The other day on twitter I posted about this Core Power beverage which is sold at many major truck stop chains and is a great option for truckers over the road to get adequate protein throughout their week. To which people, not nutritionists, tried to eviscerate me on the “ingredients” which they believe to be bad for you. Here’s the deal, I’m not a chemist but what I do know from working in not just trucking, but in the fitness industry, and from my education in this field, the worst thing for you is visceral fat on your organs, being sedentary, not exercising, smoking, and alcohol. Before the rise of the automobile people drank, soda, ate cake, milkshakes, and plenty of processed foods. I’m not endorsing processed foods, but the common denominator has been the calorie density and lack of movement. Being fit over the road is HARD ENOUGH. To go one step further and tell truckers to follow restrictive fad diets, or try and omit things out of their control is going to have such a low success rate that it will probably make the chronic health issues in trucking worse. Get protein, reduce your caloric intake, move your body. That’s the goal, that’s how we win. We can focus on ingredients later. For more information on this I still highly recommend people read Peter Atilla’s “Outlive.”
Once you have less calories in, more calories out, a good amount of protein… literally everything else makes a microscopic difference (obv. besides people that have certain conditions). Yet this is why people struggle so much with getting healthier, because people make it so complicated. Hard promote here.
👊🏻 this. Right. Here. I have a masters degree in nutrition science.. and I can’t tell you how many times keyboard warriors have torn me to shreds for recommending a ready made protein shake on the road. Personally, I love using fairlife in my coffee as a creamer/sugar replacement when I travel. Here’s the deal… would a chicken breast be a better source of protein? Absolutely! But that’s not always feasible on the road. They key to driver health is recommending things that are easily accessible on the road.
Erik Moll
2w
I am grateful for the time spent caring for the trucking population while at CR England. I learned how many roadblocks these patients and people have in their heath journey through work. Stops charging for restrooms and showers. Stops only stocking prepackaged food. Any ordinary traveler can stop and eat without having to log their stop through regulatory measures. They live on non negotiable deadlines. Any move in the right direction of health is fantastic and supported. Even though something isn’t perfectly “nutritious”, just remember the people commenting are most likely subject to the same nutritional marketing tricks and myths. The American food industry is full of myths and false advertisements. Let’s never knock someone down when moving in the right direction. Side note, I write this while in a medical office waiting room for a family member and after having Chick-fil-a for lunch. If people with judgement think that’s a “Heather” option, check the recipe.
Mmmm I put these in my Ninja Creami and make protein ice cream, guess that makes me extra bad 🤣
Michael Lombard even better: get a 5lb tub of powder from Amazon or Walmart and blender ball cup. You don’t need an organic chef to get on the right path. You just have to start the process. Even without much increase in activity, a caloric reduction will melt pounds off of anybody. This helps you eat less while still providing good protein macros. I don’t see this as something to vilify.
Movement is the key. I lost 100 pounds in the nineties eating nothing but Carbs! I ate cereal morning noon and night. I didn’t know any better LOL! But I lost 100 pounds in less than a year. But I rode the hell outta the bike and lifted weights. I always looked at it as simple arithmetic.
Steve Ward
2w
Food Fascism is growing along with the Climate Alarmism. Gluten-Free has become an industry and a religion. People insist on Gluten-Free food who do not know what Gluten is and why only 1% of the population needs to concern themselves with it. Drink up.
I just lime the way they taste!! Does that count for a opinion? I am not a trucker or anything of upper importance, just a work from home dispatcher for a trucking company.
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2wSo are these not good for you? I drink them occasionally after working out as a breakfast supplement.