Whey Protein vs Homemade Shake

[JBarron]

Alright, I know whey protein absorbs in your muscles faster, and all that.

For the past month, I've substituted out whey protein powder, and I've been making my own shakes. They are more or less weight gainer shakes.

1 egg, 3 egg whites, 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter, skim milk, 1 banana, and a couple scoops of some instant carnation breakfast mix.

My question is, will taking a whey protein shake post workout benefit all that much that having the homemade shake above? So far my gains have been steady, almost better then when I was taking whey, so why change. Plus I save money

[stevey_6t9]

raw eggs dont digest properly, they have trypsin inhibitors. cook them.

[JBarron]

raw eggs dont digest properly, they have trypsin inhibitors. cook them.

Ok, so i take the eggs out of the shake and cook them, leave everything else. Should i still invest in a whey protein powder?

[OH REALLY]

bump... i would like to see the out come of this post

[...aydn...]

im gonna blend up a raw steak with some milk. ill tell ya how it goes

[makod]

Wait where's the protien in that shake?

[JBarron]

eggs, milk, pb all have protein in them.

[Swifto]

Alot of people I know use liquid egg whites PWO. I prefer BCAA's.

I do add 1-2 eggs to my PWO shake to help bind everything together due to the mixability, or lack of, of BCAA's.

[OH REALLY]

Alot of people I know use liquid egg whites PWO. I prefer BCAA's.

I do add 1-2 eggs to my PWO shake to help bind everything together due to the mixability, or lack of, of BCAA's.

not that it matters but how does it taste

[makod]

What is this carnation breakfast mix? The eggs milk and pb would have about 20gms protien. Why don't you add just 1 scoop of whey into that?

Or maybe add some more egg white or bcaas if you can get them cheap. Your trying to gain - you need the extra protien mate whether from whole foods or whey.

As for the benefits vs whey I would also be interested in that.

[POPS]

Id keep it simple brother. 2 scoops ( or whatever ) throw in some ground up oats and youre set. Quick, easy, and no thinking......just my .02...

[JBarron]

I guess I will just have to get a protein powder.

[IM708]

I say keep it simple, take bcaas intraworkout then half hour later take whey isolate and mix with oats and creatine.

[Swifto]

I say keep it simple, take bcaas intraworkout then half hour later take whey isolate and mix with oats and creatine.

Do you not take a mix of Whey/Cassein PWO. Lately, I have been reading its better than either alone (Lyle)?

[JBarron]

You guys ever heard of Xtend? I used to take it for BCAA's intra, need to get another jar of it, it's good stuff.

[IM708]

Do you not take a mix of Whey/Cassein PWO. Lately, I have been reading its better than either alone (Lyle)?

Never done that but now that I think about it, it would be a pretty good idea since you can get the spike then have it slowly release aminos for several hours...

[FireGuy]

Never done that but now that I think about it, it would be a pretty good idea since you can get the spike then have it slowly release aminos for several hours...

I would think this is a decent idea as well (have done it often) but I believe Bino was saying it was not a good idea. If he gave a reason I dont remember what it was.

[IM708]

If you're interested swifto, I finally found a study that I originally looked at a few years ago that investigated whey vs casein supplementation and blood plasma levels of the amino acids phenylalanine and leucine over a period of 5 hours. You can make an inference from it that it might be beneficial to take both post workout.

[energizer bunny]

i heard a mix of whey, caesin and egg protein is the best, from a trainer at my gym. any ideas on this? he mentioned a ratio of 33.3 33.3 33.3........