Definition for Ladies Spring 2014 Issue 001 April 2014 | Page 34

PROTEIN POWDER GUIDE

by Ines Lopes
If you’re trying to build
lean muscle mass, it’s
likely that you supplement your diet with
protein powders. When
protein powders are

Ground-Based Nutrition

added to food, they can

This one is the new kid on the block

Creamy, fluffy, and fuses three proteins:

and boy is it delicious. It’s full of great

pea, cranberry, and hempseed. Some

ingredients, like a interesting protein

consider it to be extra chalky. You

blend and greens, which makes it

either love or hate this one. People tend

more like a nutritional shake than just

to like the chocolate more than the

protein powder. Hence the higher carbs

vanilla, though. It’s absolutely worth

and calories and heftier price tag. Is it

trying, because it’s often on back order

worth it? We think so! Get samples on

on the website!

be a great meal replacement, snack, or recovery
meal. But what makes
a really good protein
powder? Truthfully,
taste is important, but
when you’re training
hard, you can put that
aside for things such

their website.

as the amount of carbs
per scoop or whether or
not it contains a certain

Flavor

ingredient. Although all

Calories 150

Calories 100

Fat 4g

Fat 2g

the most basic, with a

Sodium 0mg

Sodium 304mg

few companies having

Carbs 11g

Carbs 3g

options. The protein

Sugar 0g

Sugar 0g

powders listed are some

Protein 17g

Protein 19g

which means they’re

Fiber 6g

Fiber 3g

also the easiest to find.

Soy Free

yes

Soy Free

yes

Gluten Free

yes

Gluten Free

yes

of these brands come in
several flavors, vanilla is

“natural”or unflavored

of the most popular,

Places such as Whole
Foods, Vitamin Shoppe,

Milk Chocolate

Flavor Vanilla

GNC, Amazon, and

Raw mostly

Raw yes

VeganProteins carry one

Organic mostly

Organic yes

Non-GMO yes

Non-GMO yes

or all of these brands. •

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