musclehead24

When I eat 6 meals per day is it okay to have 4 solid food meals and 2 weight gain shakes? Due to time restraints I can't eat 6 chicken or steak dinners. So my plan is to eat 4 solid meals and drink two home made weight gain shakes. My shakes consist off, milk, oatmeal, whey, peanut butter and a banana. One shake is about 600 cals. I know that if I replaced my meals with some crap gainer like N-Large 2 it wouldnt be a good idea, but since my shakes are home made and basically consist of real food just blended up is that okay?

PS. Does the body absorb the nutrients from a blended shake the same as eating the food? Sometimes I just have the urge to dump a chicken breast in the blender and drink it lol.

IainDaniel

That is fine.

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milod

That works for some foods better than others. Digestion of solid food starts in the mouth. Saliva contains digestive enzymes that help break down food as you chew it. If you just puree a chicken breast, you won't get as much benefit from it as you would from actually eating it.

With the stuff you have chosen to put in your shake, you should be fine. None of that stuff really needs chewing anyway.