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Soy Vs Whey Protein - Articles
Does Whey Protein Help With Weight Loss? | Ask The Fitness Nerd
by
Matt C.

Posted
Sat 22 Nov 2008 9:36pm
Is the whey protein-weight loss connection fact or fiction? Find out from the Fitness Nerd if using whey protein for weight loss is “yeah” or “nay. “
Dear Fitness Nerd,
I have a question for you around whey protein and weight loss.
I would consider myself to be pretty fit. I lift weights, run and do Body Pump and am pretty lean already, ...
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Is Protein The Whey To Go?
by
Chris ..

Posted
Mon 17 Nov 2008 9:24pm
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I am sure when you first got into fitness and started working out you were bombarded with the notion that you have to go buy a big tub of protein or some sort of gainer drink in order to make gains in the gym, its simply not the truth but far from it. While supplements like Whey Protein can be helpful for certain causes they are not ne ...
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The Quality Protein
by
Marni R.

Posted
Mon 01 Nov 2010 12:07pm
Although I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian there is no part of my diet that is short on protein. From peanut butter and nuts to cottage cheese, cheese, eggs, milk, vegetarian meats, tofu, beans, lentils, whey protein and greek/low fat yogurt...I sure do love my protein. Considering that my diet is primarily plant-based, I enjoy rounding out my meals ...
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Protein Powders - What To Take, When
by
Susannyny
Posted
Tue 22 Sep 2009 10:12pm
As I've mentioned many times on CFB, I'm not a huge fan of supplementation unless you have very high daily caloric needs. If you're using protein supplements as a meal replacement, you're simply missing out on high quality vitamins and minerals.
With that said, over the past couple of months I've received several emails from CFB readers aski ...
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Wow, It's March
by
17281posse
Posted
Tue 01 Mar 2011 1:26am
Happy March
I can't believe it's March already. Crazy. I have my first triathlon of the season this coming weekend - the Desert Triathlon Olympic distance in La Quinta, California. La Quinta is out in the Coachella Valley about 20 miles east of Palm Springs. Weather.com says that it's going to be in the 80's out there this we ...
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This Isn’t Arnold’s Protein Shake
by
Brett - Sheer Balance

Posted
Mon 16 Nov 2009 10:02pm
by Brett Blumenthal
The concept of drinking a Protein Shake may have you conjuring up images of big, overly built body builders, with their muscles and veins popping in every direction as they chug some goopy, raw egg mixture. Protein shakes, however, have come a long way in the last five to ten years and can be a great supplement to an ...
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Pick Your Protein Powder - a Protein Primer
by
lala362
Posted
Mon 21 Dec 2009 12:00am
http://www.experiencelifemag.com/issues/january-february-2010/fit-body/pick-your-protein-powder.html (I love this newsletter and magazine! It comes from the gym membership I have at Lifetime Fitness!)
A popular nutritional supplement among fitness-minded people, protein powders come in many formulations. Here’s how to decide which ones ar ...
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Why Protein?
by
Karen H.

Posted
Wed 25 Nov 2009 4:35am
The Power of Protein
It’s essential to the growth, repair, and maintenance of all body tissues. It’s also required for making enzymes - catalysts essential to all life processes, and hormones - powerful chemical messengers that circulate through your bloodstream to specific target cells, where they generate a wide range of biological responses ...
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Why Protein?
by
Karen H.

Posted
Tue 23 Nov 2010 10:40am
The Power Of Protein
It’s essential to the growth, repair, and maintenance of all body tissues. It’s also required for making enzymes – catalysts essential to all life processes, and hormones – powerful chemical messengers that circulate through your bloodstream to specific target cells, where they generate a wide range of biological respo ...
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Whey Protein Isolate – The Mother of all Dietary Supplements?
by
FitBuff Brandon
Posted
Mon 14 May 2012 8:14am
Whey protein isolate has been considered to be the ultimate source of protein. Protein that is excellent, thanks to a "perfect" Protein Digestability-Corrected Amino Acid Score, and for a number of reasons such as an increase in lean muscle mass and metabolic rate along with a decrease in muscle recovery times as well as faste ...
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