Hippies from A to Z by Skip Stone. Hippies had to develop a whole new language to communicate their daily experiences for which there were no precedents. All crossword clues in our system starting with the letter E. ![]()
The International Man's Glossary A-Z: colloquialisms, concepts, explanations, expressions, idioms, quotations, sayings and words. In a direction away from the inside: went out to hail a taxi. Away from the center or middle: The troops fanned out. ![]() Mostly Small But Expressive Interjections. David Bieron January 2. Thanks for this – what a fun post considering there’s no actual narrative in it! Cecilyon January 2. Some of these interjections are quite culturally and age specific, so if people need to be told what they mean, they should probably not be using them. PicoTrace is a spin-off company, founded by members of the Faculty of Geosciences of the University of Göttingen, Germany. Our University has a well known tradition. Discover Deli with a Difference! Established in 1932, Deli Brands of America has a tradition of quality and value that is unsurpassed.Your customers will taste the. For example, to many Brits, va- va- voom is not old- fashioned at all, but instead is firmly linked to the long- running ads that footballer Thierry Henry made for the Renault Clio. Himanshu Chandaon January 2. Whoa ! And yes this ones really great. You understand exact meaning of those interjections while reading comic strips ! But wouldn’t a rhotic speaker write ? Or do you think most readers get by given the context? And yes, I agree with Cecily; writers should check that their audience is familar with the interjection. Most of these would pass muster in Australia, but a few (e. But then I’m sure some local expressions would seem equally strange to others. An American friend was resident in Australia for six months before she realized . I always presumed it was a shortened form of sentences such as “Now, listen to what I’m saying,” where the “now” suggests that the action should happen at the present time. Rebeccaon January 2. This is a fantastic list, thank you for providing it. I never knew there were so many exclamations to use. I now awake yet! Steve Hallon January 2. Ah can denote positive emotions like relief or delight (generally, pronounced with a long a).”I was always taught that a “long a” is the sound of a as in cake. Do you mean a lengthy a? When I write, I usually spell it “ahh,” to extend the sound. Deborah Hon January 2. Cartoonist and writers everywhere are thanking you for this list, including me. In addition to “Ack!”—let’s not forget Bill the Cat’s other favorite exclamation: “Thbbft!”Roberta B. January 2. 6, 2. 01. Aye” would fall into the category of “yes” (an actual word) in a foreign language rather than an interjection. I think ESL speakers will appreciate it. Live and let live, you know? Groovy list, it’s the cat’s pajamas! We update our wardrobes and our cellphones, why not update our speech?@Emma: I grew up with family from Europe (Russia, Poland), and “feh” was the word. I always think “meh” sounds like a sheep!@Michael (Australia): Here in the US, “ta” would more likely be a shortened version of “ta- ta,” as in “goodbye.” Thanks for the head- up! Cecilyon January 2. I wasn’t saying that anyone unfamiliar with these expressions must not use them, but was warning that the definitions here are necessarily brief and don’t take account of the very specific ways that some of them are used (and not used) in different countries, age groups etc. For example, if I, as a Brit, start using . Still, think of this post as a chance to expand your (and your friends’) cultural horizons. Don’t shy away from using a word (or expression) you like just because your friends won’t get it. I should have said “an extended a sound, like the doctor asks you to say when looking in your mouth.”Mark Nicholon January 2. Emma: I didn’t want to take the time in the original post to go into my criteria for inclusion and exclusion of terms in this list — trust me, there are many more interjections — but I tried to include only terms that have no literal meaning but have acquired one (or more) through conversational context: They are (with a tip of the hat to commenter Deborah H.) basically sound effects. It was used to allow the listener to fill in facts universally known, similar to “blah, blah, blah.”Ama. Ton January 2. 6, 2. Great list! Thanks for the post. Michaelon January 2. If we’re talking cartoon references, then most Australians (for starters) have never heard of Bill the Cat. I’m fortunate to have been exposed to . It opened my eyes to some great American humour. For us, the equivalent might be the long- running New Zealand strip . I meant an equivalently well- known comic strip. Should have been clearer. January 2. 6, 2. 