Originally Posted by musclepump

After I ate about my 6,000th container of cottage cheese, I decided to switch over to a casein shake before bed. I've used Ultra Peptide and now just bought Micellar Casein from ISS. For those of you who take a nighttime shake, what do you use?

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Optimum Nutrition casein

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Optimum Nutrition casein

Originally Posted by musclepump

A slightly cheaper alternative, and better tasting, is the Xtreme Formulations Ultra Peptide. More protein, less $ per serving, and great effects.

Originally Posted by Hlanderr

Looks like a great blend.... GREAT price too...

Originally Posted by Tha Don

cottage cheese

casein powders are rubbish, not only are they flawed and taste horrid but they over no advantage whatsoever over solid food, a slow digesting protein shake? lol, please, what is the point? i get enough artificial crap going through my digestive system with all the whey and other health/sports supplements i take i'm sure not going to stick more down the hatch when it is easily substituted with more nutritious and better tasting alternatives, steak or casein shake? gee.. dats a tuff won!

Originally Posted by Tha Don

cottage cheese

casein powders are rubbish, not only are they flawed and taste horrid but they over no advantage whatsoever over solid food, a slow digesting protein shake? lol, please, what is the point? i get enough artificial crap going through my digestive system with all the whey and other health/sports supplements i take i'm sure not going to stick more down the hatch when it is easily substituted with more nutritious and better tasting alternatives, steak or casein shake? gee.. dats a tuff won!

Originally Posted by Nate K

This is the supplement forum buddy....

Originally Posted by musclepump

Thank you, Mr. Shits. Obviously there are better alternatives, but I had become quite fed up with cottage cheese, so I moved to casein shakes. Which, by the way, are quite clean and taste quite good.

Originally Posted by Tha Don

cottage cheese

casein powders are rubbish, not only are they flawed and taste horrid but they over no advantage whatsoever over solid food, a slow digesting protein shake? lol, please, what is the point? i get enough artificial crap going through my digestive system with all the whey and other health/sports supplements i take i'm sure not going to stick more down the hatch when it is easily substituted with more nutritious and better tasting alternatives, steak or casein shake? gee.. dats a tuff won!

Originally Posted by PreMier

Actually casein powders are more effective, and cost less per serving than cottage cheese does.

Ingestion of casein and whey proteins result in muscle anabolism after resistance exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2004 Dec;36(12):2073-81. Tipton KD, Elliott TA, Cree MG, Wolf SE, Sanford AP, Wolfe RR. Metabolism Unit, Shriners Hospitals for Children and Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX PURPOSE: Determination of the anabolic response to exercise and nutrition is important for individuals who may benefit from increased muscle mass. Intake of free amino acids after resistance exercise stimulates net muscle protein synthesis. The response of muscle protein balance to intact protein ingestion after exercise has not been studied. This study was designed to examine the acute response of muscle protein balance to ingestion of two different intact proteins after resistance exercise. METHODS: Healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Each group consumed one of three drinks: placebo (PL; N = 7), 20 g of casein (CS; N = 7), or whey proteins (WH; N = 9). Volunteers consumed the drink 1 h after the conclusion of a leg extension exercise bout. CONCLUSIONS: Acute ingestion of both whey protein and casein after exercise resulted in similar increases in muscle protein net balance, resulting in net muscle protein synthesis despite different patterns of blood amino acid responses.