A warning about Designer Whey "French Vanilla"

[TheNemesis]

Man this stuff is fvcking HORRIBLE! I've tasted some bad shakes before, but I don't do well with sour stuff. To make it even worse I have 10 lbs to go through. What the hell am I going to do with it? If I add some sugar then it makes it tolerable, but even then i get a slight gag reflex when I finish the shake. Without any sugar at all though, I get a very strong gag reflex. I'm going to stick to Optimum Chocolate Mint, it's not even slightly offensive. This stuff is very sour...any ideas on how to get chocolate instead or something?

 

[Amused]

Designer Whey Strawberry tastes MUCH better. Give it a try.

 

[Entity]

Go with Pro-Rated Bavarian Chocolate. That stuff is where it's at.

http://www.geekfitness.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22

Rob

 

[TheNemesis]

Think someplace local would let me exchange it w/o a receipt? The sealed one that is, on the other one I'll possibly be able to down the whole thing eventually. Another one to avoid from what I hear is Optimum Nutrition Strawberry. I hear that is even worse, so don't make that mistake either.

 

[TheNemesis]

Anyone think that they will exhange it w/o reciept?

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: TheNemesis
Anyone think that they will exhange it w/o reciept?

If it is sealed, try taking it back. The worst they could do is say no. If the stuff is as foul as you say, why don't you try and add some chocolate syrup?

Ryan

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Entity
Go with Pro-Rated Bavarian Chocolate. That stuff is where it's at.

http://www.geekfitness.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22

Rob

Thanks for the tip, I got another 5lbs on my optimum chocolate, which is OK, I mean I don't gag on it, but it isn't good. Something I do gag on is creatine, it is like swallowing sandy water. I just put it in the bottom of a cup with about a 4 ounces of water on it and shoot it straight down, eases the suffering heh. Although, I have kind of stopped taking it, I wasn't really noticing any benefit in my lifting, and I haven't lost any reps from when I was taking it so I dunno...

/edit I didn't see any nutritional info for that brand, can you tell me how much sat. fat, calories per serving, and how much cholesterol?

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: Entity
Go with Pro-Rated Bavarian Chocolate. That stuff is where it's at.

http://www.geekfitness.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22

Rob

Thanks for the tip, I got another 5lbs on my optimum chocolate, which is OK, I mean I don't gag on it, but it isn't good. Something I do gag on is creatine, it is like swallowing sandy water. I just put it in the bottom of a cup with about a 4 ounces of water on it and shoot it straight down, eases the suffering heh. Although, I have kind of stopped taking it, I wasn't really noticing any benefit in my lifting, and I haven't lost any reps from when I was taking it so I dunno...

/edit I didn't see any nutritional info for that brand, can you tell me how much sat. fat, calories per serving, and how much cholesterol?

Are you taking micronized creatine? You should try it if you aren't, it mixes great with any drink and you don't know it's there. Plus it's absorbed quicker since its particles are smaller.

 

[CoolTechie]

shiot dude... I bought the same french vanilla designer whey last week.. and I thought the same exact thing.. tastes like bitter sh!t.. and it doesnt agree with my stomach either.. last time i ever buy a designer protein, im gonna stick to the pro blend 55

also on the designer lable it says 100% garaunteed.. I was thinking about taking them up on it but decided to just stick it out for this week.. and maybe mix it in when i pickup pro blend this weekend

 

[Cable God]

Take it back to GNC. They have a NO questions asked return policy as long as it's under 30 days. Tell them it tasted NASTY and they take it back. they always have for me and everyone I know. Try the BIOTest Grow low carb chocolate. It is the BEST I have tasted.

 

[rutchtkim]

hehe, I totally agree. I have french vanilla and I feel like gagging ecerytime i drink it. well its just sitting in my kitchen now, gonna switch back to chocolate

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: Entity
Go with Pro-Rated Bavarian Chocolate. That stuff is where it's at.

http://www.geekfitness.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22

Rob

Thanks for the tip, I got another 5lbs on my optimum chocolate, which is OK, I mean I don't gag on it, but it isn't good. Something I do gag on is creatine, it is like swallowing sandy water. I just put it in the bottom of a cup with about a 4 ounces of water on it and shoot it straight down, eases the suffering heh. Although, I have kind of stopped taking it, I wasn't really noticing any benefit in my lifting, and I haven't lost any reps from when I was taking it so I dunno...

/edit I didn't see any nutritional info for that brand, can you tell me how much sat. fat, calories per serving, and how much cholesterol?

Put the creatine in some orange juice or better yet, mix it with your MRP shakes.

 

[Amused]

Yikes! CPA, no!

Creatine is broken down and made useless by citric acid. You don't want to mix it with any citric juice or other drink containing citric acid. You also want to avoid all citric acid for an hour before, and after you take it.

The best idea is 100% pure grape juice. Be careful, many grape mix juices have citric acid in them. So do all sports drinks.

Also, the reason you want to mix it with juice is to get a sugar induced insulin spike to help the muscle take up the creatine. Without this spike, you take up very little of the creatine.

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: TheNemesis
Man this stuff is fvcking HORRIBLE! I've tasted some bad shakes before, but I don't do well with sour stuff. To make it even worse I have 10 lbs to go through. What the hell am I going to do with it? If I add some sugar then it makes it tolerable, but even then i get a slight gag reflex when I finish the shake. Without any sugar at all though, I get a very strong gag reflex. I'm going to stick to Optimum Chocolate Mint, it's not even slightly offensive. This stuff is very sour...any ideas on how to get chocolate instead or something?

yes its a little sour but i went through 10lbs just fine...not by itself though, i mixed it with Nlarge2 wildberry.
just mix it with something...and u can't even taste it after.

 

[PunDogg]

EAS Double or dutch choc, is by far the best, good high protein, low carbs and fat, and tastes like it came from an ice cream parlor, mmmm choc milkshake

Dogg

 

[Cerb]

Shake?
2 parts Breyer's French Vanilla
1 part half&half
1 part whole milk
a touch of vanilla extract
Blend it.
...one good shake.

 

[Ns1]

put it into a smoothie

 

[Miramonti]

You got a bad batch or something, there's no freaking way its that bad. I've eaten alot of it and it has a very light vanilla flavor, thats it.

 

[BD231]

EAS Myoplex is the best I've personally ever had, it even has CitriMax in it for you carb sensitive people out there. Comes in packets, running roughly a dollar per packet, cheapest full breakfast ever.

 

[phatj]

I hope you never have to taste Brewer's Yeast.

 

[gordita]

I have their Strawberry flavor, and the last 4 times I've had that shake, i've had this weird, iffy feeling in my stomach.
very strange.
I usually mix it with water, some 2% milk and maybe a little fat free whipped cream .
I do not know why all of a sudden, my stomach is rejecting this shake.

The first 5-6 times I had the shake, I felt fine.

I'm stumped by this.
I guess I'll go back to my eas myoplex and the lean body ones......

 

[WinkOsmosis]

I hate the french vanilla. It tastes like yeast.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: gordita
I have their Strawberry flavor, and the last 4 times I've had that shake, i've had this weird, iffy feeling in my stomach.
very strange.
I usually mix it with water, some 2% milk and maybe a little fat free whipped cream .
I do not know why all of a sudden, my stomach is rejecting this shake.

The first 5-6 times I had the shake, I felt fine.

I'm stumped by this.
I guess I'll go back to my eas myoplex and the lean body ones......

I mix my strawberry DW with 10 ozs of skim milk in a shaker. Never had any stomach problems with it.