01. Emma: I remember that sound. This may be another cultural difference but I can’t imagine more than a tiny minority of Christians taking offence. If these words are genuinely and widely felt to be offensive by all means note them as such, but surely they shouldn’t be left out of this forum? Ap. Kon January 2. Michael: “I. Not only are you right, but gosh darn it if Maeve didn’t post a link to that very term just a little while ago in the previous article comments! Kathyn, not that I’m jealous or comptetitive or anything, but did you happen to notice the link to the Honeymooners clip that I posted just before thebluebird. Perhaps another post that addresses these etymologically- derived interjections would be nice, though, so we can become more familiar with those ones as well. Michael: I think I see the source of your confusion. Mark said that words like “sheesh” and “jeez” “are bowdlerizations of oaths invoking God or Jesus, and hence have etymological antecedents.” He didn’t state that they were not included because they were bowdlerizations, or that any other words that were omitted were also bowdlerizations. He said that they were not included due to the fact that they were derived from other words, and these particular words happened to be a specific type of derivative: a bowdlerization. Personally, I am Christian and I strongly dislike the use of the names of God and Christ as interjections, but I have little- to- no problem with words like “jeez” and “sheesh” because most of the people who use them are unaware of their etymology, since the words have been in use for a long time. However, I dislike the use of “OMG” even when the speaker insists they mean “Oh My Gosh” as most people know it to mean something different and would assume that that is what is intended. If that’s the case, I’m much too young to know the reference. It seems that the word hasn’t persisted enough to remain familiar with my generation. Some words, though, clearly do outlive their origins; if, as others are saying, the word “ack” originates from the comic strip “Bloom County”, that would be an example, as I definitely know the interjection but only know the comic strip by name and probably wouldn’t recognize it if I saw a page. It is unfortunate that people forget about things that previous generations enjoyed, but I like that a word was able to survive from it. Kathrynon January 2. It is unfortunate that people forget about things that previous generations enjoyed, but I like that a word was able to survive from it.”Am I the only one feeling a bit condescended- to? But he certainly made it popular. As for the other word . Context is everything. Kathrynon January 2. Excellent points, Deborah. What would be a good definition? Markon January 2. Also, I have found that people with knowledge of low- level networking protocols like TCP will sometimes use “ACK” in response to something that someone else says to them. My friends and I do this, typically in written communication, but it does sometimes come up in verbal communication. When spoken, we often repeat it twice over, like “ACK ACK.” It’s actually part of the written TCP specification; it is a shortened form of “ACKnowledge.” We also use NACK in the same way, as a form of negative acknowledgement, to say “I understood what you said but my answer is . I simply offer it as an insight into a usage that some people might not otherwise encounter, as it is not likely to spread far, wide, or quickly. Michaelon January 2. Might this cause some confusion for the non- rhotic speaker who could voice the former as a, sort of, near- grunt? Or do you think most readers get by given the context?”I think fictional dialogue and quotations in nonfiction alike should reflect standard English (whether American or British or any other variety), unless the intent is to characterize someone as having a distinct accent — such as a nonrhotic speaker, one who does not emphasize the r sound; Americans, think Bostonian. Er and uh are two distinct sounds in American English (and perhaps other dialects) that both serve to fill an otherwise awkward gap in speech, though come to think of it, I’ve often seen er used in writing but have never really heard anyone fill a pause with that particular sound; uh prevails. But we still know what er means when we read it. Mark Nicholon January 2. Laura: “? It’s also appropriate for expressing those emotions, as well as a response to an omission or mistake. Kirynon January 3. Psst” is not a call for silence, it’s a quiet call for attention. Like when you want to whisper something to someone, or when a shady character is trying to call people into a dark alley for some questionable business deals. I’m not smart enough/have the energy to keep this up . Mark Nichol—thanks again. Kirynon January 3. Eh, it’s how it’s spelled. If I were writing a story where a character said the word aloud (which is pretty dorky, but I admit that I and other people I know are known to do so on occasion), I might spell it “woot” as a description of the sound, but when typing it to someone else as part of an online conversation, it’s almost always spelled w. Don’t ask me why, I can’t explain it — I just consider it evolution of the language by way of the internet. Wikipedia suggests w. I’ve never seen anyone actually spell it that way. Maybe I just don’t hang around those crowds — full leetspeak makes my head hurt. Mark Nicholon January 3. Kiryn: Psst! Thanks for the correction. That was a thinking- typing disconnect I didn’t catch then or later. And thank you for the clarification for w. I was trying to avoid yet another use of triumph in the list. Also, I haven’t traced a connection between woo and w. I’d be surprised if none existed. Ap. Kon January 3. I’m pretty sure “Woot!” (or W0. Arsenio Hall show. It’s is probably more closely related to the military’s popular “Boo- ya” which is included in the list. I think the implication is “I’m asserting my dominance as the alpha of this pack.”Or, in l. Ap. KMark Nicholon January 3. It's crazy to think that four years ago Storm was nothing more than an idea in my head, and now it's a thriving project with a large community used by a ton of companies. In this post I want to look back at how Storm got to this point and the lessons I learned along the way. The topics I will cover through Storm's history naturally follow whatever key challenges I had to deal with at those points in time. The first 2. 