joelbct Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Hello- To add calories to a time-crunched life, I was thinking, I already supplement protein, is there a decent inexpensive non-refined complex carbohydrate powder available? And how about fat, I would just add olive oil but that might be too strong, and I know too much flax oil can be bad, any suggestions? If I can mix protein, carbs, and fat easily and cheaply, that would be great, has anyone done this? Thanks,Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 I'm a believer in eating whole foods, not taking certain elements separately (carbs, fat, protein) and mixing them together, so I base any meal replacement on whole foods that contain protein, fat and carbs. In fact, the meal replacement smoothie I used to make is very close in make-up to Vega (which is what I use most of the time now). In a base of juice or soy milk or rice milk, add hemp protein powder (protein, omega 6 and 3 essential fatty acids, some carbs), powdered maca (protein and carbs), a green supplement powder like Vitamineral Green (carbs, vitamins, minerals and enzymes--go easy on quantities of this at first, because the 'green' flavor takes some getting used to), ground flax (fiber, lignans, omega 3 fatty acids), frozen fruit (carbs, fiber and antioxidants--I like strawberries, sometimes frozen bananas--take ripe bananas, peel, chop and freeze). I also add the 'innards' of two capsules of mangosteen/blue-green algae, which acts as an antiinflammatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollegeB Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 I go with ground up oats, peanut butter, spirulina, protein powder, flax seed, banana, and water. I think thats all I put in my last batch of meal drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Like stated earlier oats are great...I used to use alot of soymilk in my smoothies and it cost me...I recently discovered(about a month ago) that with the fruit...grinding oat in your smoothies is alot like having soymilk in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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