Medical experts would suggest drinking protein shakes to gain weight healthily, due to the fact that these shakes contain protein as well as other essential nutrients to help you gain weight. But not all protein powders for preparing shakes are all the same. Therefore, before you decide to use protein powder for your shakes it is very important that you read the following information on the different varieties of protein powder that you can use for your shakes in order to gain weight:

Whey Protein - About twenty percent of milk protein is actually made up of whey protein. Whey contains a good amount of amino acids, has high cysteine content, and is filled with interesting variety of peptides. Since whey protein can be digested easily, they are the best types of protein to be consumed right before you start your workout and even during and after your workout session.

Casein Protein - Casein protein is known for its excellent amino acid profile and for its slow digestive nature as well. And because casein is easily digested to your bloodstream, this protein is not advisable to be used during and after your workout due to the fact that you need a fast absorbing protein during these times. Drink only the shakes with Casein protein for all other times outside the pre and post workout session.

Soy Protein - Soy is considered to be the most popular and also the most controversial among the types of proteins. Companies involved in the production of soy would disprove claims that soy is not a good protein at all, but a research was conducted that showed some evidence of soy as not a good protein. Therefore, it is advisable to avoid taking soy and choose other types of protein instead.

In order for you to have an idea of how to come up with protein shakes to gain weight, check out the recipe below of a banana protein shake that you can easily prepare in an instant:

Ingredients:

• 30-gram protein powder of your choice

• 1 medium to large size banana

• 8 ounce light soy milk

• 1 tablespoon of linseed, soy and almond mixture

• 1 tablespoon of golden syrup

• some drops of vanilla

• 3 or 4 pc. ice cubes.

• 1 tbsp of low fat yoghurt, although this is optional, depending on the kind of diet that you have

• Just throw all these ingredients into a blender and blend for several minutes. In a few minutes, you will have a protein shake with zero fat that will give you plenty of energy and help you to gain weight fast. This shake is great as a meal replacement before and after your workout session.

And now that you knew some information about protein powder, you should now be able to come up with the right kind of protein powder to be used in preparing your protein shakes to gain weight. Do not be easily fooled with false advertisements that you often hear and read, instead, be informed by knowing the right protein powder to buy. This way, you would be able to inform the store attendant easily which type of protein powder you are looking for and not just end up staring blankly on the several thousand different protein shakes on the store shelves.