Do protein shakes work?

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@Kaczmarski

I don’t want to get into a huge discussion on this, but Chocolate Milk post-workout is a complete joke! Read the actual study, not what some one who knows nothing about actually says. My Fiance is a C.S.C.S. and an R.D. and if you read the actual study, it is garbage.

Actual study used 9 people! Those nine people were tested on post-workout recovery of chocolate milk versus gatoraid only, not a protein and carb milk. No shit that it showed up that chocolate milk tested out better, it’s a carb and protein versus a carb only. They did not test whey protein and simple carbs versus chocolate milk. I wonder why. Also, this one study was funded by the dairy counsel. And they blew it up to make it seem that it was a good post workout option. Then once it got out, everyone else just ran with it without even knowing where the data or info came from. It drives me crazy. It’s such marking hype. I could go on forever about this.

I agree, this research is BS, for pwo there is better options available than chocolate milk. But It is still a good option in my opinion.

But as a pre workout chocolate milk kick ass and I haven’t been able to find something that can fuel me for so long. The casein in milk is also great and the digestion of carbs is not enough fast to create a glycemic crash like some sugar formula.

Just my experience and some warriors in the gym, no BS research

p.s thank you for the BS alarm! It’s important to question “science”