I have been using the Optimum Gold Standard Whey Isolate Protein Shake (Cookies and Cream)...and I'm not if it's the protein shake or not...but stomach has been going really bad...It does NOT happen after i take the protein shake...usually happens around 5PM till 9PM....always 3rd meal of the day, i have breakfast (meal 1), workout, eat (meal 2), then meal 3....and i have tried switching up different meals and same thing almost everyday...its getting really annoying... doctor said its the protein shake, but then again hes against it...so im not sure...and i have also tried lactose-free milk...same thing...
any suggestions?
Can protein shake cause stomach problems?
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Re: Can protein shake cause stomach problems?
Why is your doc against Protein Shake?
Have you tired Soy Protein Shake??
Have you tired Soy Protein Shake??
Re: Can protein shake cause stomach problems?
You say the same thing almost every day, so it sounds like it isn't a constant issue. Can you pinpoint any days recently, where this stomach issue didn't occur and perhaps remember what you ate for that 3rd meal?
Also it may possibly be something to do with the type of meal. If you eat a meal that's quite acidic, and doesn't contain many low PH foods like veggies, it might be some kind of reaction to the excess acid.
The Protein shake might be an issue, but it could depend on what's in it. As most Whey's even Isolate contain some Casein, the Casein might be the issue, as it can sometimes cause a little bloating for some, even Maltodextrin can for a few, so a Whey with Casein and Maltodextrin as the resident Carb source, might be causing you a slight issue possibly with one or both things.
Were it the shake you have different options.
1. Use a Soy one, or some people do a Vegan style one made with Vegetable Proteins, like Protein 90+ Vegan, made by Nutrisport. I think they still do it.
2. Use a Whey that has no Carbs and add your own, like Crushed Oats with or without Honey.
3. Use a Whey with something else in, like Waxy Maize starch, or perhaps Palatinose or Glucomannan.
If you have any acidic problems, then perhaps increase Akaline food intake, with things like Meat and perhaps lower certain intake of fruits, like Pineapple, Orange etc etc, and use ones that shouldn't be so acidic, like Apple, Pear etc etc.
Especially don't have Whole-grain with Citrus, as that can supposedly encourage Hyperacidity issues, and potentially GERD related Heartburn, and Hyperacidity could possibly cause Hyperacidic food, which I beleve is less usable by the Digestive Tract, and might irritate the Duodenum slightly as well.
For some reasons in some if not all cases, Citrus and Whole-grain are not particularly good gastric bedfellows.
I doubt though your 3rd meal would consist of Whole-grain, unless you'd eaten something like Wheat or Rye Bread, but no harm in mentioning that last section.
If you do suffer acidic issues within a relatively short timeframe of a meal, drink something like Milk or Water to quell the Acidity issues. You won't create a long-term, significant reduction in Stomach PH, but it will potentially reduce it, preventing any possible problems.
There are supposedly a few possible issues with Antacids, so they may not necessarily be all they appear to be.
Personally I don't see why a Doctor woudl be against Whey, unless there was some issue regarding the isolation / extraction process, that caused contamination or serious denaturing of the Proteins, but denaturing, just means the strands kind of unravel, making them less easy for the body to interpret and breakdown accordingly, so Proteolysis becomes more of an issue.
This process can occur to some extent when you cook Protein sources. The likelihood is, that denatured Proteins would be ridden from the body, if they could not be interpreted as potentially useful in some way, so the body would attempt to expel them, in case they represented a problem as opposed to a benefit.
Also it may possibly be something to do with the type of meal. If you eat a meal that's quite acidic, and doesn't contain many low PH foods like veggies, it might be some kind of reaction to the excess acid.
The Protein shake might be an issue, but it could depend on what's in it. As most Whey's even Isolate contain some Casein, the Casein might be the issue, as it can sometimes cause a little bloating for some, even Maltodextrin can for a few, so a Whey with Casein and Maltodextrin as the resident Carb source, might be causing you a slight issue possibly with one or both things.
Were it the shake you have different options.
1. Use a Soy one, or some people do a Vegan style one made with Vegetable Proteins, like Protein 90+ Vegan, made by Nutrisport. I think they still do it.
2. Use a Whey that has no Carbs and add your own, like Crushed Oats with or without Honey.
3. Use a Whey with something else in, like Waxy Maize starch, or perhaps Palatinose or Glucomannan.
If you have any acidic problems, then perhaps increase Akaline food intake, with things like Meat and perhaps lower certain intake of fruits, like Pineapple, Orange etc etc, and use ones that shouldn't be so acidic, like Apple, Pear etc etc.
Especially don't have Whole-grain with Citrus, as that can supposedly encourage Hyperacidity issues, and potentially GERD related Heartburn, and Hyperacidity could possibly cause Hyperacidic food, which I beleve is less usable by the Digestive Tract, and might irritate the Duodenum slightly as well.
For some reasons in some if not all cases, Citrus and Whole-grain are not particularly good gastric bedfellows.
I doubt though your 3rd meal would consist of Whole-grain, unless you'd eaten something like Wheat or Rye Bread, but no harm in mentioning that last section.
If you do suffer acidic issues within a relatively short timeframe of a meal, drink something like Milk or Water to quell the Acidity issues. You won't create a long-term, significant reduction in Stomach PH, but it will potentially reduce it, preventing any possible problems.
There are supposedly a few possible issues with Antacids, so they may not necessarily be all they appear to be.
Personally I don't see why a Doctor woudl be against Whey, unless there was some issue regarding the isolation / extraction process, that caused contamination or serious denaturing of the Proteins, but denaturing, just means the strands kind of unravel, making them less easy for the body to interpret and breakdown accordingly, so Proteolysis becomes more of an issue.
This process can occur to some extent when you cook Protein sources. The likelihood is, that denatured Proteins would be ridden from the body, if they could not be interpreted as potentially useful in some way, so the body would attempt to expel them, in case they represented a problem as opposed to a benefit.