I feel like protein shakes don't help

[Zimbabwe]

Yea you can buy, what, 8-10 dozen eggs for the cost of a typical jug of powder? 3-4 eggs contain as much protein as a scoop of powder and have many other nutrients.

I can get a kg of GMO and soy free protein powder for $30 here in Australia with about 24g protein per scoop.

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A carton of 12 eggs in Australia is $4.50, which is $36 for about 8 cartons.
Each egg has 13g of protein.

https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/175905/woolworths-12-extra-large-free-range-eggs

The powder still works out to be cheaper and it's easier then eating 3-4 eggs a day. Most of the nutrients come from the yellow part which is high in cholesterol so I can't imagine that being very healthy to have everyday