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My wife made me veggie shakes in the morning, but I'm on my own for the next several months until she moves down here and I'm certainly going to be doing that, so I'm trying to figure out how to get good stuff into my body without having to eat the good stuff in the form it appears on Earth (i.e., leafy and gross).

I would have thought that by now we'd have developed something I can just take to be sure I'm getting the vitamins/minerals/whatever that I'm not getting by not eating kale and shit, but I'm coming up empty. Even the "best" nutrition bars give you, at most, 20% of only some of the stuff you're supposed to get.

So what is there? Yeah, I know about Soylent, but that shit is expensive. Any real alternative or should I just find a multi-vitamin and a green food powdered supplement and be done with it?
 
My friends like Shakeology but I haven't heard anyone talking about recently. It is expensive though. I have some at home and it's decent in taste but still a bit chalky to me.

I'm not sure you'll get a decent substitute for cheap but Kale is not tasty to me either.
 
A good buddy of mine is a PhD-level fitness dude. While his focus is more on kinesiolgy & the musculoskeletal systems than nutrition, it's likely that he'll still have a clue about it or will know someone that does. I'll hit him up and let you know what he says.
 
Just heard back. His feedback boils down to three points:

- Best bet is to go with one of the various green powders out there and mix them into a protein shake.

- There is no "best" powder, as each person's nutrition goals will be different. You'll need to look at the various powders out there and make a decision based on your specific goals.

- In order, he recommended whole foods/real greens > green powders > basic multi-vitamin >>> everything else. As far as the multi-vitamins go, he also recommended to not take them daily - maybe every second day, but not daily. Apparently there's some research out there indicating that true daily multi-vitamin use is actually contributing to various illnesses and infirmities they were intended to mitigate.
 
Psypher1000 said:
Just heard back. His feedback boils down to three points:

- Best bet is to go with one of the various green powders out there and mix them into a protein shake.

- There is no "best" powder, as each person's nutrition goals will be different. You'll need to look at the various powders out there and make a decision based on your specific goals.

- In order, he recommended whole foods/real greens > green powders > basic multi-vitamin >>> everything else. As far as the multi-vitamins go, he also recommended to not take them daily - maybe every second day, but not daily. Apparently there's some research out there indicating that true daily multi-vitamin use is actually contributing to various illnesses and infirmities they were intended to mitigate.
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Awesome info - thanks, man!
 
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How has this n00b not yet taken a ride on the troll bus?

I think I can work up a tasty shake for ya.
 
V8 will get you your vitamins and minerals, but not the fiber that you get with eating those whole, leafy, disgusting veggies. Also, it has added sodium.

Overall, if you watch your sodium count and get your fiber another way this could be a decent option for you.
 
My morning smoothie:

2 scoops of chocolate why cool protein powder
https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Heal...&sr=8-1&keywords=whey+cool+designs+for+health

1 TBL of Paleo Greens
https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Heal...8&qid=1479311997&sr=8-1&keywords=paleo+greens

1 TBL Paleo Reds
https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Heal...TF8&qid=1479312028&sr=8-1&keywords=paleo+reds

1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 cup unsweetened coconut milk

1 cup frozen berried with kale:
http://www.wymans.com/product/kale/strawberries-blueberries-and-cherries-kale


throw it isn a blender.

Low glycemic load, can barely taste the greens, the protein is whey based from grass fed cows.

For an extra immune system/gut health boost I also throw in a tsp of colostrum:
http://www.mipcolostrumnz.com/product/colostrum-powder-500g-bag/

this has been crucial for my gut recovery after my recent illness, but also a great immune booster for cold season, I take it all winter even when I'm not recovering from a terrible illness.

This plan came from a naturopath who practices nutritionally based health care. It is a pretty good meal replacement.
 
I guess one solution is eating a high fiber cereal and drinking a V8 for breakfast. I could do that. Too bad they don't make caffeinated V8.
 
