8 The Clackamas Print
Fitness Nutritio
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011
Pick the right protein drink for yo
By Joshua Baird
Arts & Culture Editor
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With so many different health and wellness
products available in the world today, many
people find the sheer number of choices to be
mindboggling. To make this easier on you, we
are going to look at the various types of protein
shakes available on the market.
“I think it gives
you your vitamins
and minerals... it
gives you a good
whey protein iso­
late,”
Zak McGraw
Clackamas Town Center
GNC
Most protein shakes are available all over
the place; you can find them in 7-1 Is, health
supply stores and the gym. In feet, you have to
look no further than the school cafeteria to find
one option.
As with every product on the market, you
should look at the nutritional information because
health products are renowned for effective mar­
keting, even if it may not be complete informa­
tion.
“Muscle Milk” is one of the most popular
brands, possibly because it is so readily available
in most venues. As mentioned above, it is the
brand carried by Outlaw in the school cafeteria
Though it may be one of the more popular
options, Muscle Milk is not being sold every­
where that other protein drinks are.
Max Muscle in Vancouver, Wash, no longer
sells it because “It was higher in fat than most of
the others,” said Trevor Bryant, a Max Muscle
Oh Yeah!:
Taste: 5/5
Aftertaste: 5/5
Protein Content: 32g
Fat Content: 9g
Muscle Milk:
Taste: 4/5
Aftertaste: .3/5
Protein Content: 25g
Fat Content: 9g
representative.
Other companies do still cany this popular
shake, though. “I think it gives you your vitamins
and minerals (and is) pretty low in sugar, and it
gives you a good whey protein isolate,” said Zak
McGraw of Clackamas Town Center GNC.
Another brand that is available is “Oh Yeah!”
Though this isn’t an extremely popular brand, it
is just as good as Muscle Milk and has seven
mane grams of protein. It packs a punch of flavor
and lacks a lot of the aftertaste that many people
expect from premade protein shakes.
“Ultramet” seems to be the reigning cham­
pion of the premade protein shakes with a whop­
ping 35 grams of whey protein.
“I know a lot of the ready-to-drinks are test­
ing for high levels of cadmium and mercury,
the Ultramet seems to taste better and ... it’s
a little bit higher (in protein content) than the
others,” said Jesse Johnson of Max Muscle in
Clackamas.
Although there are many options available,
the general consensus seems to be that the best
shake you can buy is the powdered kind. Both
Johnson and Bryant suggested taking protein
powder with you in a Ziploc bag and adding it
to eight ounces of water as a way to get the best
protein bang for your buck Unfortunately, with
this method you will always run the risk of find­
ing powder pockets in your shake.
“It’s cheaper per serving, for one; (it’s) usu­
ally at least half - if not a third - of the price.
Most protein supplements will run you $1.50
(per serving), and they won’t have as many pre­
servatives,” said Johnson.
The choices are out there, and in the end
you really have to choose what is best for you
financially as well as nutritionally. Do you want
to ingest preservatives, or do you want to pay
for a giant jug of .protein powder? The choice
is yours.
Ultramet:
Taste: 4/5
Aftertaste: 4/5
Protein Content: 35g
Fat Content: 9g .
c*ec**n
Josh’s choice:
Oh Yeah!
•lOSt HtR
Joshua Baird C/uckam®
Choosing a protein shake that is both healthy and delicious can be a dl
ing challenge.
Life without soda is indeed possible
By Kayla Calloway
Co-Editor-in-Chief
’ve let myself down this week.
While I was succeeding in my goal
not to drink a soda all week, I was
failing at the thing that got me going with
this column in the first place; I neglected
to eat a piece of fruit each day.
I had oranges a plenty in my kitchen,
but they didn’t hit the spot; plus, drinking
orange juice while eating one just felt a
little redundant to me. Still, no excuses.
On the bright side, I found a few ways
to make a soda fast go by easily, especially
for those of us on tight schedules.
First and possibly the most obviously,
water. I’m sure everyone has a fancy,
“green” water bottle, and the school is
riddled with water fountains that produce
water that doesn’t taste like crap. Most of
those fountains are also equipped with cool
faucets specifically designed for filling up
a bottle. Handy, no?
The bookstore that we all know and
I
love has a wide selection of juices 1
teas that offer a great tasting alternafl
to the delicious Mountain Dew that ml
college kids love. The prices are aver fl
and there’s a drink for everyone and tfl
budgets. A bottle of Ocean Spray gifl
juice will run you about $1.50, and youfl
get some Arizona Tea for just 99 cents!
an oversized can.
If you’re not around the bookstore t|
often, most grocery stores sell the Arizfl
Teas for the same price, and while yofl
there, grab a gallon of O.J,
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This next solution is perfect for thosfl
us who love to hit up the Taco Bell dn
thru between classes: lemonade. Gran!
it’s not the best substitute considerir a
that sugar in it, but hey, I only swore]
give up soda for the week.
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Finally, at your local grocery store infl
powdered juice aisle, there are these 11
packets that you just dump into a bfl
of water and shake. Crystal Lite startfl
with their little “on the go” packets a fl
years ago, and let me just say, they ml
staying healthy a breeze, and most of tfl
taste pretty good, too.
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Grab a paper next week, as I’m goi igl
cook a vegetarian dish that involves pefl
butter and thin spaghetti noodles. We ®
see how tasty it turns out to be next wfl
This week’s words to live by come ffl
V.L. Alljneare: “Sugar is a type of bofl
fuel, yes, but your body runs about as ®
on it as a car would.”
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-Do you have any ideas to help
get back into shape or any healthy rec®
to recommend? E-mail Kayla at chief^B
clackamas.edu.