Sometimes you can’t go without them.
The benefits of protein shakes cannot be denied. Usually protein powder includes macronutrients extracted from milk, eggs and other high-protein foods, such as soybeans. Sometimes protein drinks are enriched with vitamins and microelements making such blend rather useful. Also, during long workouts (more than three hours), protein shakes allow maintaining nutritional balance in the body and makes the post-workout recovery period much shorter. This is particularly relevant for athletes – runners, skiers, cyclists. They are recommended to drink protein shakes while exercising.
Protein shakes are also good for one can have it right before or after the workout. If talking about regular high-protein foods, they are quite hard-to-digest foods, so they are not advisable before physical training. Protein drinks do not have such drawback.
Why too much protein drinks are not good?
On the other hand, protein shakes should be consumed wisely. For that, many people believe they need to be consumed right while exercising in order to grow muscles. But this is not the case in reality – muscles don’t grow during a workout – on the contrary, they shrink. However, due to the lactic acid being produces after a workout and active muscle building processes happening in the body, this is when protein is needed.
Another thing to mention – protein drinks have high content of uric acid. If your diet has too much of it, this can cause gout or kidney or bladder stones. Also, contrary to popular belief, protein in protein shakes can transform into fat (if you consume but your workout is not intense enough). These are the reasons why protein shakes shall not be enamoured and consumed moderately.
Reasonable summary
As you can see, protein shakes can be both helpful and harmful. If you want to drink them, have them before or after your workout. And in everyday life, get your proteins from healthy foods – fish, meat, eggs, bean products, poultry, etc.
