Jake Sport: Useful for bulking up?

[Cal]

Hi Everyone,
I recently ordered a sample of Jake Sport and there were a few things I wanted to know that I may not be able to gage from just trying it the once.
I'm a very slim guy, and want to bulk up, would having all 4 meals a day be too much, or should I cut it down to 3? Furthermore, how is it as a full meal replacement? I'm looking at maybe having it as a complete replacement for the weekdays with snacks, and eating normally on the weekends.
And lastly, I read that the first time trying it, the taste isn't great, but that it gets nicer the more you drink it, can anyone confirm this to be true?

Thanks a lot everyone

[Vlyn]

Watch out, if you look to replace 100% you need to consume all 4 of the sports variant (As they only have about 25% of your daily vitamin requirements at a higher caloric density).

When it comes to taste, I used Jake Original for about 95% of my meals and it started out okayish, went to decent and then to bad (I still blame it on the batches I received as it was such a sudden change with the new delivery).

Try out a caloric intake calculator, put your weight and height in and see how many calories you need each day. Compare it with the amount in the various Jake versions (and don't overdo it, too many calories over your daily needs won't lead to bulking but to you getting fat instead. Of course you need to calculate in calories burned due to sports).

[Astrid]

I can confirm the taste thing, it's kind of strange the first time. Do note that I've never had protein shakes before. The closest thing where smoothies or milkshakes. Anyways you just get familiar with it quickly. It grew on me if anything. I'm using Light though not Sports, might be different

[AnjaVijf]

3 Jake Sports each day is fine for me, after I had calculated my daily calorie requirements. I dont know if its enough for a male who wants to bulk up, but you can add some protein/salt to the shake to make sure you get everything you need.
It sure is possible to use it as a full meal replacement, but I like to vary with normal food cause of the taste. You get used to it, but its not the same as normal food.

[ryanhellyer]

I think using Jake as your sole food source is a very bad idea. It's not exactly a well balanced meal, and I suspect the glycemic index is very high too, just like Soylent.

For bulking up you should add some creatine too, since that's proven to increase muscle mass without any side effects. A good quality whey protein would be a smart idea too.

Jake may be a good option if you just want to jack your caloric intake up quickly though, as you can consume a huge amount of calories extremely quickly and without breaking the bank.

[ryanhellyer]

I may have been incorrect about that glycemic index comment. It seems Jake hasn't bothered measuring it though, so it's impossible to be sure, but the user report in this other thread indicates the glycemic effect of Jake may be quite good.

Glycaemic index of Jake products?

[Frank_Official]

Interesting @ryanhellyer. What would you change about Jake to make it an exactly well-balanced meal?

[ryanhellyer]

I thought Jake had a very high glycemic index due to the use of Maltodextrin. It seems I was wrong. So perhaps it's not as bad as I thought. I mentioned this above.