To answer OPs question:
Optimum Gold Standard 100% Whey, great for a snacky supplement or post-workout recovery.
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Optimum Gold Standard 100% Casein, great "slow burning" protein to end the day after some heavy lifting, or to kick start your morning with some protien.
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Originally Posted by sacha
Protein shakes were designed for bodybuilders who need 4000-5000 calories+ a day and couldn't eat that much food.
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100 million percent
false. Protein is super important, even for ladies who aren't bodybuilding macho dudes. Sometimes it just isn't practical, or it just gets boring, eating your daily protein intake. Thus supplementing with shakes is a great easy alternative.
The amount of protein intake of course depends on your current diet plan, BMR, and how much you workout. That being said, protein shakes are for everyone and anyone.
(When I was in the middle of lifting heavy and dropping gobs of bodyfat I was doing 2 shakes a day, plus what I'd actually eat. Protein is so filling sometimes its hard to get the chewable macros in.)
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Originally Posted by sacha
There are more filling alternatives for us small girls.
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True. Do what works for you, and for smaller-frame ladies protein can take away a good chunk from the actually chewable calories you can consume, and that sucks.
Huge Important Note! Protein shakes aren't an excuse to stick a bunch of stuff in a blender and go crazy,
that is what bodybuilders do to get protien
and calories in to gain mass. I would say most people here aren't interested in gaining mass so: Protein shakes, as a supplement, should be as low calorie as possible, you want protien not calories. It should be a powder of choice (like the delicious recommendations above), with as much protein per gram as possible, and some water . . . shaken not stirred, just how I like my martinis. The Optimum Nutrition is 25g of excellent quality protein per serving, and only 130 calories, so much bang for your nutritional buck.