got 35 to 40 grams of carbs. and these are okay for me cuz i'm not on a low low low carb diet (this line included specially for diamondiceclay). i looked in the ingredients list and the carbs is mostly corn syrup...which would be a good simple sugar for post workout, right? and the protein in the bar is 20 grams of whey...great!! so i was wondering if a good post workout meal would be to blenderize a Promax Bar into a shake (blenderize so its liquid = quicker absorption, right?)...and maybe add some more protein, since 20g is a little light for post-wkt. please share your insight on my ideas so i can improve my pw nutrition. thanx!!

 

[blood_drinker]

The key to post workout : High GI fast absorbing carbs with a fast absorbing protein. Milk is not the best as it has casein @ a 60% ratio, a slow digesting protein. You are better off with High GI carb and whey. Perhaps a better protein would be cottage cheese , it has more whey and also has the added benefits of L-glutamine.

So far the best carbs are Honey @ 83 GI spiking the insulin for 2 hrs and Maltodextrin (@150GI) for me. I just got some maltodextrin (High GI, but complex carb) but it works real good. I know high fructose corn syrup is 89. Use it as a last resort. If you can get maltodextrin or dextrose, they are a better choice.

Also , as a last resort, rather than grape juice, use watermelon. It has a much higher GI than grape juice - and it has lower cals I believe. A much better choice.

Hope I helped.

(this line included specially for diamondiceclay).

LMAO!!!!!!!

 

[tag166]

Prolab whey 2 scoops
dextrose 70 grams
glutamine 5 grams

Give it ago!!

 

[MS]

Milk (even skim milk) has a pretty low GI, and cottage cheese is almost entirely casein (a slow digesting protein). So they would both be poor choices if you wish to rapidly raise insulin and blood protein levels. Here's something to gross your parents out and maybe even get them to buy you some protein powder.......Just curdle your milk and drink the stuff that remains in the liquid. This will have a lot of whey and sugar in it! Save the curds for your pre-bedtime meal when slower digesting proteins are a bonus!

 

[HumanShell]

Prolab whey 2 scoops
dextrose 70 grams
glutamine 5 grams

Give it ago!!

His parents will not allow him to use any kind of powder.

 

[dEgeNeRaTe8211]

so i guess i'll stick w/ my honey and tuna until i can get some protein powder. damn parents...

 

[DaveNY]

Why won't they let you have powder? Did you try to buy it on your own? Do they think you're gonna snort it?

 

[110%]

they let u have protein bars but not protein powder??????doesnt make sense

 

[MS]

Yeah doesn't make sense. But when was the last time your parents made sense?? Promax bars are absoulte CRAP food (so prolly pretty good post workout in a blender) but why would anyone say "you can eat Promax , but NO PROTEIN POWDER"? WTF?

 

[MR. BMJ]

Egg whites may be beneficial here...but you may have to eat a shit load to get your protein intake for that meal. I would definately cut out the Tuna though. Although I don't know the digestion rate of tuna, it may be even lower than that of casein in nonfat milk. Therefore, I would probably pick skim milk over tuna anyway even though it has a low GI rate as MS has pointed out.

MR. BMJ