Protein smell/taste

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Canuck

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I've been sticking pretty strictly to HST training and I'm even getting enough calories. However, my protein intake is obscenely low (as low as 75g a day). I want to take protein powder, but there's a smell/taste to it that makes me actually gag. I was wondering if anyone knows what component is causing that smell and if I could then find a protein powder that doesn't contain that.
Any other suggestions for increasing my protein intake would also be appreciated. I'm a poor student so finding money for boneless, skinless chicken breasts is pretty tough. Any other cheap alternatives?
 
and peanut butter. A peanut butter sandwich on high protein bread works well. Drink lots of milk. Try different powders, you'll get used to them eventually.
 
low carb 'pancakes' :
1 egg, 1 tablespoon cottage cheese. blend and fry in a nonstick pan or use just enough oil in a normal pan to stop it sticking.

it's cheap, tastes ok and has about 10g protein each.
 
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Quote[/b] (dkm1987 @ July 14 2004,10:55)]Tuna and Cottage cheese
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And ground beef !
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Too high in saturated fat for me, although I eat it is only very occasionally :D
 
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Quote[/b] (dkm1987 @ July 16 2004,3:51)]
[b said:
Quote[/b] (alexx @ July 15 2004,8:11)]
[b said:
Quote[/b] (dkm1987 @ July 14 2004,10:55)]Tuna and Cottage cheese
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And ground beef !
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Too high in saturated fat for me, although I eat it is only very occasionally :D
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not if you buy the lean stuff
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Even the leanest that I have seen is 5-10% by volume, and it is much more expensive. Since he is in school and broke (I remember that feeling :) ) Tuna is a whole lot cheaper, as long as you don't mind being a heavy metal experiment
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. Just kidding, as long as it's chunk light tuna, not yellowfin or skipperjack, it's accurance of heavy metal is small.
 
Thanks everyone, I'll try just eating a lot of tuna and peanut butter (I can afford that). As for the smell in protein, I thought I heard someone mention cassein as being the bad stuff. Anyone else here that, or can clarify?
 
bulk skim milk powder is cheaper than protein powders.
 
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Quote[/b] (Canuck @ July 16 2004,11:13)]Thanks everyone, I'll try just eating a lot of tuna and peanut butter (I can afford that). As for the smell in protein, I thought I heard someone mention cassein as being the bad stuff. Anyone else here that, or can clarify?
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Bad in what way, smell? taste?
I personally prefer to get my cassein through whole food. I do use a whey shake Pre WO, but not after, I eat. I personally don't like the taste of cassein based protein mixes, sorry to say this Bryan, but Driver is some of the worst tasting stuff I have ever tasted
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. Although it is good stuff, if I can't stomach it there is no sense in buying it (to me). I don't know about the Plus or MRP's. I haven't tried them.

I used to mix dried fat free milk with my shake, but found that even the cheap stuff (off brand) is more expensive than the gallon jugs, so I stopped and just buy the gallons.

Like Bryan said Eggs are great. Maybe that is the reason that most cassein based powders taste bad to me they use egg albumin??
 
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