Supplementing your daily diet with protein shakes is an effective way to lose weight. Indeed protein has been linked with a temporary boost in metabolism and a suppressed appetite suppressed appetite. Protein shakes are also great for bulking up or toning your existing muscle. However, having the same shake every day can get boring quite quickly. In this article I outline how you can make your protein supplements a little more interesting and provide a couple of quick recipes.
A great way to spice up your protein shakes is to add fruits such as apples, oranges and mango juice. Milk is another good addition with regular milk, soy milk and rice milk all interesting options. What’s more these additions to your protein shake help pack in extra nutritional value. Frozen fruits are a particularly good source of nutrition because they keep their nutritional value for extended periods. Plus, they can be used as natural ice cubes to give your shake body and thicken it up a bit. There are many more things that you can add to your protein shake. Just let your imagination run wild.
If you are struggling for inspiration here are a couple of quick recipes:
1) TANGERINE CREAM:
– 12 oz. Tangerine Diet Rite
– 4 Ice Cubes
– 1 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream
– 1 to 3 scoops vanilla protein powder
2) ROOT BEER FLOAT:
– 1 can Diet Root Beer
– 1 to 2 tablespoons Heavy Cream
– 4 ice cubes
– 1 to 3 scoops vanilla protein powder
I hope this article has helped you realise that you do not have to stick to the tried and tested chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavours with your protein shakes. Protein shakes can help you lose weight, tone up or bulk up but that does not mean they should be bland and uninteresting. Mix it up a bit and get creative or if you prefer check out these additional protein shake recipes.