5% of this post is about how Storm was conceived and initially created, so the main topics covered there are the technical issues I had to figure out to enable the project to exist. The rest of the post is about releasing Storm and establishing it as a widely used project with active user and developer communities. The main topics discussed there are marketing, communication, and community development. Any successful project requires two things: It solves a useful problem. You are able to convince a significant number of people that your project is the best solution to their problem. What I think many developers fail to understand is that achieving that second condition is as hard and as interesting as building the project itself. I hope this becomes apparent as you read through Storm's history. Before Storm. Storm originated out of my work at Back. Type. At Back. Type we built analytics products to help businesses understand their impact on social media both historically and in realtime. Before Storm, the realtime portions of our implementation were done using a standard queues and workers approach. For example, we would write the Twitter firehose to a set of queues, and then Python workers would read those tweets and process them. Oftentimes these workers would send messages through another set of queues to another set of workers for further processing. We were very unsatisfied with this approach. It was brittle – we had to make sure the queues and workers all stayed up – and it was very cumbersome to build apps. Most of the logic we were writing had to do with where to send/receive messages, how to serialize/deserialize messages, and so on. The actual business logic was a small portion of the codebase. Plus, it didn't feel right – the logic for one application would be spread across many workers, all of which were deployed separately. It felt like all that logic should be self- contained in one application. The first insight. In December of 2. I had my first big realization. That's when I came up with the idea of a . Streams would be produced and processed in parallel, but they could be represented in a single program as a single abstraction. That led me to the idea of . They key insight was that spouts and bolts were inherently parallel, similar to how mappers and reducers are inherently parallel in Hadoop. Bolts would simply subscribe to whatever streams they need to process and indicate how the incoming stream should be partitioned to the bolt. Finally, the top- level abstraction I came up with was the . I especially liked the fact that all the grunt work we were dealing with before – sending/receiving messages, serialization, deployment, etc. So I sent out this tweet: A bunch of people responded and we emailed back and forth with each other. It became clear that my abstractions were very, very sound. I then embarked on designing Storm. I quickly hit a roadblock when trying to figure out how to pass messages between spouts and bolts. My initial thoughts were that I would mimic the queues and workers approach we were doing before and use a message broker like Rabbit. MQ to pass the intermediate messages. I actually spent a bunch of time diving into Rabbit. MQ to see how it be used for this purpose and what that would imply operationally. However, the whole idea of using message brokers for intermediate messages didn't feel right and I decided to sit on Storm until I could better think things through. The second insight. The reason I thought I needed those intermediate brokers was to provide guarantees on the processing of data. If a bolt failed to process a message, it could replay it from whatever broker it got the message from. However, a lot of things bothered me about intermediate message brokers: They were a huge, complex piece of the architecture that would have to be scaled alongside Storm. They create uncomfortable situations, such as what to do when a topology is redeployed. There might still be intermediate messages on the brokers that are no longer compatible with the new version of the topology. So those messages would have to be cleaned up/ignored somehow. They make fault- tolerance harder. I would have to figure out what to do not just when Storm workers went down, but also when individual brokers went down. They're slow. Instead of sending messages directly between spouts and bolts, the messages go through a 3rd party, and not only that, the messages need to be persisted to disk. I had an instinct that there should be a way to