gelatin drink

[gizmo77]

when is it most effective to drink it? any particular time.? doesnt say anything on my bottle. (before, during meals, etc)

i took it on an ampty stomach with my l-arginine.
boy is the gelatin drink NASTY! it doesnt dissolve! (in water). i have to do this 3x/day????!!!
;-)

[Zivic-Bubac]

I'm not sure when is the best time to drink it, but I manage to swallow only 1 glass a day http://serve.mysmiley.net/sick/sick0025.gif (http://www.mysmiley.net/free-tongue-smileys.php) No way I could do it 3 times....
But what really makes me sick is BSD http://serve.mysmiley.net/sick/sick0022.gif (http://www.mysmiley.net)

Wow, taking it on an empty stomach, that's brave LOL!

[atomic sagebrush]

I couldn't find any info on this, but for best protein digestion, you should eat your protein with some acids, so I would think that gelatin would also be best digested with acids. So you could do gelatin drink with lemon water or ACV and it may help.

[iyamaryam]

I couldn't find any info on this, but for best protein digestion, you should eat your protein with some acids, so I would think that gelatin would also be best digested with acids. So you could do gelatin drink with lemon water or ACV and it may help.
I agree with you girls,gelatin is nasty n stinks.What I did was to dissolve it in a little hot water and mixed it with two whole lemons squeezed to make my lemon drink,that way I could stomach it. I used the knox powder in tin that foodservice use,that was cheaper for me cos of how much I was taking.GL,HTH.

[Zivic-Bubac]

I'm now drinking gelatine in green tea and some lemon, and it's (almost) completely OK!
I even tried to add BS in it, but that was NOT OK LOL! I've almost th**w up....

[atomic sagebrush]

Ugh it sounds AWFUL!!!

[Zivic-Bubac]

Ugh it sounds AWFUL!!!:rofl:
It is awful, but I drank it anyway, didn't want to waste gelatine and green tea lol!
It was excellent suggestion to mix gelatine with green tea, thanks again!!!! :kiss: Gelatine was torture and now I'm drinking it without problems! :agree:

[begonia]

LOL ZB that drink does sound horrid!

Maryam yours sounds good ... I too used the Knox and just mixed it in pineapple juice and chugged it. I figured the juice covered some carbs to go with the protein in the gelatin.

[atomic sagebrush]

LOL ZB that drink does sound horrid!

Maryam yours sounds good ... I too used the Knox and just mixed it in pineapple juice and chugged it. I figured the juice covered some carbs to go with the protein in the gelatin.

Good point! :agree:

[Plum3]

LOL ZB that drink does sound horrid!

Maryam yours sounds good ... I too used the Knox and just mixed it in pineapple juice and chugged it. I figured the juice covered some carbs to go with the protein in the gelatin.

Ohh this sounds like a great idea. Do you the gelatin and fruit drink could be used as a snack or is it additional to snacks?

[TTC5]

Oohhh yuk z!
I drank mine with pineapple&orange juice.

[gizmo77]

Ohh this sounds like a great idea. Do you the gelatin and fruit drink could be used as a snack or is it additional to snacks?

i was thinking the same...to use it as a snack..carbs and protein!

[atomic sagebrush]

Ohh this sounds like a great idea. Do you the gelatin and fruit drink could be used as a snack or is it additional to snacks?

Yes, you can absolutely use it as a snack but I would like to see a ~bit~ more "real" protein.

From Wikipedia - "Although gelatin is 98-99% protein by dry weight, it has less nutritional value than many other protein sources. Gelatin is unusually high in the non-essential amino acids glycine and proline (i.e., those produced by the human body), while lacking certain essential amino acids (i.e., those not produced by the human body). It contains no tryptophan and is deficient in isoleucine, threonine, and methionine. The approximate amino acid composition of gelatin is: glycine 21%, proline 12%, hydroxyproline 12%, glutamic acid 10%, alanine 9%, arginine 8%, aspartic acid 6%, lysine 4%, serine 4%, leucine 3%, valine 2%, phenylalanine 2%, threonine 2%, isoleucine 1%, hydroxylysine 1%, methionine and histidine <1% and tyrosine <0.5%. These values vary, especially the minor constituents, depending on the source of the raw material and processing technique.[9]

So if you can choke down a hard boiled egg at the same time, or some jerky, you will get even more benefit because you'll have ALL the amino acids together all at once for your body to utilize to build some muscle mass (and the muscle will in turn send the signal to your body to produce more testosterone.)

[gizmo77]

great info atomic, thanks!
man i wish i had a live-in fertility swaying guru to identify my CM, check my blood to see what hormones are present/deficient, cooked my meals and snacks, prepare my drinks and supps, for DH too, wrote up my exercies plans, and on the side maybe make a few phones calls, clean the house, ran errands, while i just played with the kids or took naps.
:-(

[Flava]

I was drinking mine in pineapple juice . Just hold your nose so u can't smell it!

[atomic sagebrush]

great info atomic, thanks!
man i wish i had a live-in fertility swaying guru to identify my CM, check my blood to see what hormones are present/deficient, cooked my meals and snacks, prepare my drinks and supps, for DH too, wrote up my exercies plans, and on the side maybe make a few phones calls, clean the house, ran errands, while i just played with the kids or took naps.
:-(

Me too! Not for the swaying stuff but for the rest of it!! ;)