Cocoa Powder for Carbs/Protein?

Diet and Nutrition
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What do you think of adding cocoa powder to a shake as a low GI carb and protein source?

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Why?

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because the one I have access to have, each 20g, 10g of carb(0.4g sugar), 5g of protein. sounds pretty good, even though the amino content may not be that good.

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If you are serious about results, I would go another route. If the amino acid profile/content is sub-par, why would you want to take it? I would go with whey isolate and just add some glucose if I were you…that combo is very inexpensive, proven and you would most likely see superior results from it when compared to cocoa powder.

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I would worry that that much cocoa would make your food inedible.

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[quote]Davinci.v2 wrote:
If you are serious about results, I would go another route. If the amino acid profile/content is sub-par, why would you want to take it? I would go with whey isolate and just add some glucose if I were you…that combo is very inexpensive, proven and you would most likely see superior results from it when compared to cocoa powder.[/quote]

it’s not a post-workout shake, it’s to drink when in college, where sometimes I have no quality food available. The shake would also contain skim milk, cottage cheese, peanut butter, oat bran and a little whey

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As a low gi carb source- OK
As a protein source- NOT OK

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I wouldn’t “use” it as a source of any macros, but there’s all sorts of studies on the benefits of chocolate and cocoa. I’ll toss a tablespoon into a shake every now and then, much more than that and it messes with the taste/texture.

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[quote]MODOK wrote:
To hijack… try a couple tablespoons in your next batch of chili. No joke, gives the chili a savory rich taste. Try it out.[/quote]

Yep, me too. The way it was explained to me was that it’s a spice and why not. I also put in a little honey.

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If you’re bulking, and a broke ass college student to boot, I don’t see a damn thing wrong with trying various avenues to meet your caloric requirements.

If, however, you had the revenue to afford better shit, then I guess you more than likely wouldn’t be asking this question and would have instead went for the better shit instead of reaching for cocoa powder (duh).

Do your damn thing…