I'm posting this in the women's because I'm wondering if women may have a different opinion on supplements than guys and all the people I know that train hard are guys....[/quote] You don't really need protein supplements... you can get enough from just eating well. So many people think "oh we need all this extra protein" - you don't - the RDA is body weight (kg) x 0.83. For an endurance athlete the recommendation is body weight (kg) x 1.2 (citing that from Monique Ryan's sports nutrition for endurance athlete book) --- for a 125 lb woman that would be like 68g protein - you can easily get that from eggs, milk/yogurt/cheese, beans, nuts, whole grains - the stuff you're supposed to be eating every day anyway. Read any good sports nutrition book, or a nutrition for sports and exericse text; you will find that protein supplements are unneccessary and a waste of money...

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