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Originally Posted by valo403
Unless your dumping protein powder into things and not altering portion sizes to account for it it can be a great benefit even without exercise in that it leaves you feeling full longer. A hanful of berries and some ice can make a good smoothie, but it won't hold you over from 8 until lunch. Add a scoop of protein powder and it likely will. That's a major benefit for people who are looking to cut out fast food and other garbage, the between meals hunger is easily filled by reaching for a bag of chips.
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While protein does suck in water, a 30g scoop of powder is not filling in the least. That 120 calories could be replaced with many, many vegetables, for example, which would be much more filling.