Phd diet whey

JEN22

Anyone tried this or recommend it

Grabs39

It's fine, but more expensive than some others. Tastes good though

SpekySquarehead

I've recently converted to Herbalife. Lots of tasty flavours and the MSE in me has also found it a tremendous way to keep the costs of lunches down significantly.

[Deleted User]

Not done the diet whey

But I've had this
http://www.phd-woman.co.uk/products/phd-woman-2-week-starter-pack.html
Was quite nice and good value for Phd! - might be better to start of with if you never had whey before (that said I guess I'm erring that OP is female!)

Herstory

If you've never used whey powder before get a sample to try before committing, I don't know why but after drinking a bit of whey powder (tried lots of them over the years as my husband used to have whey powder protein shakes to help up his post gym protein intake) I feel sick for hours. I don't have the same reaction to the plant based protein powders.

What's the aim of your diet?

parking_question_chap

What is the point of "diet" whey?

Just marketing spiel imo.

Protein has about 4Kcals per gram, just paying for the name.

OneLeggedPig

Also bear in mind that isolated protein like that found in protein powders are very very bad for you. And unnecessary.

parking_question_chap

OneLeggedPig wrote: »

Also bear in mind that isolated protein like that found in protein powders are very very bad for you. And unnecessary.

You really shouldnt post something like that and not back it up with evidence.

In your own time......

jon81uk

My partner is using the PhD Diet whey and says its fine. Little bits of freeze-dried strawberry in it. Was only worth getting when it was on offer in Costco.

parking_question_chap wrote: »

What is the point of "diet" whey?

Just marketing spiel imo.

Protein has about 4Kcals per gram, just paying for the name.

Some brands contain added sugar/carbs. The diet one doesn't.

JEN22

I would like to know why its bad for you

OneLeggedPig

parking_question_chap wrote: »

You really shouldnt post something like that and not back it up with evidence.

In your own time......

I wouldn't normally post about health implications when the question doesn't ask about it- only did here because I think often people seem to think that protein powders are healthy- maybe because some people who do a lot of exercise use them. But people take some extreme measures for appearances that aren't always healthy.

Right, one of the main health issues with isolated protein in general is that it raises the production of IGF-1 (insulin growth factor) in your body. This is the idea, because that stimulates and speeds up growth- which can make your muscles at least appear bigger. The problem is that you are also paying to age yourself, and risking promoting cancer growth. The milk protein Casein has been in particular linked to cancer.

Secondly, let's look at the ingredients....

PhD Premium Protein Blend (Whey* Protein Concentrate, Milk Protein Concentrate (Of Which 80% Is Micellar Casein), Soya Protein Isolate), Waxy Barley Flour, Golden Brown Flaxseed Powder, Thickeners (Acacia Gum, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum), Flavouring, Conjugated Linoleic Acid Powder (Contains Milk Protein, Soya Lecithin, antioxidant (Vitamin E), Acetyl L-Carnitine, Colour (Curcumin), Green Tea Extract, Sweetener (Sucralose). *From Milk

This is probably one of the "better" products- but look at all of the rubbish in that. Should you take in all of that on a daily basis? Or should you blend oats and fruit and peanut butter instead, for example? I'm also interested as to why people think they need to intake more protein.

Sorry for hijacking the thread. I just think that often it doesn't even occur to people that protein powders might not be healthy (I wouldn't do this on a thread about chocolate or cheese, for example, as there would be no need).

I'll happily shut up if the OP isn't interested.