get that message processing guarantee without using intermediate message brokers. So I spent a lot of time pondering how to get that guarantee with spouts and bolts passing messages directly to one another. Without intermediate message persistence, it was implied that retries would have to come from the source (the spout). The tricky thing was that the failure of processing could happen anywhere downstream from the spout, on a completely different server, and this would have to be detected with perfect accuracy. After a few weeks of thinking about the problem I finally had my flash of insight. I developed an algorithm based on random numbers and xors that would only require about 2. It's easily one of the best algorithms I ever developed and one of the few times in my career I can say I would not have come up with it without a good computer science education. Once I figured out this algorithm, I knew I was onto something big. It massively simplified the design of the system by avoiding all the aforementioned problems, along with making things way more performant. But I was so excited by what I'd just discovered that I was completely distracted the whole time. Needless to say, I did not do well with the girl.)Building first version. Over the next 5 months, I built the first version of Storm. From the beginning I knew I wanted to open source it, so I made some key decisions in the early days with that in mind. First off, I made all of Storm's APIs in Java, but implemented Storm in Clojure. By keeping Storm's APIs 1. Java, Storm was ensured to have a very large amount of potential users. By doing the implementation in Clojure, I was able to be a lot more productive and get the project working sooner. I also planned from the beginning to make Storm usable from non- JVM languages. Topologies are defined as Thrift data structures, and topologies are submitted using a Thrift API. Additionally, I designed a protocol so that spouts and bolts could be implemented in any language. Making Storm accessible from other languages makes the project accessible by more people. It makes it much easier for people to migrate to Storm, as they don't necessarily have to rewrite their existing realtime processing in Java. Instead they can port their existing code to run on Storm's multi- language API. I was a long time Hadoop user and used my knowledge of Hadoop's design to make Storm's design better. For example, one of the most aggravating issues I dealt with from Hadoop was that in certain cases Hadoop workers would not shut down and the processes would just sit there doing nothing. The core issue was that Hadoop put the burden of worker shutdown on the worker itself, and for a variety of reasons workers would sometimes fail to shut themselves down. So in Storm's design, I put the burden of worker shutdown on the same Storm daemon that started the worker in the first place. This turned out to be a lot more robust and Storm has never had issues with zombie processes. Another problem I faced with Hadoop was if the Job. Tracker died for any reason, any running jobs would terminate. This was a real hair- puller when you had jobs that had been running for many days. With Storm, it was even more unacceptable to have a single point of failure like that since topologies are meant to run forever. So I designed Storm to be . It makes the engineering more challenging, since you have to consider the effect of the process being kill - 9'd and restarted at any point in the program, but it makes things far more robust. A key decision I made early on in development was to assign one of our interns, Jason Jackson, to develop an automated deploy for Storm on AWS. This massively accelerated Storm's development, as it made it easy for me to test clusters of all different sizes and configurations. I really cannot emphasize enough how important this tool was, as it enabled me to iterate much, much faster. Acquisition by Twitter. In May of 2. 01. 1, Back. Type got into acquisition talks with Twitter. The acquisition made a lot of sense for us for a variety of reasons. Additionally, it was attractive to me because I realized I could do so much more with Storm by releasing it from within Twitter than from within Back. Type. Being able to make use of the Twitter brand was very compelling. During acquisition talks I announced Storm to the world by writing a post on Back. Type's tech blog. The purpose of the post was actually just to raise our valuation in the negotiations with Twitter. And it worked: Twitter became extremely interested in the technology, and when they did their tech due- diligence on us, the entire due- diligence turned into a big demo of Storm. The post had some surprising other effects. In the post I casually referred to Storm as . To this day people still use it, and it even gets butchered into . This accidental branding was really powerful and helped with adoption later on. Open- sourcing Storm. We officially joined Twitter in July of 2. I immediately began planning Storm's release. There are two ways you can go about releasing open source software.
