Real food not enough?

[Short N Buff]

Is a post workout protein shake better than a post workout food? When u eat food, you use energy to chew and digest, while a drink you just chug it down. Some people say protein shakes are unnecessary but if you think about this, protein shakes begin to sound important.

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

People may disagree with me here but:

Whey protein has the best amino acid profile so i personally have two whey shakes a day at least as part of my meals.

The rest usually come from real food, unless it is impractible so i have more whey shakes or a protein bar or whatever i can get my grubby little hands on.

These two shakes tend to be one before a workout and one after a workout. Whey is digested quite quickly so straight after trainning, in my opinion is a great time to have one. Not a necessity though.

[Adam]

i have protien shakes only when it is a big advantage to take them, like after workout i have a extremely fast digesting protien shake and before bed i have a slow acting shake. Otherwise i just eat meat for my protein

[Cackerot69]

yes.

a post workout shake is better then a post workout meal. not just a protein shake, get some carbs and fat in there.

i like to have a shake right after my workout then an hour - hour and a hald later have a whole food meal.

[Ronan]

remember fat slows down the absorbtion of carbs and protein so eating high fat food after training is not a good idea