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What is the best protein powder to use for weight training and do you recommend liver and kidney support?
Question
As a full time trainer sometimes I’m slammed at work and I don’t have access to fresh food after my own workout. I try to my best to always eat fresh food from my kitchen but sometimes time gets the best of me. I’ve heard bad things about whey protein so I’ve tried Living Fuel’s Living Protein which is a plant protein powder. Have you heard of this product? And if you had to use a protein powder after a weight training session what would you recommend? Another question, for a relatively young healthy male at 33 years old (myself) would you still do liver and kidney support at low dosages? And how often do you have your younger healthier individuals do liver and kidney support? Thank you.
Answer
I have not found a vegetarian protein powder that I feel is as good and absorbable as animal-based protein powder. Personally, I use, and have many patients on, Nutritional Frontiers grassfed whey protein. I know the person who developed Living Fuel, and he is a very knowledgeable man. If you could incorporate two pastured organic eggs into that product, I would call it a fantastic meal. You could also include Nick’s Sticks Grassfed Beef Sticks.
After 15 to 20 years of exposure to all the toxins we breathe, eat and bathe in every day, the liver and kidneys have been overworked and benefit from support. I recommend four months of liver and kidney support every two years, and I have every patient over ten years old do liver and kidney support. Sometimes I have younger patients on it as well.
David Getoff, CCN, CTN, FAAIM, Price-Pottenger Vice President