[~*DarkAngel*~]

Is there any draw back to using a cheaper alternative of protein powders etc?
This is what I've been using for the past few months



It cost £16 from a small supplement shop near me, they do all sorts of other crap, creatine and shiz, fish oils multi-vitamins etc.

The ingredients are:
Protein Blend (whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, soya protein isolate),
Lactose,
Maltodextrin,
Creatine Ethyl Ester,
Guar Gum,
L-Glutamine,
Tri-Calcium Phosphate,
Xanthan Gum,
Cocoa Powder,
Sweetner (Aspartame),
Flavourings.

Nutritonal Info:
Typical Values Per 100g Per 30g
Energy(kJ) 1627kJ 488kJ
Energy(Kcal) 384Kcal 115Kcal
Protein 74g 22.2g
Carbohydrate 13g 3.9g
(of Which sugars) 6.5g 1.9g
Fat 3.7g 1.1g
(Of which Saturates) 1.7g 0.5g
Fibre 1.9g 0.6g

Grams of Amino Acid Per 100g of Protein

Alanine 4.9g
Arginine(1) 2.1g
Aspartic Acid 10.8g
Cysteine 2.3g
Glutamine / Glutamate 16.7g
Glycine 1.8g
Histidine 2.6g
Isoleucine(1,2) 5.8g
Leucine(1,2) 10.8g
Lysine(1) 9.6g
Methinonine(1) 1.9g
Phenylaline(1) 3.3g
Proline 5.8g
Serine 4.7g
Threonine(1) 7.2g
Tryptophan*(1) 2.1g
Tryosine 1.8g
Valine(1,2) 5.8g
1 - Essential Amino Acids
2 - Branched Chain Amino Acids
(*Tryptophan is a natural source, not added)

Could this be considered as un-healthy or less beneficial compared to some of the more expensive protein powders?

~Dark~

[1992dean]

you just need to find one that suits you, like anything some cheap ones are rubbish and some expensive are rubbish

£16 from a small shop is very cheap

i buy mine from my protein or discount supplements pay about £35 but i dont always use it depends what food i have to eat

[Turkey Dinosaur]

(Original post by ~*DarkAngel*~)
Is there any draw back to using a cheaper alternative of protein powders etc?

Unless you are an elite level athlete - No.

Most supplements are bulked out with a long list of ingredients most of which have little or no efficacy. It gives you the illusion that you are buying something better so that you spend more of your hard earned cash and they make more profit.

This is what I've been using for the past few months

Even that is bulked out with ineffective ingredients. If you switched over to whey concentrate and creatine monohydrate you would make much the same, if not the same, progress (and you'd save significantly more money in the process).


Whey isolate - Is it significantly better than concentrate? No, it contains fractionally more protein and fractionally less fat and lactose. Is it worth 25-50% more? No.

CEE - benefits over creatine monohydrate? Questionable.

Maltodextrin - cheap carbohydrate powder used to bulk out supplements.

Guar gum, Xanthan gum - binding/thickening agents.

[~*DarkAngel*~]

so basically, for £16, its a decent supplement?

I just don't want to be wasting my money thinking I'm getting the same (ish) benefits, if in actuality, I'm greatly reducing my possible progress.

It's just a mate of mine told me its **** basically, and I didn't take it at face value (didn't particularly trust him, he likes to sound like he knows it all) so I wanted another opinion (and what a place, to be able to get multiple different opinions)

~Dark~

[Brotherhood]

(Original post by ~*DarkAngel*~)
so basically, for £16, its a decent supplement?

I just don't want to be wasting my money thinking I'm getting the same (ish) benefits, if in actuality, I'm greatly reducing my possible progress.

It's just a mate of mine told me its **** basically, and I didn't take it at face value (didn't particularly trust him, he likes to sound like he knows it all) so I wanted another opinion (and what a place, to be able to get multiple different opinions)

~Dark~

Not for less than 1kg. Wouldn't bother.

Check out MyProtein (as mentioned) or MaxiRaw.

You can use MP40658 for 5% off or whoever else's code you wanna use from the supplements and codes sticky.