[killatiger18]

Originally Posted by Martano666

I actually kind of disagree. While the protein found in protein powder is quite legitimate and just as useful as eggwhites or chicken breast, there is one other thing to consider. While most of you probably already know, and don't really care, MOST protein powders are flavoured, and thus sweetened. Well to avoid adding unneccessary calories, they add artificial sweeteners. Usually you will find aspartame, or sucralose (chlorine combined with sucrose) used as a sweetener in these mixes. These chemicals, when consumed over long periods of time ARE, harmful and cancer-causing chemicals that I personally refuse to ingest. There is a lot of data to back this up.
While, I realize that it is kind of ironic to be so against something like that, and then turn around and do a cycle of gear, I personally feel there is NO NEED for artificial sweeteners. My protein powder is KAIZEN brand %100 all natural whey protein. It has no artificial sweeteners, and it comes in Vanilla, and choco and a few others. The nice part is, it contains only one gram of sugar per scoop. REAL sugar I mean. There is absolutely NO REASON to ingest something that will only hurt you, and there is NOTHING fattening about having just a few grams of sugar per day. ( and I really do mean just a few)
Well, I guess to each his own, but it's definately something to consider. Theres my 2 cents.

Although I agree with protein ingested from food is superior to protein powder due to the macronutrients supplied in food. I must heavily disagree with the statements about artificial sweeteners! Scientific research shows that you would have to eat about a 5 lb tub of it a day to really cause more harm than antyhing else. My point is that you dont have to look far an agent to cause cancer, so they should be used in moderation but it is okay to use. If you buy good quality protein then you are fine, i would prefer one without artifical sweeteners but like I said they would not cause much harm. But really a protein is protein if it is of good quality just like a calorie is a calorie they are not all created equal but they are pretty much the same.