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    Hi There

    I'm just about ready to get back into shape after 6 months of avoiding the gym and pole.

    Someone I met recently said that she's lost a lot of weight by driunking 2 isopure meal replacement shakes, and a light steamed veg and fish dinner.
    I have to admit that she looks great, but I looked isopure up and it contains alot of calories about 300 and a huge amonut of protein, it also says do not use for weight reduction ?

    Can anyone advise me on this product ?

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    I dunno about the product, but 300 calories x 2 + some veggies and fish isn't very much, really... so I can see how it'd work.

    So you'd have 600 calories for the Isopure, and about oh... let's say 100 calories for some veggies combined (I've found sites that list steamed veggies as low as 60 calories, and as high as 200 with butter)... 200 calories for fish (fish seems to list from anywhere in the 100 - 200 calorie range)... that's still only 900 calories a day, which is REALLY low.
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    Default Re: Isopure

    yeah 300 calories isn't much for a meal, but you could also do that with one lean cuisine!

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    I use optimum nutrition brand. Although I've heard Isopure tastes good too. I mix ON with fat free organic milk. Plus, a small banana.
    90cal milk +120cal 1 scoop whey = 210 cal total
    13grams sugar
    (9 grams milk + 24 grams 1 scoop) 33 grams protein

    Isopure is probably better to have as a meal replacement. The ON whey I have is best post-workout.
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    Wow 900 calories really is quite low for a days nutriton - unless the portions of fish and veg are huge which I doubt.
    Makes me wonder how hard that would be to maintain whilst working out 2 hours a day which I'm planning to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Citychick View Post
    Hi There

    I'm just about ready to get back into shape after 6 months of avoiding the gym and pole.

    Someone I met recently said that she's lost a lot of weight by driunking 2 isopure meal replacement shakes, and a light steamed veg and fish dinner.
    I have to admit that she looks great, but I looked isopure up and it contains alot of calories about 300 and a huge amonut of protein, it also says do not use for weight reduction ?

    Can anyone advise me on this product ?
    It's simply a whey protein isolate product, and not an optimal one at that. If you want to know the differences between different whey products, read "The whey it is" here:

    http://www.brinkzone.com/articledeta...catid=3&aid=25

    If you want to know how whey may directly effect weight loss, read "The Whey to weight loss" here:

    http://www.brinkzone.com/articledeta...catid=3&aid=11

    For some general thoughts on fitness, health, etc for dancers, read "Fitness for Dancers" here:

    http://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46456

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    I love Isopure, that is always what I use for protein shakes. If you're using it in addition to your normal food its good for the protein but I don't know if I would use it as a primary diet staple.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Will View Post
    It's simply a whey protein isolate product, and not an optimal one at that. If you want to know the differences between different whey products, read "The whey it is" here:
    So which one would you suggest as optimal ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Citychick View Post
    So which one would you suggest as optimal ?
    "Optimal" for what would be the question, but for a high quality isolate (which means it's undenatured and has it's sub fractions) then I prefer CFM whey isolate, which is covered in the article:

    "The CFM® processing method uses a low temperature micro filtration technique that allows for the production of very high protein contents (>90%), the retention of important subfractions, extremely low fat and lactose contents, with virtually no undenatured proteins. CFM® is a natural, non-chemical process which employs high tech ceramic filters, unlike ion exchange, which involves the use of chemical reagents such as hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. CFM® whey isolate also contains high amounts of calcium and low amounts of sodium."

    Places like protein factory sell CFM whey. A Google search gets several choices:

    http://www.google.com/search?client=...=Google+Search

    Personally, I use the CFM whey from the Life Extension Foundation at www.lef.org as it has extra lactoferrin and uses a small amount of stevia as a sweetener.
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