Is your protein shake making you fat?

Check out this clip on how to avoid a cottage cheese butt.  If you exercise regularly and still have a muffin top or too much back you may want to consider changing your recovery drink to a medical food.  They are designed to be low allergen and have a specific purpose.  For example Estrogenomics from Poliquin aids in detoxing estrogens, Nutriclear from Biotics helps detox pesticides and they are both rice based which puts them low on the allergen list.

Protein shakes have a tendancy to spike insulin, so you want to pick a high quality protein that is a source you and your stomach can tolerate.  If you feel gassy or bloated after your work-out drink that is a big sign to get rid of it and switch to a different protein source.

As always let me state the obvious:  Soy in a protein shake is very undesirable, if the container looks like a rocket ship and makes great promises it is probably junk, Wal-mart and Costco are NOT your best places to buy a quality supplement.