Uh Oh, Artificial Sweeteners In Your Protein Making You Fat & Hungry?

I’ve been promoting buying unflavored protein powder over flavored protein powder for over 20 years now. And my case keeps getting stronger and stronger as the years go by.

A study was just published that came to the conclusion that artificial sweeteners may increase food cravings in females and obese people. The study can be found here.

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Here is my first article about unflavored protein powders.

If I had to pick ONE reason NOT to use flavored protein powder, it would be because you are PAYING for flavoring and not protein. Because no matter what, if you buy 2 lbs, you are purchasing 2 pounds. It’s not like the company selling your flavored protein powder is going to sell you 2.5 lbs for the price of 2 lbs. Flavoring REMOVES protein powder. This is basic stuff that I started yelling about 20 years ago. One must know the protein percentage of the powder they are buying. One of the best-selling protein powders at GNC is GHost chips ahoy flavor. It is only 65% protein. That means about 1/3 of the jar is NOT protein!! Rip off, in my opinion. Only 1.32 pounds of the 2 lbs is actually protein powder.

Do the math! Divide 25 grams of protein by 39 grams serving size = 0.64 or 64%…TRASH!!

So now the study above just gives me more ammunition that recommends unflavored protein powder over flavored protein powder. If you want Chips Ahoy flavored protein powder, just buy a bag of chips ahoy and blend it in there. It’s as simple as that.