I’ve been a regular protein powder user for about 3 years now since getting into fitness in a more serious way and having the protein expertise of my other half to learn from. I’ve tried a lot of different brands and I now know some of my favourites and what flavours I like. But, it did occur to me, whilst on my 8 week clean eating challenge, that my protein powder may not actually be as clean as the rest of my diet. That’s when I discovered Whey Ahead, this organic protein powder! This stuff isn’t as sweet as your standard protein powder and is the UK’s first range of certified organic flavoured & unflavoured protein. Powered purely by organic protein from grass-fed cows and raw superfoods, this stuff’s pretty good.
Multipower Review
Today, I’ve got a little protein-fuelled review for you! The Multipower 100% Pure Whey Protein in the Coffee Caramel flavour has 24g of pure protein pure serving as well as only 1.4g of carbs and 5.7g of BCAAs. This mega tub is 67 portions which is going to last me absolutely ages. This tastes so good, if you’ve used The Protein Works protein in the same flavour, it’s almost identical to that so is really nice. I love to make a protein coffee cooler with this protein plus a teaspoon of instant coffee and a little milk and water blitzed up with a load of ice! Try it, trust me.
Quest Bar Review #Prednutrition
Here’s another little fitness post, despite my dwindling love of the gym I’m really trying to eat well to compensate for not trying as hard in my training. If anyone has any ideas for switching up training routines and for something new and fresh to try, let me know!
In my daily diet I aim for around 90-100g of protein, so a protein bar or a shake are great additions to the usual amount of eggs, nuts, meat etc that I eat on a day to day basis. As far as protein bars go, these Quest bars can be quite confusing as they advertise on the front that they’re only 3g of ‘net carbs’ which means carbs from not fibre. This might confuse people because they do actually have over 20g of carbs but the majority are from fibre. So, if you’re a macro-counter like me, that’s 20g of my carbs gone in a ‘protein’ bar. The protein is obviously really high being over 20g in each bar which is a great little boost to hitting targets.
10 Minute Protein Flapjacks
I stole this recipe of one of my friends from work and decided to share because it’s super yummy (thanks Becki)! The macros are around 8g of protein, 18g of carbs & 4g with around 150 calories which is pretty good for a clean eating kinda snack. Check out the recipe below if you like the look of these.
Go Nutrition Protein Mousse & Jelly Review
This protein jelly was really hard to mix and I felt like it was essentially normal jelly mix just with added protein powder and it was so lumpy even though I whisked it with a fork for at least 5 minutes. I popped it in the fridge for 2 hours like the packet said and it was totally set, super quickly. It set with a foamy/fluffy layer on top and the jelly was normal underneath it. I think it would be fine if it was mixed properly but it was really difficult to do. If anyone has any tips, let me know!