Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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can protien powder make you fat

schecter
schecter
Posts: 9
Joined: 2005/07/05
United States
2006/04/19, 09:03 PM
i recently had mono, so i started taking protien powder. i think it is making me fatter... can this happen? i just used the stuff to get my nutrients back up..but i dont really exercise that much. so can this stuff make me gain fat?
J-Mar
J-Mar
Posts: 32
Joined: 2006/04/19
United States
2006/04/19, 10:22 PM
Yes it's possible that a protien supplement can add fat along with your current diet.. What are the nutrition Facts of the powder?
wrestler125
wrestler125
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Joined: 2004/01/27
United States
2006/04/19, 11:26 PM
Yes, IF you were taking enough to significantly put your caloric intake well above maintainance. Which I seriously doubt.

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Mojo_67
Mojo_67
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Joined: 2003/09/23
United States
2006/04/20, 03:33 AM
What's the brand?

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