Sports Nutrition Specific for Women

[speedyg]

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[midgetcop]

Please, enlighten us: what are women's specific needs??

[speedyg]

Sure Midetcop,

*This is right off of their website:

"Q-Pro Products Lean Isolate is particularly helpful for physically active women. The female physiology has nutritional needs when it comes to supplementation. Fit women are often more interested in being lean than are in bulking up, and most of the products currently available do not address this critical difference. In particular, most products have an excess of calories, too large a serving size, or added bulk building ingredients that women don't want. In addition, the Q-Pro Products team has loaded its lean Isolate with calcium and a blend of healthy vitamins to help support healthy bones."

Other important factors include:

Less than 100 calories per serving
Only 6 grams of carbohydrates
0 grams of fat

The other products on www.noadvertisinghere.com are very specific for women...such as a monthly support formula for the menstrual period and also a Healthy Hair, Skin, & nails formula.

Hope this helps ..

Speedyg

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[jbraho]

Hey speedy.

Do you know anyone that is distributing Q-Pro Products in San Diego?

[speedyg]

Jbraho,

Not sure, best way to find out is to visit their website or call them....800-495-1701
Speedyg

[DaRkAnGel]

LOLOL this is like an infomercial.

[Cort]

No offense, but that isn't much different than regular whey other than the vitamins included. Most whey = 0 sugar, 0 fat, and just basically protein with a little artificial sweetener amounting to somewhere between 100-130 calories and made up of an assortment of amino acids. For the vitamins...ya can just get a multivitamin, and for vitamins "for women" buy the ones "made for women." It'll cost less in the long run and is the same thing. Dunno about the other products, but most of the time it is better and cheaper to make your own protein/vitamin/weight loss/creatine mixes than buying the premixed one, can easily save $10-30 that way for the same exact product and results. Your supplements just aren't that important. With good eating habits and excercise you don't really need them, they're more of an afterthought to help enhance your current diet.

I just think their advertising is misleading in that it tries to say the average whey product is for "bulking" up when the average whey product gives you a 17-23g serving per scoop with 100 calories and 0-5 carbs. That isn't going to make a woman into some muscular freak, the only way that'll really be a risk for any woman is if they are on testosterone or just have naturally high levels of testosterone...otherwise they just don't have the same ability as a guy like me to build muscle. I see plenty of women who lift heavy in GREAT shape and do not look like bulky shemales. It just doesn't work that way...and you aren't going to bulk up unless you are taking in extra calories, which is actually less likely to happen when supplementing with a protein shake because the avg. shake has less calories than a piece of meat w/ the same amount of protein.

[speedyg]

I have to disagree with your statement that Supplements aren't that important. The food we consume should have all the Protein, Vitamins, & Minerals we need. However, because of pollution, pesticides, & destruction of good soil, many of our food sources are depleted of the Vitamins and Minerals we need. Supplements are that important. Also, there is a huge difference in the quality of products manufactured in the supplement Industry. Look for money back gurantee & Certificate of analysis for any supplements you buy.

[midgetcop]

I don't think he said anything about supplements not being important....

BTW, are you a spammer?

[Cort]

Originally Posted by midgetcop

I don't think he said anything about supplements not being important....

I did, you can find the quote. Supplements are useful, but there isn't much of a reason to be spending more money for a stak when you can get the same thing and mix it yourself. Multi-vit and protein and your fine, can pick whichever product you want, most are legit, at least I've never heard of someone trying to sell fake whey protein. The best way to get into shape though is to really work with your eating habits and excercise, without that you can take all the supplements you want and still carry the fat due to bad eating habits.

[speedyg]

Midgetcop,

I agree, 80/20 rule. 80% Nutrition, 20% excercise and supplementation.

*However, consumers should be careful about selecting their sups. For example, if the "Supplement Facts" label of your favorite Whey Protein says "25 grams of Protein" and it actually contains 10 grams, how would you feel? All supplements (Proteins, Creatine, etc) are not the same stuff...no way. There are tremendous differences in quality, purity, and effectiveness of the products out there. Most companies try to get away with the cheapest formulas possible so good luck.

The only way to be sure of the supplement facts label is to request a certificate of analysis from your supplement company. If they cannot provide you with one, then that is a problem. You are taking their word that what they place on the supplement facts is really in there. I don't like to get ripped off, so I always request this document (for every batch), and I also make sure they have a money back guarantee policy to back it up.

[Cort]

Originally Posted by guitarman

I used to wonder that myself but turns out some government agency makes it a law to have the "Supplement Facts" be accurate. Doesnt mean the product has to work, but if it says 50g of protein it has to have 50g of protein.

ON also supplies a certificate of analysis as do cytosports. It isn't that rare and they still only turn up as $20-30 per 5 lb tub as opposed to $34.95 for a 1.5 lb tub of Q-Pro's whey, which cannot really be proven any higher quality than say...ON's or other protein companies...they all claim to have high quality scientifically advanced protein blends and quite a few will supply the certificate of analysis if you want it.

So...why should I believe Q-pro's claims over ON's other than that their product costs over double what ON's does. Or just GNC's for that matter (which makes the same claims,) or any other whey protein supplement sold at the average supplement store. I'm just skeptical when I see a product selling for twice as much as the average supplement of the same category and trying to do it a bit of hype that the average customer would buy into but not really understand at all.