When purchasing home exercise equipment you should know your goals of what you want accomplished. You should know what changes you want in yourself and what you want to workout. You should also know the safety of the equipment and if it is safe for you to use it. I hope this helps!
She could consume calories that are greater than 1500 because the baby within her womb will be taking in some calories for him/herself and leave the mother with less food being digested for herself.
From the context of the question, I am going to say placebo. This is me assuming, however, that both groups were told that their drinks had the protein powder