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Your busy life does not give you that privilege. However, it is time to take control of your mind. How To Lose Stubborn Fat: Belly, Butt, Hips & Thighs. If you want to know how to burn stubborn fat, you have to understand a few key points. I realize many people who read the Metabolic Effect blog are not interested in the science and just want to know what to do. For those types please skip down to the section called “Overview and Action Steps”First, lets review the fat burning process. In order for fat to be lost from a particular area the following events need to occur. Fat needs to be released from a fat cell (this process of fat breakdown and release is called “lipolysis”). Fat needs to be carried to another cell through the blood stream (poor blood flow to an area means slow fat loss from an area). Fat needs to enter another cell to be burned (this process of fat actually being burned is called “lipid oxidation”). It is important to note here that just because fat is broken down and released (lipolysis), does not automatically mean it will find its way to another cell and ultimately be burned (lipid oxidation). It could be restored and this is often the case in people who are very insulin resistant. Brief biochemistry overview. To further understand stubborn fat we need to cover some basic biochemistry first. Fat enters or leaves fat cells mainly due to the activity of two enzymes, lipoprotein lipase (LPL) which acts to store fat and hormone sensitive lipase (HSL) which acts to release fat. Notice the name of the major fat releasing enzyme? Is called hormone sensitive lipase and not calorie sensitive lipase for a reason. HSL releases fat due to signaling of a compound called cyclic AMP. And this is impacted by the activity of hormone receptors in fat tissue called adrenergic receptors (AR). There are two type of adrenergic receptors. Alpha adrenergic receptors and beta adrenergic receptors. The alpha receptors slow fat release and beta receptors speed fat release. To keep this straight in your head think “A” for “anti- burn” and “B” for “burn”. In addition to having an impact on fat release directly, these receptors also impact blood flow. More alpha receptors mean less blood flow to an area, and more beta receptors mean greater blood flow to an area. Hormones & Stubborn fat. So what makes stubborn fat more stubborn? Fat gain or loss is about two things, calories and hormones. But stubborn fat may be more impacted by hormones compared to other types of fat. Many types of hormones impact fat gain and fat loss. These hormones have this impact because of their direct or indirect effects on the enzymes and receptors we just mentioned. Hormones that store fat tend to increase the number or activity of alpha receptors and/or LPL. Hormones that stimulate fat release increase the number or activity of beta receptors and/or HSL. Certain hormones have a very straightforward impact on fat gain or loss. For example, Insulin is a fat storing hormone because it increases LPL activity and suppresses HSL activity. Insulin also impairs the normal function of beta receptors, which is another form of HSL inhibition (i. But they can also slow fat release when they bind alpha receptors. This is one of the reasons stubborn fat, which has a higher concentration of alpha receptors, can be so slow to respond. Other hormones have more complex and overlapping activity. Estrogen seems to both increase the number AND activity of alpha adrenergic receptors. The female fat distribution, where fat is stored in the lower body, is primarily due to the impact of estrogen (the subcutaneous fat and especially the lower body subcutaneous fat of women is richer in estrogen receptors). Thyroid hormone increases beta receptor activity, blocks the activity of alpha receptors and works in opposition to estrogen making stubborn fat less stubborn. However, thyroid hormone is disrupted itself by estrogen (one of the reasons women have larger thyroid glands compared to men). Is your head spinning yet? Don’t worry, it will all make sense soon. Here are a few takeaways regarding stubborn fat in general and some hormonal effects to keep in mind. Stubborn fat has more alpha receptors. Stubborn fat has less beta receptors. Stubborn fat stores more fat and releases less of it under the influence of insulin. Stubborn fat has less blood flow through it. Hormones that increase HSL activity and/or inhibit LPL activity stimulate fat release. Hormones that decrease HSL activity and/or stimulate LPL action encourage fat storage. Calories matter too. It is impossible to store fat regardless of hormonal action in a low calorie state and it is unlikely to lose fat if you are in calorie excess. Stubborn fat is stubborn not because it can’t be released, but rather because it releases fat much more slowly compared to less stubborn fat. The sex steroids (estrogen, progesterone and testosterone) have receptors in fat tissue and play an important role in HSL/LPL activity as well as impact alpha versus beta receptor number and activity. The most stubborn types of fat. So based on the points above, where are the most stubborn types of fat? We store fat in several different places. There is fat stored just underneath the skin. We call this fat “subcutaneous fat”. This is the stuff that hangs over your belt. Then there is fat we store deep in our middle