The Ultimate Café is serving up fresh protein shakes daily during staff hours. We also have self-serve vending machines offering healthy alternative snacks, water and Gatorade.
We try to make it easy for you to make healthy choices in your life. If you are on the go but need a snack to re-fuel, try something from our snack vending machines. The items in there are healthy ‘on the go’ snacks like reduced fat, whole grain chips, protein bars, trail mix, and packets of protein powder that can be mixed into a bottle of water or juice.
Benefits of Protein Shakes
One of the most common misconceptions about protein shakes is that they are for ‘muscle heads’ or people who want to ‘bulk up’ and build large muscles.
This couldn’t be further from the truth. Almost everyone could benefit from some extra protein in his or her diet. Incorporating lean forms of protein like whey protein, the kind we use in our protein shakes. can help your body build lean muscle in conjunction with your workout. Lean muscle helps your body burn fat more efficiently, which mean you will naturally burn more calories during the day.
Shakes make great ‘in between meals’ to help increase your meal frequency and keep your metabolism burning efficiently.
***We also offer shakes with added Glucosamine for joint health.
Our protein shakes are made fresh to order and come in a variety of delicious flavors like chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and cookies and cream.
Are You Getting Enough Protein in Your Diet?
You should consume 1 gram of protein per lean body pound. To lean what your lean body weight is, come in for a free body fat analysis. This will help you understand how much protein should be included in your daily diet.
A healthy diet that replaces some carbohydrates with either protein or monounsaturated fat can substantially reduce blood pressure and cholesterol levels, resulting in a substantial reduction in overall risk of heart disease, according to government-funded studies by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and elsewhere.
To schedule a free body fat analysis, use the contact form.
Benefits Of Whey Protein
- The amino acids present in the whey protein prove to be essential for the growth of healthy muscles, nails, skin and other connective tissue, thereby helping in improving body composition and enhancing athletic performance.
- Whey protein is helpful for the repair and growth of muscle tissue, mainly necessary after a workout.
- Boosts immune function by increasing levels of glutathione (the most potent antioxidant in the body)
- Studies have shown that whey may potentially reduce cancer rates, combat HIV, improve immunity, reduce stress and lower cortisol, increase brain serotonin levels, improve liver function in those suffering from certain forms of hepatitis, reduce blood pressure and improve performance.
- Whey proteins are easy to digest and very gentle to the system and thus, make an excellent protein choice.
- Since whey proteins have almost negligible fat, lactose and cholesterol, they are beneficial for patients diagnosed with diabetes, especially Type 2. It helps control blood glucose levels and is effective in case of weight management as well.
- Research suggests that whey proteins contain a number of components that are found in human breast milk. It is key ingredient found in all the infant formulas. For those who cannot breast-feed their child, infant formulas, containing whey protein is the best option to explore.
- For aged people, consumption of whey protein helps prevent bone loss. A diet, rich in whey protein, would help keep bones and muscles healthy and strong.• While recuperating from wounds and surgical incisions, our body requires a lot of proteins. Being rich in content, whey protein is the most preferred choice.
- Another effective benefit of whey protein is that it helps in supporting both healthy weight-loss, as an appetite suppressant and muscle enhancing nutritional programs.