Have I bought the wrong supplement?

[Ballure]

Hey, I've just recently bought a PROLAB product at GNC, and its called N-Large2. I was told it was a begginers product so I thought I should buy it. Ingredients contain Whey Protein Concentrate, Maltodextrin, Fructose, Natural and Articicial Flavors, Lecithin. Has anyone over here consumed this product? I saw a PROLAB product that said WHEY PROTEIN, but then I was told this product was a much better choice for a begginer like me.

The Supplement Facts are:
Serving Size: 4 scoops (152g)
Servings Per Container 11

Calories-600 (from fat 45)
Total Fat-5g 8%
Saturated Fat-3g 15%
Cholesterol-100mg 33%
Sodium (as Whey Protein Cnocentrate) 150mg 6%
Potassium (as Whey Protein Concentrate)-400mg 11%
Total Carbohydrates-86g 29%
Sugars- 28g
Protein-52g 104%

Calcium (as Whey Protein Concentrate) -400mg 40%

I was told to mix four scoops per sercing and use one serving between meals and at bedtime... From what I read on this forum, it's wrong. Help?

 

[Warboss Alex]

Err, as a carb-loaded weight-gainer there's nothing wrong with it, other than take it enough times and you'll end up looking like a round orange halloween thang.

The GNC staff's sales pitch was spot on, what they thought was "Woah, here comes a total newbie wanting to gain weight, let's sell him this more expensive weight gainer because the poor shmuck doesn't know squat, but the stuff tastes good (so he'll have no trouble swigging it down) and is expensive (therefore it MUST work) and will gain him WEIGHT (the scale never lies!), and after all, that's all it's advertised to do."

Of course as a beginner it's a better product for them to sell; as a beginner you don't have a clue so they can sell you whatever the hell they want.

I often go into GNC stores and ask really basic questions of the salespeople just to see how much they know, I end up smiling and shaking my head "No thanks" and once I've gone outside I laugh my head off. To be fair, they wanna sell stuff and as salespeople they do a good job I guess.

My advice: use it, enjoy it, don't ever buy it again. Read up on nutrition as much as you can, pretty soon you'll realise why commercial weight-gainers are absolute sh!te. (pure marketing)

 

[DonJuanMonk]

My thoughts on weight gainers is that you should only use them after a workout.

 

[C00L]

28g of sugar. i once bought a weightgainer that has 100g of sugar in each serving (gnc brand). id return that **** and buy some real protein like some ON whey.

 

[semag]

I wouldn't say that's too bad PWO, except for the fat (bad pwo!)

and the fructose... that's not the greatest..

but the maltodex and the protein will do a good synergistic insulin spike to help the absorbtion of the protein pwo.

 

[MetalFortress]

It's good to do what they say if you want Diabetes. Use it only post workout, and after you finish it, just by standard whey protein.

 

[Ballure]

Thanks...

What about Creatine and Glutamine..? I heard these were to be takin in while drinking whey protein. Any suggestions?

 

[manuva]

Re: Thanks...

Originally posted by Ballure
What about Creatine and Glutamine..?

What about steak, chicken and eggs?