How Much Protien at a Sitting?

[nydj66]

I have heard (and read) many fitness experts say that your body can only absorb about 30-35g of protien at one time. Anything beyond that will be converted to glucose or pissed away in the urine.

Have you all found that to be true and how do AAS affect the body's protien absorbing capacity?

Also, how long should you wait between eating sources of protien so that you body can absorb it?

 

[G205]

yeah thats right but with some people it might be more i would stick to eating every 2 to 3 hours and hjave a shake just before bed. if your bulking up i would have snacks between meals if you can manager it

 

[view]

Its an absolute myth that the body can only digest 30-35 grams in one sitting.

The more you eat, the more your body upregulates digestive enzymes to make use of the protien.

Look at all the biggest guys on the board -- and whats the common denominator -- they eat 60-90 grams of protien 6-8 times per day.

 

[hammertime30]

it's totally based on what you mix it with....If you mix it with a carb then you don't want to go too far over 50g or else it can cause digestion issues....If you take it straight with nothing then you can easily digest much more however, regardless your body is only going to take what it wants and needs at the moment and get rid of the rest which is why it's best to stretch it out over 6-7 meals so that it's utilized more effeciently...That's the short version....for it gets much deeper than that!

 

[junk]

That is pure BULLSHIT.

There's a good article by Lyle McDonald on that too. Body can digest only 30-35g of protein? really? and what does the 'body' do with the rest?

Store it as fat? If so I would get someone theoratically eating just 500g of proteins a day with nothing else would be obese. NOT

Shitting it? So I guess you can eat just protein all day long in unhuman amounts and be as lean as a hell. NOT

BTW protein is 'harder' for the body to convert using biological process to end as fat adipose. anyway, so it's better to consume more protein than more carbs or more fat (usually that is)

 

[georgie24]

ginger root will help you ingest that shit

 

[javaguru]

Not to mention that gently processed proteins like micellar casein and milk isolate contain casomorphins which slow intestinal motility and increasing digestion. Nobody has done a study so any numbers given are pure BS.

 

[slat1]

I throw down 70grams in a shake multiple times a day. I don't shit it out either. My body sucks it up. I think the longer I have been working out the more my body can take in. If I have a meal replacement I generally do not go that high... not sure if its the carbs or what. Learn your body's response and go by that!
Good Luck

 

[hammertime30]

That is pure BULLSHIT.

There's a good article by Lyle McDonald on that too. Body can digest only 30-35g of protein? really? and what does the 'body' do with the rest?

Store it as fat? If so I would get someone theoratically eating just 500g of proteins a day with nothing else would be obese. NOT

Shitting it? So I guess you can eat just protein all day long in unhuman amounts and be as lean as a hell. NOT

BTW protein is 'harder' for the body to convert using biological process to end as fat adipose. anyway, so it's better to consume more protein than more carbs or more fat (usually that is)

A person that weight trains can intake more protein than a person who doesn't and not have it convert to fat.....Regardless of what you read, your body is much more efficient than that depending on other factors. Such as the amount of essential fats and carbs in your diet as well as daily activities....Because if that was the case, I intake 55g of protein right after weight training and then intake another 60g about 2 hours later....Even when not juicing, my stomach stays flat! However if my room mate did that same thing, he would blow up like a balloon! So again there are many other factors that comes into play for just because someone wrote an article on it doesn't mean that he's dead on....Some say 1g of protein per 1lb is perfect, some say you need 1.5g and others say you need 2g! The reason being because some people need more than others and are only giving advice based on their experiences. Just like some people think that you can get essential proteins as a vegetarian and we are talking about doctors here, but that's not entirely true.....There are very important proteins that your body needs to rebuild itself that can only be found in a meat source!!! So we it comes down to the human body we can argue about it all day long, but again, everyone's body is different and what causes you to get fat, gain muscle, get stronger or what ever, doesn't necessarily go for my body!!

 

[Dial_tone]

I try to limit it to 50g from a shake and 40g w/ginger root if it's from real food.