Protein powder questions

[BarbaraofSeville]

I see a lot of people recommending protein powder in porridge, which is something that I'd like to try, but am confused as to what to buy.

I like porridge, but find that it makes me more hungry, not less and the suggestion to add a scoop of protein powder might improve things for me.

There seems to be so many different options, flavours etc and some seem very expensive so I don't want to get the wrong thing, are there different qualities or anything else to look out for?

I think I just want a basic non sweetened, possibly non flavoured one, to boost the protein content of porridge to make it more filling. Is this something I can buy in a supermarket or should I get it online?

I use this one as it doesn't contain loads of added rubbish that you don't want to be eating on a daily basis:

www.bulk.com/uk/pure-whey-protein.html

I use pure whey protein but in a shake, because porridge contains more calories than I need. I tried different diet and protein shakes but they all contain artificial flavour and sweeteners and I hate the taste.

My favourite shake is a glass of unsweetened oat, almond, hazel or soya milk, a round teaspoon of whey, a dollop of yoghurt and a splash of vanilla. I have that for elevenses, around 1pm I have a cup a soup and 1 or 2 slices of wholemeal bead & butter.

If you’re getting a protein powder check the ingredients to make sure that there’s not loads of fillers in it. A good one will be a higher protein content and less rubbish/ sugar. Optimum nutrition is good (always a deal on somewhere- it’s cheapest at amazon at the minute).
If you’ve not had it before I would start with just one scoop a day to make sure it doesn’t upset your stomach and if you add it to porridge make the porridge normally with more liquid than you like then let it cool a little bit before adding the protein (heat can mess around with it and make it harder to digest).
If you like overnight oats (and have a sweet tooth) a scoop of chocolate protein powder, almond milk, oats and chia seeds is like desert for breakfast.

I e seen things like pea protein power which was exactly that, with no additives.

You could also look at things like protein muesli in H&B - lots of protein and no weird ingredients.

Or for a very filling, high protein porridge, use jumbo oats + milk + nuts and seeds (could be milled)+ berries.

Get some unflavoured diet whey isolate (it’s pretty much pure protein).

Pea protein powder tastes pretty disgusting IMO - like gritty, slightly rotting vegetables.
I have unflavoured whey, put one scoop with a couple of teaspoons of cocoa powder and whizz in a nutribullet type thing. Or mix a scoop into yoghurt.
If you put it in porridge it makes it very thick and gluey and you have to keep stirring it otherwise you get dry lumps of powder.
'High protein' foods actually have very little protein in and aren't really worth the money.