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(More customer reviews)Protein powder is the easiest and safest way to supplement your diet with essential protein for building and keeping muscle. I swear by it. I bought a 5 lb tub of Myofusion Chocolate-Peanut Butter from [...] (hey, it was on sale and in this economy it pays to shop) to kick the tires and try it out. Here's the skinny:
THE PROS: First, it blends easily and completely - no graininess or clumping. Second, it's consistency is more like ON Casein whey in that it tends to thicken up to a nice "shake"-like consistency which makes it more "satisfying" from a fullness standpoint. Third it has an extra gram of protein (25 per scoop) - 1 more than ON Gold Standard Whey and 2 more than EAS 100% Whey. Fourth, it's priced very competitively against other whey products. Fifth, it's Gaspari, which means it's engineered/formulated for body builders' needs - a good thing if you happen to be one.
THE CONS: First - BCAA's are not part of the formula - at least as far as I could tell from the list of ingredients. I usually add BCAA powder (ON product) anyway to my shakes, but I like to have them in the whey mix in case I've run out of the powder or I'm in a rush and don't have time to add them. This is a minor issue. Second - and here's the biggest - the taste Really Needs Work. There's no detectable peanut butter flavor at all and the "chocolate" had almost a medicine taste. It didn't taste terrible, but it's neither chocolate nor peanut butter. To get around the taste, I added plain non-fat yogurt, real peanut butter (Bell Plantations PB2 powdered product works great, too, and has virtually no fat), and a banana. Gaspari - go back to the kitchen and fix this. Please.
Taste of this particular version aside - I like Myofusion, and I will buy it again - only in a different flavor. ON's Gold Standard Double-Chocolate (do you see a pattern here?) has been my go-to protein powder for years, and I'm back on it now (yes, an Amazon purchase). After Myofusion, however, I must say that the ON Gold Standard Whey's consistency seems surprisingly "thin" compared to the Myofusion. Lift, live and learn, I always say.
Addendum 7/7/2010 - The $43.40 price for this supplement is out of line, given the taste issues. I just ordered a 5 lb tub of the Milk Chocolate version of this Gaspari product from Amazon and paid $35.94 with Amazon Prime expedited shipping. Both products are shipped by DAB Nutrition and fulfilled by Amazon, so the price difference makes no sense. Unless you hate chocolate, it sounds like a no-brainer to me as to which version of this product you'll want to go with. My comments on the Milk Chocolate version will be up shortly after I've had a chance to "kick the tires".
Addendum # 2 - Chocolate version is GREAT. Check out my review there. Gaspari Nutrition Myofusion, Milk Chocolate, 5-Pound
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When it comes to the real nutritional needs of bodybuilders and athetes alike, there is little doubt to what legitimate science has to say about the different protein sources available int eh supplement marketplace. Unfortunatwly, this has little to do with the marketing message sent by most seller sof protein in the supplement market today. The competition between sellers is fierce and the drive to sell more protein by differenciating a protein by any means neccesary (whether it is legitimate or not) is prevelant to say the least. Supplements with multi-timed released proteins are everywhere, boasting absorption levels so slow that amino acids stays in the bloodstream for 5 to 13 hours! Some true, most... well... not! Let's just pretend it is true - all if it! Good news if you are a couch potato, don't eat frequently enough or only go to the gym occasionally - you may be in luck! One of these products might just sustain the amino acid levels in your body long enough for you to drag your butt up to eat every 5 to 13 hous. I wish we could play that game but we can't! Last we checked the typical hardcore, eductaed athlete using Gaspari products is on a 2.5 to 3 hour meal interval schedule and for this reason Myofusion delivers only the highest and most legitimately bioavailable proteins in existence - hard and fast!
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