Comments on: Monster Whey Protein Shake Recipe!

By: berserk

berserk — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:08:56 +0000

hi Mark first of all thanks for all the posts i just wanted to know if i can add 1 or 2 tablespoon of olive oil inted of the double cream?

thanks

By: ted

ted — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:39:45 +0000

Great stuff, thanks Mark I’ll give it a go

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:29:45 +0000

@Ted. I don’t think it’s possible. However, you should make friends with macadamia nuts for a very easy way to bump up your calories.
Perhaps you could buy a macadamia nut butter and water it down for the liquid portion of the shake.
Mark

By: ted

ted — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:16:33 +0000

First off, congrats once again on a great website with great ideas and great philosophy behind them too.

I’d love to have this but can’t have dairy (the consequences are not pleasant I can tell you). Can you think of a substitute for the cream. There is lactose free whole milk over here in the UK but obviously there is a big difference in the fat content between that and the cream:(
Can you think of anything else that could be used? I could add the whole milk for the dairy part (I think it helps carry the ptotein to the muscles), but still need those calories!
Cheers,
Ted

By: Karan

Karan — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:27:20 +0000

It’s hard to imagine that eating a high fat high protein low carb diet won’t make you fat, even though you’ve explained it well in your other post..

maybe its the years of misinformation speaking though ..

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:12 +0000

I just tried one of these and they taste good!!

Didn’t bother with spenda and it tasted just fine. I could only
find fresh whipping cream [with 35.5% fat made from 100% fresh milk]. Will this do until I can find double cream?

Thanks for all your help Mark

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:04:26 +0000

Hi Andrics,
My current thinking on this would be a ‘no’.
Post workout you want your protein absorbed as quickly as possible. A High-fat shake will slow the absorption down.
It’s great any other time but not post-workout.
Hope that helps,
Mark

By: Andrics

Andrics — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:58:22 +0000

Hi Mark, would it be ok/appropriate to use this for your post workout shake? I generally dont have the hours to fit in both.

thanks.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:36:41 +0000

@ Andrics, I’ll be covering this topic soon in an upcoming post, thanks.

@ Celebrity Foods. Thanks, I’m glad to be of service.

Mark

By: Celebrity Foods

Celebrity Foods — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:45:07 +0000

Thanks for the shake recipe. I am bookmarking your blog for my son who has just started weightlifting and has been complaining about not getting enough calories.

By: Andrics

Andrics — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:48:11 +0000

I should probably mail you direct on this one to avoid the risk of a big debate on which protein supplement is the best but out of curiosity which manufacturer have you settled with over the years?
Being quite thin I have been told to avoid certain proteins as they can be different in their uses i.e some are better for cutting/weight loss etc?

thanks.