[tree6014]

To anyone seriously considering doing something like this, you will find that the carbs are challenging to get into a shake.

You can get all the right vitamins and minerals. On that note, don't use calcium carbonate like he does unless you want kidney stones; use calcium citrate.

You can get high quality CFM whey protein assuming you're okay with getting all your protein from whey (grilled chicken is still a better idea for other reasons).

However, the carbs take up a lot of volume. You can use steel cut oats, potatoes, sweet potatoes, white rice... (brown rice has arsenic) You will find that it doesn't fit well in the shake. It's easier to eat it as food. My experience so far anyway...

[doorhammer]

I've been putting oat flower in my shakes recently [0]. Nutrition-label wise it's the same as my steel cut oats, and I've had a tough time finding any solid information on whether or not it digests differently or if it's really meaningfully different at all. (It's easy to find forum posts saying they know what's up, but I haven't found much research or solid medical information. tbh I haven't spent hours searching or anything).

I started doing it because I really hate cooking. I don't even want to boil water for five minutes in the morning to make oatmeal. I don't use it for any kind of super-shake or full meal replacement, but that and some fruit for breakfast seems to work for me pretty well.

Hopefully I'm not unknowingly totally killing myself, heh.

[0] http://www.amazon.com/Bobs-Red-Mill-Gluten-22-Ounce/dp/B003L...

[thezoid]

Whey protein only works if you don't already have some kind of dietary restriction like lactose intolerance, which I do.

Mind you, I really enjoy eating my food and am not looking for a shortcut to "just get nutrients".

[defen]

Look into whey protein isolate...it's very low in lactose - less than 1g per 28g serving of the stuff I have...I'm not lactose intolerant though so I'm not sure if even that would be too much (compare to 12g lactose in an 8oz cup of milk).

[papsosouid]

There is too little lactose in whey protein for it to give any symptoms even to people with the most extreme lactose intolerance (absolutely zero lactase production).