100 grams of peanuts is 26 grams protein. 100 grams of cashew nuts is 18 grams protein. So if you need an easy to prepare snack and a drink within 30 seconds of training it is a lot easier to open a packet of nuts and a carton of milk than it is mixing powders. The nuts might even have electrolytes in them if you buy the special athletes packets.
this post is more helpful than your last one. the crux of my post is that after a normal day, i am usually still short on my intake. i typically have nuts as a snack at work, however:
a serving of nuts is a handful, which on the package im looking at in front of me is 32g. this comes to 200 calories and 9g of protein. if i were to take in 100g of nuts at your suggestion, then yeah thats 28g of protein but 625 calories. (i wouldnt plan to run immediately after downing that many calories) its also 9g of saturated fat.
conversely, a scoop of whey is 26g of protein, 150 calories, and only 1g of saturated fat.
im not arguing the merits of whey versus nuts, or whey versus anything. im not a dietician. im just saying the nuts-alone route hasnt working for me. is there a reason that 625 calories of nuts a day is a good thing?
Have you said you are on a calorie restricted diet? Are you trying to lose weight? One assumes you train?
So why are you frightened of 600 or so calories?
There is nothing wrong with the fats in nuts.
Sorry you don’t need whey powder?
I’m not advising you get all your protein from nuts just some of it. Get your protein from as wide a variety of foods as possible.
If you are trying to lose weight all the more reason to eat as wide a variety of foods as possible.
I fear you are brainwashed by the sports supplements industry.