Chicken Rob said:
My morning smoothie:

2 scoops of chocolate why cool protein powder
https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Heal...&sr=8-1&keywords=whey+cool+designs+for+health

1 TBL of Paleo Greens
https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Heal...8&qid=1479311997&sr=8-1&keywords=paleo+greens

1 TBL Paleo Reds
https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Heal...TF8&qid=1479312028&sr=8-1&keywords=paleo+reds

1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 cup unsweetened coconut milk

1 cup frozen berried with kale:
http://www.wymans.com/product/kale/strawberries-blueberries-and-cherries-kale


throw it isn a blender.

Low glycemic load, can barely taste the greens, the protein is whey based from grass fed cows.

For an extra immune system/gut health boost I also throw in a tsp of colostrum:
http://www.mipcolostrumnz.com/product/colostrum-powder-500g-bag/

this has been crucial for my gut recovery after my recent illness, but also a great immune booster for cold season, I take it all winter even when I'm not recovering from a terrible illness.

This plan came from a naturopath who practices nutritionally based health care. It is a pretty good meal replacement.
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This sounds healthy as fuck and I would love to do it, but I'm trying to be realistic about what I actually will do. I'm the least morning person on the planet, so I know that I will absolutely not be doing anything with a blender or mixing different liquids and shit. I need something premade and ready to eat or I will fall off the wagon quick.
 
Psypher1000 said:
Thanks for the reco; I may try an offshoot of this at some point.
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I'm going to agree with @jbutler . Sounds like to much work.

jbutler said:
I guess one solution is eating a high fiber cereal and drinking a V8 for breakfast. I could do that. Too bad they don't make caffeinated V8.
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My wife has problems with ulcerative colitis. She lives by Fiber One cereal for breakfast. She has it at least five times a week.
 
Not an early morning breakfast person here, either.

Centrum Silver old fart chewable vitamin every day or two.

My morning pre-tennis-match breakfast is one cup of Wheaties with milk, a banana, and a dark chocolate Ensure. That Ensure combo has never yet failed to get me through three+ hours of tennis in Florida heat.
 
jbutler said:
This sounds healthy as fuck and I would love to do it, but I'm trying to be realistic about what I actually will do. I'm the least morning person on the planet, so I know that I will absolutely not be doing anything with a blender or mixing different liquids and shit. I need something premade and ready to eat or I will fall off the wagon quick.
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I am less a morning person than you. This takes no time at all. Skip the frozen fruit and you can dump all the powders in a jar before bed, and just fill the jar with the milk of your choice when you get up and shake the shit out of it. Getting one of those protein drink jars with the thing that helps agitate it and it litterally takes seconds in the morning.

https://www.amazon.com/BlenderBottl...4&sr=8-3&keywords=protein+shake+shaker+bottle
 
detroitdad said:
I'm going to agree with @jbutler . Sounds like to much work.
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It takes me less time to make this smoothie in the morning than it used to take to make coffee. Litterally 2 minutes including blend time. 3 minutes including rinsing the pitcher.

Blender pitchers have markings on them. Fill the liquid to roughly the level you want using the marks, put in a scoop or 2 of each powder. It's not like making eggs Benedict from scratch every morning.
 
jbutler said:
Another contender - nice!
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I've been having some recently. While everyone was degenning it up at DCS, I was on a three-day alkaline green juice detox. Worst. Timing. Ever.

Because the powder also has fruit extracts (e.g. Pineapple) it has a sweetness to it. It tastes a bit weird but you get used to it.
 
I timed my smoothy this morning. Less than a minute to get the ingredients together. 40 seconds to blend with fruit. Less than 4 minutes including cleanup.
 
Mr. Cheese said:
What is breakfast?
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It's the meal with which you break your overnight fast. Eaten by sensible people between 10 am and 3 pm; in the case of delectables, such as waffles (*not* Belgian), occasionally consumed in the evening in place of supper.
 
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pltrgyst said:
It's the meal with which you break your overnight fast. Eaten by sensible people between 10 am and 3 pm; in the case of delectables, such as waffles (*not* Belgian), occasionally consumed in the evening in place of supper.\
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Oh that meal... the one I get at Perkins at 2am after playing poker late into the night :)
 

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