wheat bix

[jmax88]

are wheat bix a good source of protein? 12g per 2 wheat bix! thats good as, plus ther're 67% low GI carbs :dancing: super food. surely im missing something here....?

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 3g 4%

Saturated Fat 0g 2%

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 387mg 16%

Total Carboydrates 77g 25%

Dietary Fiber 11g ~

Sugars 2g ~

Protein 12g 23%

[startinfromscratch]

surely im missing something here....

you are - the protein in wheaties is 'incomplete', your body cant build/repair muscle with it. stick with wholefood protein, chicken,fish,beef,eggs,milk,whey/casein,etc. your body can utilise these proteins for what we all want!

[jmax88]

damit i thought i was on to something there ah well.

my flatmate just had 30 in one sitting haha!

[Gym rat]

damit i thought i was on to something there ah well.

my flatmate just had 30 in one sitting haha!

:shock:

[Android]

having them with milk will help with the missing aminos in incomplete protein.

if all he eats is those 30 wheat-bix for the whole day no worries, because he just consumed nearly 6gms of sodium in that meal...wouldn't want to do that every day.

When eating 8 meals a day 500-600mgs each meal is normal (that's 4-5gms over the whole day).

[EZcurl]

I have been eating up heaps of wheat bix thinking I was getting a heap of protein.

[deegee]

I wouldn't be basing my protein intake around wheetbix for any meal but there is nothing wrong with them in moderation like most things

[laurasaur]

30 weetbix in a sitting, how is that even possible

[EZcurl]

Is that an entire box of weet bix?

[weener lad]

are wheat bix a good source of protein? 12g per 2 wheat bix! thats good as, plus ther're 67% low GI carbs :dancing: super food. surely im missing something here....?

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 3g 4%

Saturated Fat 0g 2%

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 387mg 16%

Total Carboydrates 77g 25%

Dietary Fiber 11g ~

Sugars 2g ~

Protein 12g 23%

Just stick with meats and protein powders when working out your daily protein intake. You may be getting more (complete/incomplete) protein through other sources but generally they are minimal. :nod:

[Darwinstef]

I start every day with weetbix (can't stomach oats). Certainly don't count them as part of my protein intake for the day though. Have eggs as well to cover some brekkie protein.

[jmax88]

30 weetbix in a sitting, how is that even possible

he rekons he's going for 40 next weekend! haha, ill update this post on his succsess

Is that an entire box of weet bix?

nah theres 48 in a 750g box

i wasnt relying on the protein from wheet bix but it would be awesome if their proteins were complete because they're cheap and yum

[Laver]

There's not 6g per weetbix.

It's 12g protein per 100g

Which is around 1.5g protein per weetbix.

[JumpNZ]

Usually have 3 or 4 weetbix for second meal of the day, crunched up with protein shake thrown on top.