| What are the best tasting weight gainers?
Posted: 12/7/2008 8:18:43 PM | | I was wondering what you guys think is the best tasting weight gainer out there. So far I've tried GNC's XXX mass gainer in vanilla, and cookies n creme, and Mass-Tech's chocolate flavor. So far the winner for me is Mass-Tech, but the problem is that the shake comes out so thick that I can almost chew it instead of drinking it. XXX mass gainer's cookies n creme is alright, but i still choke up if i try to gulp it down. Any recommendations? | |
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| What are the best tasting weight gainers?
Posted: 12/8/2008 1:25:53 AM | I'm an ALLMAX guy- A bunch of folks (both men and women) in the fitness industry and on the competition circuit have highly recommended it. Tastes really good, mixes easy... good ingredients... good process...
No matter what you do- you'll need to cram a bunch of stuff in your blender to get the calorie count they're advertising. I find it to be a bit much, so I'll generally cut out a scoop of the weight gainer and throw in a scoop of the ISO instead. Get some extra calories... and some extra protein and it mixes a bit better.
Only thing from ALLMAX I haven't got hooked on yet are those ISOKOOL proteins. The green apple one smells like I'm drinking it out of a glass that someone threw up in. REALLY sick-
Give it a shot and let us know where you end up!
Eno | |
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| What are the best tasting weight gainers?
Posted: 12/9/2008 1:09:27 PM | | hi.. eat raw nuts and seeds... 8 oz a day min 3xs a week... eat avocados and young coconuts.. you will be healthy, strong, bulked up without being blocked up and no kidney issues, imagine... blessings for health, warmly Mona | |
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| skip the "weight gainers"
Posted: 12/11/2008 12:40:06 PM | ...like 90% of the sports supplements industry, it's a SCAM. I know because I was an ectomorph and a hard-gainer in my 20s, and wasted a lot of bucks on that crap too.
You'll get the same if not better results eating a bowl of good quality cereal (Kashi, Grape Nuts, or other whole-grain cereals not loaded with high fructose corn syrup and other artificial junk) with whole milk. Toss in a banana, some almonds and raisins if you like. Or a Clif-Bar ($1 each in the 6pack box at Walmart) with a glass of whole milk.
Milk with honey, or chocolate milk, is one of the best recovery drinks, btw...perfect blend of carbs and protein. I carry a little metal thermos of it to drink right after a run or a lift. | |
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| skip the weight gainers
Posted: 12/11/2008 1:27:58 PM | | I've been Bodybuilding on a recreational basis for 13 years and I have to agree that 90% of the supplement industry is BS! Weight Gain powders are just liquid food... its easier to eat 3 solid meals and have a 2-3 shakes then it is to eat 5-6 meals! gaining mass is all a game of numbers increase your calories and protein if your not gaining, and be sure to always try to lift heavier weights with good form after your workout drink a shake....I like Nlarge by Prolab and Muscle Juice by Ultimate Nutrition, other than that I would just take a multi pak of various vitamins. | |
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| What are the best tasting weight gainers?
Posted: 12/11/2008 3:00:10 PM | | Bsn true mass is the best tasting that choc taste like ice cream with water and i have to disagree with these people about the supplement industry and i sure as hell wouldn't listen to the dude that is taking down sugar and fat after his workout choc chips and milk or honey come on dude you need good quality protien and yes sugar and carbs are important but milk is a slow digesting protien that isn't good for after your workout. And yes i own a supplement store and website but i will never push a product i don't believe in NEVER. | |
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| What are the best tasting weight gainers?
Posted: 12/11/2008 5:10:24 PM | | hi... animal proteins raise the uric acid levels way too high.... fresh fruits for amino acids, dark baby greens for minerals, plant fats for insulation....warmly Mona | |
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| What are the best tasting weight gainers?
Posted: 12/11/2008 11:27:51 PM | Chocolate milk as possibly the ideal recovery drink:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/24/health/webmd/main1342839.shtml
If it comes down to science vs. the marketing propaganda of the supplements industry, I'll take the science any day of the week. Sorry if that cuts into some people's livelihoods.
BTW, in case you guys don't already know this: sports supplements are NOT subject to *ANY* sort of federal regulations or testing. What this means is that the companies which manufacture them can claim that their stuff contains A, B, C without any of that ever being verified by any government regulatory agency. | |
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| What are the best tasting weight gainers?
Posted: 12/12/2008 1:28:04 AM | Why are you shopping at GNC and buying MuscleTech from there?
I would suggest buying from a cheaper store/online and just use the extra cash as a fire-starter. That way all the money you just burned up would have at least contributed to your life in someway... instead of just being given away. | |
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| What are the best tasting weight gainers?
Posted: 12/12/2008 9:18:54 AM |
fresh fruits for amino acids
uhhh.....what?
The OP is asking about weightgainers and you are suggesting fruits and dark greens? First off fruits do not provide a complete amino acid profile, and secondly to gain any weight off of them the OP would have to be eating pounds upon pounds of fruit every day.
Which would cause a lot of pooping.
Which is annoying.
I have to agree with a previous poster, Allmax Quickmass is my choice for best tasting gainer. | |
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| What are the best tasting weight gainers?
Posted: 12/12/2008 12:25:01 PM |
The OP is asking about weightgainers and you are suggesting fruits and dark greens? First off fruits do not provide a complete amino acid profile, and secondly to gain any weight off of them the OP would have to be eating pounds upon pounds of fruit every day.
Which would cause a lot of pooping.
Which is annoying
Spot on. | |
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| Another recommendation & alternative...
