Is it better to eat a tablespoon of coconut oil or take a protein shake before bed so that when your body sleeps it doesn’t eat your muscle? In addition, is it okay to give kids protein powder?

GREAT question…by all means have both. I NEVER go to bed hungry… even if I am chomping on broccoli at 11pm. If I go to bed hungry, there is a chance that I will have to resist the 2am peanut butter raid. (Saying that this is always the outcome is just setting me up for failure).

This is a good article about children and protein shakes. I would also add that you just want to make sure there are no artificial ingredients, but then again, you don’t have them so your shakes should be fine. http://www.livestrong.com/article/502132-can-children-have-whey-powder/

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