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Beware calories in digestive aid and muscle builder


Re: Planters NUT-rition
The consumer wishing to avoid added sugars will see that this product has four sources of added sugars: sugar, brown sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and molasses. While nuts and dried fruits are healthy in moderation, these foods would need to be limited to 1-2 ounces daily because of the relatively high calorie content: 150 calories per ounce. Most sedentary adults need only about 1,800 to 2,400 calories daily, so a few handfuls of this snack would contribute a large number of calories, says Johnson. The serving size here is 1 ounce, or one-eighth of the container. With 150 calories per serving, it is important to portion wisely and not just snack out of the container, because the calories can add up fast. In addition, this product alone is not enough to promote healthy digestion: We need a fiber-rich diet, plenty of water and exercise to get the best effects.

Re: The ever popular Muscle Milk
"Research has shown that when drunk after exercise, a glass of regular low-fat chocolate milk promotes muscle recovery and growth similar to the recommendations and claims of this product...."

I have read that skim or 1 or 2% milk mixed with chocolate is a good post workout beverage. I have to say that I am not all that keen on dairy. I read this years ago about chocolate milk as a post recovery drink and it wasn't compared to a much more expensive drink like Muscle Milk. Muscle Milk isn't the best post recovery beverage to take after a gym workout because it has 11g of fat. Fat gets in the way when you drink something sugary with protein. You spike your insulin levels which help to shuttle the sugars back into your muscles as glycogen stores and the protein turns into amino acids which get shuttled to muscles as well. But the bad thing about eating fat at this time is that this also has a more pronounced effect when your insulin levels are spiked. So you don't want to have fat when eating something like a post recovery drink that is meant to replace glycogen and protein.

I think I will give it a try. I could make my own. It's quite easy.

Figures!

Some of my best friends are supplementers, I am not. I just don't see the need for it, and at the same time I am not trying to be some huge muscle man. Anyway a nutritionist had advised me that most supplements out there are useless and what you get from them you can easily get from the right diet!