area around our organs (another name for organs is viscera) and under our abdominal muscles. This fat is called visceral fat. This is the stuff that gives many men that large protruding belly. You can’t pinch this stuff. Finally there is fat stored in and around our muscles. This is called intramuscular fat. The most stubborn fat on the body is the fat under our skin, the subcutaneous fat. Female subcutaneous fat is more stubborn compared to male subcutaneous fat. The most stubborn fat in the majority of women is lower body subcutaneous fat around the hip, butt and thighs (also called saddle bags, thunder thighs or bubble butts). The most stubborn fat on men is the subcutaneous fat of the lower abdomen (often called the love handles)So here is how it breaks down: Subcutaneous fat is far more stubborn compared to visceral fat. Subcutaneous fat is stubborn because it is more reactive to insulin, has lower blood supply AND has more alpha receptors. Visceral fat is less stubborn because it has more beta receptors, greater blood flow and is less reactive to insulin. Female subcutaneous fat in the lower body has about 9 to 1. The place on men that is most stubborn is the lower belly fat and love handle area. The places that are most stubborn on women are the saddle bags, inner thighs, butt and lower belly fat. Another reason stubborn fat is stubborn is due to poor blood supply. Both the fact that it is in colder areas AND has more alpha receptors make this so. Stubborn fat is impacted directly or indirectly by many different types of hormones. These hormones have varying effects on the activity of HSL and LPL as well as alpha and beta receptors. The shocking truth about dieting and stubborn fat. One of the most frustrating things related to stubborn fat is that dieting does not help it. In fact, dieting makes stubborn fat more stubborn!! Let me slow down here and let you take that in for a minute. When you go on a diet, and by diet I mean the popular approach of “eating less and exercising more”, the end result is that you will often make your fat parts fatter. Many people are not aware, but dieting has never been proven by research to work over the long run. In fact, it has actually been proven not to work. When they gain the weight back most of it goes straight to the stubborn fat areas. Very depressing I know. When you diet by the popular method of “eating less and exercising more”, the law of metabolic compensation kicks in (I call it a law because it is probably the most predictable and agreed upon phenomena in all of dieting). I am not going to go through this compensatory effect of dieting in detail here, but I did an in- depth blog on this in the past you will want to review. That article is HERE. In short, this is how dieting (eating less and exercising more) makes your fat parts fatter. First, compensatory changes take place that make you more hungry, cause unstable energy and create insatiable cravings for high calorie palatable food. This is why 9. 5% of people gain all the weight back or more. At the same time thyroid hormone levels decline and the fat cells themselves become more reactive to insulin. This means HSL is turned down (less fat release), LPL is turned up (more fat storage) and alpha receptor activity is elevated and beta receptor activity is supressed. Remember, stubborn fat is stubborn because of the alpha receptors so we certainly don’t want those pesky guys being any more active. All of this makes the fat cell far more greedy (more fat storage) and stingy (less fat burning). Why did I take the time to go through all that? Because if you hope to beat stubborn body fat you have to first realize that dieting is hurting rather than helping your efforts. To beat stubborn fat one of the first things you need to do is escape the eat less, exercise more mindset. Overview & Action Steps. Now we can get into how to lose stubborn fat. Here are the three steps up front and I will get into details below. Stop dieting. Move from an eat less exercise more approach (ELEM) to either an eat less, exercise less (ELEL) or an eat more, exercise more (EMEM) approach. This fights the law of metabolic compensation. Cycle your diet. Cycle the diet in a way to have periods of more food and exercise with periods of less food and exercise. This helps build muscle and burn fat (or at least maintain it) and keeps you from becoming skinny fat or bulking up. It also fights against the law of metabolic compensation. Target the area. Use targeted supplements, exercise and lifestyle strategies to suppress and/or bypass the alpha receptors AND elevate the beta receptors to speed fat release from stubborn areas. Stop dieting. Imagine driving down the highway with your parking break on. There are literally hundreds of weight loss shakes for women. So how's a girl to know which one is best? This article takes you through deceptive marketing tactics. According to recent studies, diets can actually cause WEIGHT. HMR Shakes put the smooth in smoothie! These rich, nutritious and filling shakes are the best shakes for weight-loss and weight management on the market. We do extensive research to give you the best meal replacement shakes reviews, to shed some light and help you decide between the many