Posted: 12/12/2008 1:41:19 PM | ...to the overpriced and dubious "weight gainers:"
http://www.bearvalleybars.com/nutrtionalinfo.html
A friend of mine who works at an organic co-op turned me onto these a few months back. Absolutely love 'em: all-natural ingredients, all 8 amino acids, 400-440 calories per bar, and shockingly cheap at $1-1.50 per bar (depends on how many you order at a time).
And here's the kicker...they actually taste GOOD! I've tried tons of different nutritional food bars, and only the ClifBars beat these out in taste. (EAS Myoplex was the grossest, with MetRx and PowerBar Protein Plus not much better.)
If you had 3 of these a day in addition to 3 normal meals, don't see how you wouldn't gain weight. | |
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| Another recommendation & alternative...
Posted: 12/12/2008 4:14:50 PM | I don't see how you can call weight gainers expensive. I live in Canada and our supplement prices are higher than in the US, one of our most popular weight gainers is Ultimate Nutrition Muscle Juice, it is $60 for 24 1000 k/cal servings, so $2.50 per serving, or 1 dollar for every 400 calories.
So about the same (if not cheaper) than your bars and without all that crappy soy. | |
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| Compare the ingredients...
Posted: 12/12/2008 4:51:21 PM | Here's the ingredients of the Muscle Juice:
http://distributors.ultimatenutrition.com/pdf/229_MJ_snf.pdf
Tons of crap: high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oil, cornstarch, baking soda, and all sorts of random chemicals.
The bars: Malted corn and barley, nonfat milk, soy flour, honey, almonds, raisins, oats, soy oil, sunflower seeds, cocoa, wheat bran, carob.
OMG, I don't have to be a friggin' chemist to know what I'm ingesting here!
As for the soy vs. whey debate, the evidence is inconclusive about which is better. I get most of my protein from lean meat, so am not overly concerned. | |
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| Compare the ingredients...
Posted: 12/12/2008 6:14:03 PM |
Here's the ingredients of the Muscle Juice:
http://distributors.ultimatenutrition.com/pdf/229_MJ_snf.pdf
Tons of crap: high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oil, cornstarch, baking soda, and all sorts of random chemicals.
The bars: Malted corn and barley, nonfat milk, soy flour, honey, almonds, raisins, oats, soy oil, sunflower seeds, cocoa, wheat bran, carob.
OMG, I don't have to be a friggin' chemist to know what I'm ingesting here!
As for the soy vs. whey debate, the evidence is inconclusive about which is better. I get most of my protein from lean meat, so am not overly concerned.
People have a tendency to fear things they don't understand and the "chemical-phobia" is a perfect example.
Oats, soy, nonfat milk, etc. all sound very commonplace and are what people think of when they think of "food", but if one were to list their chemical constituents, such as avenacosides and beta-1,3-glucan (found in oats), genistein (found in soy), lactoferrin and glycomacropeptide (found in milk), the list of "normal" food items would look no different and possibly worse than "cornstarch" and "high fructose corn syrup". | |
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| Compare the ingredients...
Posted: 12/12/2008 7:48:44 PM | | Edsta, you chose to look at the ingredients in the cookies and cream flavour, all the "bad " ingredients that you listed are part of the cookie pieces that are in the shake, if you chose a different flavour those ingredients aren't in there. | |
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| Compare the ingredients...
Posted: 12/14/2008 10:53:43 AM | "Edsta, you chose to look at the ingredients in the cookies and cream flavour, all the "bad " ingredients that you listed are part of the cookie pieces that are in the shake, if you chose a different flavour those ingredients aren't in there."
You're right, the list for Chocolate flavor isn't quite as bad: maltodextrin, crystalline fructose, soy lecithin and natural and artificial flavors.
I still feel better with the organic food bars though, esp. how much less processing the ingredients have gone through.
The last weight-gainer I tried, back in the early 90s, was by Twinlab and it caused a fair amount of gas/bloating and what weight I did gain was not very lean. Hope you're having better results with the stuff you're using now. | |
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| Compare the ingredients...
Posted: 12/14/2008 10:58:02 AM | > Oats, soy, nonfat milk, etc. all sound very commonplace and are what people think of when they think of "food", but if one were to list their chemical constituents, such as avenacosides and beta-1,3-glucan (found in oats), genistein (found in soy), lactoferrin and glycomacropeptide (found in milk), the list of "normal" food items would look no different and possibly worse than "cornstarch" and "high fructose corn syrup".
There is a reason that those natural ingredients are not listed in the broken-down chemical forms: because they AREN'T broken down or highly processed. It's the difference between eating whole wheat bread vs. white bread, or brown rice vs. white rice---you're getting the stuff the way nature made it, not the as-profitable-as-possible way that some corporate food factory made it.
And high fructose corn syrup (which the bars don't contain) is evil, period. | |
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| Compare the ingredients...
Posted: 12/14/2008 12:19:48 PM | | I agree with you edsta that these things aren't the healthiest things in the world and getting big on whole food would be a better idea, but most people aren't willing or able to eat the required amount of calories for serious weight gain from whole food. So liquid food becomes the alternative. | |
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| Compare the ingredients...
Posted: 12/14/2008 4:26:37 PM |
There is a reason that those natural ingredients are not listed in the broken-down chemical forms: because they AREN'T broken down or highly processed. It's the difference between eating whole wheat bread vs. white bread, or brown rice vs. white rice---you're getting the stuff the way nature made it, not the as-profitable-as-possible way that some corporate food factory made it.
Those compounds ARE broken down and metabolized by the body. The topic was not processed vs. unprocessed, but the idea of "chemical" sounding ingredients.
The "as nature made it" argument doesn't consider the fact that most people don't like the flavor and texture of "unprocessed" foods. You may like it, but that does not mean that all do.
And high fructose corn syrup (which the bars don't contain) is evil, period.
There is little arguing with food cultism. | |
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