{"id":147,"date":"2008-05-26T05:25:25","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T03:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/wordpress\/roll-your-own-and-avoid-getting-rolled\/"},"modified":"2015-03-10T08:42:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T12:42:44","slug":"roll-your-own-and-avoid-getting-rolled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/roll-your-own-and-avoid-getting-rolled\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll Your Own (and Avoid Getting Rolled)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago, I\u00a0spent some time\u00a0digging around for information on “Pepto Pro” – a hydrolyzed casein supplement made by DSM Food Specialties.\u00a0 In the course of idly surfing around, I came across a\u00a0product that uses it as an ingredient…a\u00a0protein supplement by the name of “Tight Curves.”\u00a0 Tight Curves is made by Bodywell Nutrition<\/a>, and is marketed as the “Perfect Protein for Women Only<\/a>.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“With your overall health, fitness, and well-being as our goal, BodyWell Nutrition<\/strong> and its team of scientists, and researchers formulated Tight Curves<\/strong> to deliver the benefits women want most. Daily use of Tight Curves<\/strong> promotes toned muscles, enhanced fat oxidation (fat burning), regulated moods, increased endurance, and decreased recovery time from exercise or other activity.”<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

This piqued my curiosity: just what was in this supp?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Soy protein isolate, medium chain triglyceride blend (non fat milk and disodium phosphate), canola oil blend (canola, Zea Mays concentrate, sodium caseinate, dipotassium phosphate, Mono and diglycerides), natural and artificial flavors, Casein Hydrolysate (PeptoPro\u2122) gum blend (cellulose gum, xanthan gum, and carrageenan), Malic acid, beet color, citric acid, silica, acesulfame, potassium, sucralose<\/em><\/p>\n

At first glance,\u00a0it looked\u00a0ok\u00a0to me.\u00a0 While the Pepto Pro is obviously label decoration (it’s way down there in the list), and the medium chain triglycerides are useless, overall, it\u00a0seemed like a generally decent product.\u00a0 Soy has its virtues, after all, and – combined with a small amount of casein (from nonfat milk, sodium caseinate and Pepto Pro)\u00a0 – it looked like a good source of protein.\u00a0 In addition,\u00a0 “Tight Curves”\u00a0contains\u00a0a blend of\u00a0black cohosh<\/a> and St. John’s Wort<\/a>,\u00a0which\u00a0may be\u00a0useful for\u00a0relief of\u00a0menopausal symptoms and mild depression.\u00a0 So while the fat\u00a0oxidation claims were probably a bit of a stretch, it looked nutritious and could be beneficial to some women – good enough.\u00a0 At that point, I was ready to shrug it off and go back to my search.<\/p>\n

Until I saw the price…$40.00 for 1 pound<\/a>!!!\u00a0 My jaw damn near hit the floor.<\/p>\n

Why?\u00a0 Because – beyond the Pepto Pro (which is\u00a0label decoration anyway)\u00a0– every relevant ingredient in this supplement is quite inexpensive.\u00a0 And that’s at the retail level too\u00a0– the wholesale prices the manufacturer pays are even lower.\u00a0 There was\u00a0nothing wrong with the product, per se, but the price\u00a0was virtually highway robbery!<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there are a lot of supplements out there like this one – fine, ingredient-wise, but vastly overpriced for what you get.\u00a0\u00a0Supp companies can get away with this sort of thing, however,\u00a0since\u00a0most people\u00a0are\u00a0clueless about ingredients, and don’t realize they\u00a0have alternatives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

And what sort of alternatives are there?\u00a0 Believe it or not, you can make your own supplements.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there are a lot of suppliers out there for individual ingredients, which is why those of us “in the know” often “roll our own.”\u00a0 When you know what to look for, you can often manage to get a whole lot more, for a whole lot less.\u00a0 And – if that’s not enough – you know exactly what you’re getting, vs. underdosed ingredients hidden inside “proprietary blends.”<\/p>\n

It would be a snap to put together a supp every bit as good as “Tight Curves.”\u00a0 To start: inexpensive, high-quality soy protein isolates are easy to find online.\u00a0 For example,\u00a0 Nutrabio sells Supro<\/a> – one of the top\u00a0isolates – for as little as $8.00\/pound ($39.97 for a 5 pound container).\u00a0 A bulk retailer like proteinfactory.com sells a soy isolate with a standardized isoflavone content for even less: $5.95\/pound.\u00a0 You can choose your own flavorings and sweeteners, too.\u00a0 There are even inexpensive alternatives in many grocery stores, such as the Bob’s Red Mill<\/a> brand.<\/p>\n

What about the casein?\u00a0 Guess what?\u00a0 80% of the protein in plain old skim milk is casein.\u00a0 No need to buy another powder…just mix your soy protein in milk.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0the black cohosh\/St. John’s Wort?\u00a0 You can get 100 caps (540 mg) black cohosh for as little as $5.40<\/a>.\u00a0 Likewise, 90 caps (300 mg)\u00a0of St. John’s Wort can be had for $10.70<\/a>.\u00a0 And one cap of each gives you twice as much as\u00a0the blend\u00a0found in a scoop of “Tight Curves.”<\/p>\n

The above are just examples, from some of the places I buy from.\u00a0 Look around – there are plenty of other options.<\/p>\n

So why pay $40.00 a pound for a “special” protein supplement, when you can have the equivalent for less?\u00a0 You don’t need to pay top dollar for a pretty package.\u00a0 Knowing how to roll your own\u00a0will help keep you from getting rolled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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