options available. You deserve a protein shake made for YOU! There are literally hundreds of men Looking for the best meal replacement shakes for weight loss? Our comprehensive reviews break down the top diet shakes available on the market. Best & Worst Grab- And- Go Protein Shakes. By Olivia Tarantino. What if I told you there was a magical fairy dust that'd help you lose weight and build muscle? And what if I said you could buy it? Would you? Sure you would. And you wouldn't be alone. Protein powders have cast a spell on the diet industry, and smart users know that the stuff works by blasting fat in three key ways: 1) Protein boosts satiety by filling you up and by helping to slow digestion of carbs, which stabilizes blood sugar levels; 2) your body burns more calories digesting protein compared to fat or carbs; and 3) protein helps maintain muscle mass tissue, which burns more calories at rest than body fat. See: magic! The trouble is that many are made with inflammatory protein sources teeming with artificial additives, tablespoons of added sugar, and nasty chemicals. That's where Eat This, Not That! Our report on The Best Protein Powder for Every Goal blew up the Internet, and now we're back to examine the best (and worst) grab- and- go protein shakes that'll slim you down faster than you san say abracadabra. You'll find 1. 00+ delicious and nutritious recipes in the latest bestseller from David Zinczenko, Zero Belly Smoothies, on sale now. It's weight loss at the press of a button! Our top picks for the best grab- and- go protein shakes contain no artificial sweeteners, high- fructose corn syrup, or hydrogenated oils. In addition, each one has at least 1. Unless otherwise mentioned, all products are sweetened with either stevia or stevia and monk fruit extract, two of our favorite non- nutritive sweeteners. Per 1. 5. 9 fl oz bottle: 2. Organic soy milk (and thus, non- GMO soy) is both the source of protein in this resealable shake and the first ingredient, followed by rice syrup and cane sugar (there's also some stevia added). Rice syrup is being used more often in products because of its high glucose and low fructose content, meaning its sugars are mostly used for energy and fewer (i. The high fiber count will help slow digestion and give you sustained energy. This certified gluten- free, dairy- free, vegan, and kosher shake boasts 8 vitamins and minerals, has 3. DV of vitamin D (which can not only help strengthen bones, but it can also help you lose belly fat). Buy it on Amazon! Per 1. 1. 5 fl oz bottle: 8. If you need something to tide you over until dinner or are planning a long car trip, this shake is for you. With no sugars to spike your blood sugar and incite nagging hunger pangs, this is a great option for those who are looking for just a high- protein snack to curb tummy rumbling. It also contains one of the shortest ingredient lists, including just water, milk protein concentrate, cocoa, natural flavors, cellulose gel and gum, salt, and the sweeteners stevia and monk fruit extract. Don't rely on this one regularly, though. The combination of milk protein and use of carrageenan can cause bloating in those with sensitive stomachs. Buy it on Amazon! Per 1. 1 oz bottle, chocolate: 2. Upgrade your Core Power High Protein Milk Shake with this organic version from Organic Valley. Made with filtered skim milk, cream, and fair- trade unrefined cane sugar, this product is likely safe for those with lactose intolerances due to the addition of lactase enzyme. There's no carrageenan like there is in Core Power. Instead, the emulsifier is replaced with gellan gum. All of which are important as milk protein concentrate, which has a lower percentage of protein than whey isolate, contains more bioactive compounds found in the milk fat that positively influence metabolism and immunity. They keep the sugar count low by adding some cane sugar but supplementing the sweetness with non- nutritive stevia as well. ![]() Like Skinny. Girl shakes, this product uses carrageenan, which could cause inflammation and gastrointestinal problems when consumed often. Buy it on Amazon! Protein powders tested and reviewed by ConsumerLab.com, along with drinks and shakes for meal replacement and dieting. Whey, casein, soy, and pea protein products. Per 1. 1 fl oz bottle: 2. Besides Organic Valley's Organic Fuel, this is the only protein shake we could find on the market that isn't sweetened with non- nutritive sweeteners like monk fruit extract, stevia, or sugar alcohols. So if you're looking for a real- sugar sweetened drink that doesn't have as much protein as Organic Fuel, Orgain has you covered with this blend of only 1. Grab this shake or take a look at What 2. Trainers Eat After a Workout to see how to refuel after a sweat sesh. Buy it on Amazon! Per 1. 5. 2 fl oz bottle: 3. ![]() This real- fruit- puree- , cane- sugar- , and stevia- sweetened strawberry shake from Odwalla contains about 3. The protein source is both milk protein concentrate and isolated soy protein. If you're looking for flavors with more carbs, Odwalla's vanilla and chocolate flavors each come with 4. Buy it on Amazon! Per 1. 