Are soy protein shakes good for helping with weightloss or does it cause weight gain?
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It helps build lean muscle mass, try 100% All natural whey protein instead, only 80 calories per scoop (20 grams protein), rather than the soy protein i use to take, 170 cals per scoop with 20 grams of protein as well. Except whey protein helps repair muscle tissues faster and fewer calories and are better for you! If you eat right and still somehow gain, most likely you are gaining muscle,if you are very concerned with gaining fat ( like i am) , purchase a body fat weight scale or a caliper like i did :)\n\nDont worry about getting bulky and muscular as males off the protein, unless you have male hormones or take steroids, girls can only gain 1-2 lb of muscles per month, so you won't look like the governor of california anytime soon, or in this lifetime.
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Protein is so important. If you keep your protein within a recommended range it will do great things for you. Lets start from the top. It controls hunger, It slowes down insilin production to slow down sugar cravings and also it protects your muscle. People don't realize that muscle is where fat is absorbed. The more muscle the quicker the weight loss.
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You may be just replacing the weight you are losing with muscle weight.  Remember, muscle weighs more than fat.  Another thing, to lose weight, you have to burn more calories working out than you do eating.  Protein powder itself should not be causing you to not lose weight.  Try mixing it with water instead of juice.  Wait a few hours before eating after you've taken the juice.  Many people will take the shake, or even a dietary shake, and then eat right after.  It defeats the purpose of losing weight because you've just consumed two meals.  Try not to work out so much, either.  Your body needs time to heal itself.  Five times a day might be a little extensive.  Cardio should come after weight training, for maximum results.  I hope this helped.
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I used herbal energy boosters for my metabolism together with a special meal replacement drink.  I have lost loads of bodyfat.  If you would like to know a bit more about my method, get back to me and I will be happy to give you furhter details.  Or you could visit www.aloe-vera-guide.com where there is more info that may help. Hope this is of some use to you. I am still using these particular products and they continue to keep me slim.  Took me 15 years of searching to find them.
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Protein shouldnt make you gain weight.\n\nThe only diet that would work though is balenced and healthy, with lots of excercise... hopefully with a partner.
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When going on a diet, the first and fastest wheigt loss is a treacherous one, because is loosing water instead of fat and after those quick results you "win" back your old overweight pretty soon ("Jo-Jo-effect).\n\nIt is better to go on a protein based diet (not meaning this to stay hungry), which takes care also of your body's waterhousehold and feeds you vitamins and minerals. This way you really loose fat and you very soon start to approach a visibly better shape of your body.\n\nIn order to get the side products of slimming out of your body, you have to drink minimumm 2 liters of water per day.\n\nI know people, who lost up to 2kg per week with soybean based diets and could avoid the Jo-Jo-effect, because they changend during their "diet-time" also their eating habits.\n\nMost people need friends to assist them during their diet and big companies like HERBALIFE from California based on this a pretty succesful comunity of networkers all over the world, who get paid very good for this type of service. Meaning you can not only benefit for your health from this treatment but also for your wallet.
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This is a very interesting question.  I went to Wikipedia and looked up Hashimoto's disease.  One person said that it has to do with Soy consumption.  Just wondering if you or your family eats a lot of soy.\nThere was a treatment mentioned but it wasn't about loosing weight.  I'm wondering if a gastric by-pass would help.  Good luck with this.
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120 - 160 grams of protein.  This will be important in helping to maintain muslce mass, since the body likes to convert glycine (an amino acid) to glucose for fuel when in a gasting state.  There is no easy way to pack this much protein into a single shake, unless it is a really big shake.\n\nI recommend getting the cheapest brand of protein you can find (preferrably derived from milk or egg).  You will probably have to do other things beyond consuming protein to lose weight, but this is probably the amount that you will need to consume.
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hey handsome yes you need to get a protein shake or good nutritinal shake I use the nutritional shake from walmart their brand I eat a healthy huge breakfast and take my nutritional shakes for lunch and a reasonable meal at nite sometimes just the shake
329916
you can drink protein shakes
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Several studies indicate that the composition of weight loss is more favorable with a diet lower in carbohydrate and higher in either fat or protein. In one recent study, there was similar weight loss after 10 weeks of dieting in overweight women who consumed a diet of 30% protein, 41% carbohydrate, and 19% fat versus a diet that had equal calories consisting of 16% protein, 58% carbohydrate, and 26% fat. However, the higher protein and lower carbohydrate diet resulted in significantly greater loss of fat and retention of lean body mass. In another study, fat loss was greater after 6 months of a high protein diet versus a high carbohydrate diet (both diets were equal in fat). Higher protein intake has also been shown to result in better weight maintenance after weight loss. These are a few of the many studies showing that diets lower in carbohydrate and higher in protein lead to greater fat loss and preservation of lean body mass. Simply substituting some carbohydrates in your diet with a protein shake can lead to beneficial changes in your body composition.
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There is no proven studies with this regard.. it is harmful though if you drink them all the time (2-4 meals a day!) because it's your kidneys that do most of the filtering of the protein shake products. You are better off eating high protein food than getting shakes... but I do believe having one shake after your workout is beneficial.\nMike
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Whey is a good source of protein, protein is necessary for healthy muscles and is particularly benificial if you regularly work out.  It is estimated that most people need about 1-1.5 grammes of protein per pound of body weight each day, if you don't think that you are getting this from your normal diet then supplementing with whey protein shakes will be beneficial.
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Working at a weight loss center for years I have to say Yes!! Most vegetarians really eat too many starches and that is the culprit. Also you still need protein so you want to ensure you continue with vegetarian type proteins or you'll lose your muscle which affects our skin's elasticy too.
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drinking milk will not make you lose weight, however it does help balance out you're diet if you drink 1% or skim. i find it helps up the protein nicely. But like I said you will not lose weight by soley drinking milk.
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well, A protein hevy diet will certainly help boost any results you may have from lifting. The pprotein is what is actually used to build the muscle. Myoplex is a great way to get a load of protein for shakes and such.
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Protein builds muscle, muscle burns fat. The best protein drink (blech) - The least nasty tasting one is the Curves chocolate drink. It's not as chalky/gritty as some other powder. I try to get my protein through diet, though.