Ditch The Junk: My Favorite Clean Protein Powder Swaps
Not all protein powders are created equal ☁️
Happy Sunday! Moving into summer, I am working on staying off my phone/social media and I encourage you to do the same if you feel you need to! I want to focus on slowing down and spending more time outside. I am implementing very limited phone use on Saturdays so I decided to switch to SUNDAY SWAPS for the time being! Also, a lot of you told me you don’t really check your phones on Saturdays anyways!
My broadcast channel (which is back btw- so be sure to rejoin if you want to vote for next week) voted for cleaner protein powder swaps this week! Protein powder has been essential during my healing journey because I am someone who needs to eat a higher protein diet. It can be difficult for me to get in enough protein because I cannot eat dairy or eggs and there is only so much meat I can eat sometimes!! That’s where protein powder can act as a great supplement. And I truly believe it should be used as a supplement! If you are consuming it frequently, ideally it should have the best ingredients possible! I am rounding up some of my favorite brands with the simplest ingredients below:
PROTEIN POWDER STARTER PACK
Just Ingredients: Just Ingredients makes protein powder with clean and simple ingredients. They have dairy-free options and tons of flavors. LESSWITHLAUR gets you a discount on their entire website!
Sprout Living: This brand has several different types of protein powder, which I love. They have unflavored (which is super creamy and blends really well into smoothies). I also like that they offer plain proteins- pea protein, sunflower protein and pumpkin protein. These can be great for people who are on limited diets and don’t want a protein powder with multiple ingredients. LESSWITHLAUR gets you a discount on their entire website!
Ora Organic: I have not personally tried this protein powder yet, but it has clean and simple ingredients and is a great option! LESSWITHLAUR gets you a discount on Healthillie’s entire website!
Nutiva: I always come back to this one because it’s super simple and never lets me down. I love to have a plain, one ingredient option that I know I will always tolerate. I just mix it in with my smoothies and I don’t even taste it.
Truvani: I have been using Truvani protein powder for years now. It comes in a variety of flavors, but I usually opt for vanilla. Every product is also rigorously third-party tested for quality, effectiveness and heavy metals. This brand uses simple and clean ingredients.
Anthony’s: This brand also makes a simple one ingredient protein powder. It is organic and gluten-free!
Be Well: This protein powder uses minimal ingredients and is a grass-fed protein powder. You can grab it right on Amazon!
Equip Foods: Equip protein is just one ingredient and also has lower histamine options! Code LESSWITHLAUR gets you a discount on their website!
FlavCity: FlavCity makes an all-in-one vegan protein smoothie. Their vanilla flavor is delicious!
Terrasoul: This brand is amazing for high-quality and organic baking staples. They also make pea protein and brown rice protein!
Paleovalley: This brand has a grass-fed bone broth protein option with multiple flavors! They use simple ingredients and LESSWITHLAUR gets you 15% off the entire website (their meat sticks are amazing too)!
What is your favorite protein powder that you’ve tried?
All of the previous swap emails can also be found in the swaps section of my Substack if you ever need to reference them! The great thing about Substack is that I can also edit and update the posts to reflect new brands I’ve found- so I will be able to keep these guides up-to-date! ❤️