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Protein shake recommendations that do not taste like chalk — looking for input

LibrarianMeg Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM 42 replies 1,394 viewsPage 2 of 9
Dr.KarenChen
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Oct 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM#6
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The RDA is the wrong reference and it is worth understanding why.

I will push back on the powder-first advice. It works and it also trains people out of eating food, and when the drug stops the habits are what remain. Getting protein from meals is slower and holds up better afterwards.

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Oct 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM#7

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Say what you would expect to see if you were wrong, before you look. It is a small discipline and it changes what you notice.

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Oct 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM#8
Dr.KarenChen said:
I will push back on the powder-first advice.

There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked. Narrow it and it becomes tractable; leave it broad and the thread will produce nine confident and incompatible replies.

If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.

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Oct 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM#9

Following on from amsterdam_pete — and this may be the naive question:

Whether the RDA is the wrong reference entirely during rapid weight loss, and what the actual target should be?

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Oct 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM#10

Reporting back.

Front-loading was the answer. Same total intake, same drug, but two thirds of the protein before midday and I am hitting the target most days now.

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