High Protein Diets: Using Supplements in Recipes

If you have read any of the Protein Bodybuilding blog (and indeed the rest of the site) you will already know that the focus so far has been on using protein supplements in your homemade recipes to help you meet your own high protein diet requirements.

Do I Need To Use Supplements?

This is a very popular question and at the end of the day it depends on your goals and your current diet. The average person eating a balanced diet probably does not need any supplementation because they are most likely getting the basic nutrition their body requires.

However, if you are reading this, you are likely to be someone who is on or considering a high protein diet. Most likely you are not going to be meeting the protein amounts you are looking for. Whether you are on a bodybuilding, fitness, weight loss, etc program, protein supplements can help you. It should be clear that protein supplements must not replace you current protein intake (that comes from everyday foods like meat, fish, dairy, etc, etc) but rather supplement your existing protein sources.

Bodybuilders know that protein is a fundamental building block of new muscle and so it is extremely important to make sure, as a bodybuilder, that you are supplying enough protein in your diet. Supplements make life a lot easier for maintaining this required high protein diet. This is why protein shakes are so popular - protein shakes are very convenient sources.

If you are on a weight loss diet, again, you are going to be pursuing a higher protein intake and supplement powders are going to make life easier for you.

Can I Use Protein Supplements in Recipes?

Sure, why the heck not? Anyone who has used powder supplements to create health shakes will know that flavor can be very disappointing. This is why you need to try different ways of using protein supplements in your diets. Get them in your recipes for drinks, snacks, bars, desserts and anything else you can think of.

One warning though, when you heat protein powder too much, I think the necessary properties are 'killed'. Please post a comment below if you know more about this.

You Know You're a Protein Junkie When...

• the only meat in your refrigerator is chicken
• you choose your groceries according to protein content not taste or cost
• the only nutritional info you can read on a foreign food item is the word or characters for 'protein' (I can pick this out on a Chinese food label)
• you no longer notice how bad that protein shake of supplement powder and water tastes
• you go to a restaurant with friends and they order grilled chicken and steamed vegetables for you.
• you forget to bring your daily protein shake in a flask to work and everyone asks you if you need help looking for it
• you eat all of the food you cooked for a potluck party and nobody else's for fear of contamination from high carb/high fat dishes
• you think your protein bar tastes infinitely better then a Snickers bar
• your idea of the perfect full English breakfast is eggs, bacon, fried bread, mushrooms, grilled tomato, sausage, black pudding, baked beans providing the eggs have no yolk; the bacon is grilled; the fried bread, sausage and black pudding are binned (put in the trash).
• your friend tells you what they had for lunch and you automatically start calculating how many grams of protein was consumed in your head
• you know that the beef patties at McDonald's have a higher protein content then the McChicken Sandwich chicken patties.
• you have friends over for dinner but you cook yourself a different high-protein meal from what you cook for them.
• everyone you know avoids eating with you for fear of you preaching the merits of a high protein diet
• what everyone else calls a coffee break, you call your protein shake/bar break
• your friends stock protein supplements at their homes just for you in case you make a visit
• all of your gym vests have a name and logo of a particular sports supplement you bought in the past
• the first thing you consume when you wake is a protein shake
• the last thing you consume before bed is a protein shake
• if you wake up in the middle of the night, you take the opportunity to gulp down a protein shake
• the sales person at your local electrical home wares store tries to sell you another blender every time you go to buy batteries
• you take your blender on vacation or business trips with you
• you'll try blending anything into a shake as long as the protein content is high enough
• you have to buy eggs every other day

Add any more you think of in the comments, thank you!

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