1 fl oz bottle: 2. We're big advocates for using plant protein powders. Unlike whey powders, plant protein won't lead to bloat are less likely to include nasty artificial sweeteners, and have been found to be just as effective in building muscle and strength, according to a Nutrition Journal study. Sweetened with stevia and monk fruit extract, this nutritional shake gets its protein power from a blend of brown rice, chia seeds, flax seeds, and hemp. This combo is ideal as single plant- based varieties aren't complete proteins, which means you'd miss out on key muscle- strengthening amino acids. Along with protein, this box comes with an additional 2. Buy it on Amazon! Per 1. 4 fl oz bottle, vanilla: 2. These hormone- free, milk- based drinks are lactose- free due to an ultrafiltration process, which removes most of this naturally occurring sugar (the sugar you see is from added cane sugar, and it's also sweetened with stevia and monk fruit). Fit. Pro is flavored with natural vanilla and cocoa, emulsified with gellan gum instead of carrageenan, and is an excellent source of 1. This shake stands alone in providing the most protein with the fewest ingredients! The benefits of coconut water are that its electrolytes will help rehydrate you while the nutrients in milk proteins replenish glycogen stores and help muscles recover. After a particularly strenuous workout, pair it with a piece of fruit to boost healthy carbs available for your body's recovery. Buy it on Amazon! Per 1. 1 fl oz bottle: 1. For the whey protein crowd, this choice of grass- fed milk protein concentrate is prime. The cows are free of growth hormone r. BST, steroids, antibiotics, and GMOs, it's free of refined sugars (instead, sweetened with agave, monk fruit extract, and stevia), and it's free of inflammatory carrageenan. With its low sugar count, this shake is perfect for busy professionals, moms on- the- go, or students who need something to get them through that 3- hour seminar. Buy it on Amazon! Per 1. 1. 5 fl oz bottle: 1. Made with natural ingredients like grass- fed milk protein isolate, cocoa powder, sea salt, and real Colombian Coffee (yes, there are 1. Check it out in our roundup of the 2. Best New Clean Eats You Can Buy Online. Buy it on Amazon! Per 1. 1 oz bottle: 1. When you're drinking milk products, ultrafiltered milk products, or protein products with . This means that the cows aren't fed a conventional diet of corn and soy products that for starters, can sicken cows enough to require the use of antibiotics, and two, cause high levels of unhealthy fat build- ups, like bad saturated fats and inflammatory omega- 6s. Sweetened with unrefined cane sugar and a touch of stevia, this Organic Balance is a great option after a workout, but may be a little high on the sugar front for a meal replacement or snack. Buy it on Amazon! Per 1. 1 fl oz bottle: 1. Exactly what we want to see in any product made with yogurt: . Made with Orgain's Organic Milk Protein Concentrate along with cultured low- fat milk, two natural prebiotics (pectin and inulin), and 9 vitamins and minerals, this shake is a great pick for your daily dose of protein. Although the milk and cane sugar (it's also sweetened with erythritol) drive both the protein and sugar content, we can't scoff at the 1: 1 protein to sugar ratio when most companies struggle to get close to 1: 2. Not available for purchase on Amazon. Like protein powders, many of the labels of these shakes read like the stock list of a chemistry lab and are made with obscure protein sources, artificial sweeteners, too much sugar, chemical additives, and trans fat. Per 8 fl oz bottle: 3. Don't be fooled by Ensure's claims that this is . That's not even mentioning the fact that the product is full of artificial flavors, conventional nonfat milk, inflammatory vegetable oils, and carrageenan. Per 1. 0 fl oz bottle: 1. On top of its poor protein showing. Plus, the drink contains milk protein concentrate from conventional cows, which contains as many risks as it does benefits, artificial flavors, carrageenan, and artificial sweeteners Sucralose and Acesulfame Potassium. Per 1. 5. 2 fl oz bottle: 3. It does have a 3: 1 ratio of carbs to protein, which experts recommend for post workout recovery, but that doesn't mean gobbling down 5. The odds are stacked against your favor when it comes to minimizing hunger strikes. Per 1. 0 fl oz bottle: 1. If you recently read about these 2. Worst . That should've primed you for their line of breakfast shakes as well. They're made with conventional nonfat milk, whey protein concentrate, and GMO soy protein concentrate as well as 1. Besides the artificial flavors and colors and trans fats, Kellogg's also adds an ingredient called . While it is fermented into anti- inflammatory compounds, a Nutrition Review study found that polydextrose cannot help slow the rate at which food is broken down and nutrients like glucose are absorbed, meaning it won't help you feel full. Per 8 fl oz bottle, vanilla: 2. Before milk protein concentrate is even listed, both sugar and corn syrup are the first ingredients behind water. This shake is also made with artificial flavors and inflammatory vegetable oils which have a high omega 6: omega 3 ratios and can cause weight gain over time. Per 1. 5. 2 fl oz bottle, mango: 3. |
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