How many protein can your body digest ?

[Rebelde]

Well my question is how many protein can your body digest in one meal?

 

[*The_West*]

thankfully, it doesn't work like that, try to consume 1.5-2 grams of protein per lb of bodyweight, per day when building muscle. so as i weigh 175 lbs, i eat around 350 g protein a day, so 60 g of protein per meal is good for me, i get the rest from whey shakes

 

[Rebelde]

But my question is if I eat and then im not full and 15 minutes later I drink a protein shake or a bar then and hour later a chicken breast can the body digest all that protein

 

[glover]

As many as you can stuff in your mouth and keep down

 

[yourmomgoestocollege]

Not the way to diet at all. You need to eat to gain, but you also need to eat right. Space your meals out accordingly and do some research man. Depending on your goals break out your proteins, carbs and fats to meet your goals. Your body will really only metabolize about 45-50 grams of protein every 2-3 hours. Maybe a little more if you are in the 250lb range.

 

[Tatyana]

But my question is if I eat and then im not full and 15 minutes later I drink a protein shake or a bar then and hour later a chicken breast can the body digest all that protein

It depends on your body composition as well.

There is also an issue with liquid calories, our bodies are not really designed to 'process' them as well as solid food.

Our bodies will process everything we put in it. Any excess gets stored as fat.

Too much protein will just increase your urea levels if it is not used to build muscle, for repair, hormones, hair, nails, enzymes etc.

I did get a bit of info from someone who is doing their PhD in protein synthesis, and he did have some rough estimate about how many grams of protein could be assimilated per g of muscle or something like that.

I would have to go and search it out.

 

[get456]

Not the way to diet at all. You need to eat to gain, but you also need to eat right. Space your meals out accordingly and do some research man. Depending on your goals break out your proteins, carbs and fats to meet your goals. Your body will really only metabolize about 45-50 grams of protein every 2-3 hours. Maybe a little more if you are in the 250lb range.

I agree with that as a baseline.

I also posted about this earlier... but I am hard pressed to believe most Anyone on this board is consistently eating 2 grams protein per lb/bw. If we use the example of a 200lb'er, that is 400 grams (1600 calories) of ONLY protein... or 8 meals at 50 grams per sitting... which would be circa 7oz COOKED chicken or 2 full scoops protein, 8 times per day.

Toss your carbs and Good fats in there, and you've got a TON of food.

In addition, that much protein requires Substantial increases in water intake... minimal water intake with maximum protein intake= very unhappy kidneys.

I would challenge anyone to keep a fitday journal for 7 days and see how close they get to that number, on average for 7 days. The actual number you get will probably surprise you.

 

[Tatyana]

I asked about how much muscle can someone put on naturally of a PhD candidate and nattie Pro BBer, Layne Norton.

This was his response:


well typically the absolute max amount of amino acids that can be deposited in tissue per day is about 5-10g. So let's say you max that at 10g per day. 10X365 = 3,650 grams. 3650g/454grams per lb = 8.04 lbs. Now that is dry tissue weight. Skeletal mucle is only about 30% dry tissue and 70% water. so if 8.04 is divided by .3 you get about 26.8 lbs per year. Now obviously this is not set in stone but I think it's probably safe to say anything over 25-30 lbs of LEAN tissue gain per year would be close to impossible to achieve without anabolics.

 

[yourmomgoestocollege]

I agree with that as a baseline.

I also posted about this earlier... but I am hard pressed to believe most Anyone on this board is consistently eating 2 grams protein per lb/bw. If we use the example of a 200lb'er, that is 400 grams (1600 calories) of ONLY protein... or 8 meals at 50 grams per sitting... which would be circa 7oz COOKED chicken or 2 full scoops protein, 8 times per day.

Toss your carbs and Good fats in there, and you've got a TON of food.

In addition, that much protein requires Substantial increases in water intake... minimal water intake with maximum protein intake= very unhappy kidneys.

I would challenge anyone to keep a fitday journal for 7 days and see how close they get to that number, on average for 7 days. The actual number you get will probably surprise you.

I agree 100% I average, even when leaning out, about 300 to maybe 325 grams of protein per day. I thought I was getting way more and I did a fitday test for a week and was shocked as hell.

Entering all that info is time consuming as hell (well last time I did it, it was) but worth it in the end. You know what your taking in. I get about 120 grams of my protein from shakes because that is what I have time for. Not ideal and at times I can switch it up and get more solid foods, but 2grams per pound is hard to get to.

 

[get456]

I asked about how much muscle can someone put on naturally of a PhD candidate and nattie Pro BBer, Layne Norton.

This was his response:


well typically the absolute max amount of amino acids that can be deposited in tissue per day is about 5-10g. So let's say you max that at 10g per day. 10X365 = 3,650 grams. 3650g/454grams per lb = 8.04 lbs. Now that is dry tissue weight. Skeletal mucle is only about 30% dry tissue and 70% water. so if 8.04 is divided by .3 you get about 26.8 lbs per year. Now obviously this is not set in stone but I think it's probably safe to say anything over 25-30 lbs of LEAN tissue gain per year would be close to impossible to achieve without anabolics.

.... 2 lbs per month lean muscle gain?

I think everyone on this board can agree that is almost impossible... when was the last time Layne added 2lbs per month of muscle? Maybe he means up to a point?

I mean shit, Jay Cutler would be lucky to add 5lbs between the 07 and 08 olympia and that is WITH a research lab full of bodybuilding drugs