Too Much Protein??

[mike12]

im tryin to gain some wegiht im at 6"1 at 170lbs..ive ben working out for a year but i wana sttart actualy gaining just wondering is this too much protein:

-3 weight gainer shakes - 60g each - spread out throughout the day
-1 isoflex shake - about 40g - after workouts

plus eating ALOT of meat and milk and all of that..

thanks for any info

 

[Pat_McCrotch]

No it is not too much protein assuming you have normal functioning renal system. You will et better gains from meats but if you are unable to eat all the time like myself shakes are great.

I(f you are training hard enough to need to 60gr per shake then you should be able to retain alot of that protien and not shit it or piss it away.

 

[krk]

No it is not too much protein assuming you have normal functioning renal system. You will et better gains from meats but if you are unable to eat all the time like myself shakes are great.

I(f you are training hard enough to need to 60gr per shake then you should be able to retain alot of that protien and not shit it or piss it away.

I have heard this "shit or piss away extra protein" comment on these boards a few times. True, if you take in a ton of protein some if it won't be digested and will pass through, but alot of the excess will eventually be broken down and stored in a form nobody wants to store it. Think about it, if unwanted protein just passed through the body, then you couldn't assing a caloric value to it.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[Pat_McCrotch]

what do you think it stores it in. protein is broken doen into energy if there are no other forms available. yes it can turn into ketoacidosis and can become deadly but it takes too much and if you r kidneys are normal then you should not have this problem. so therefore it is excreted.

 

[krk]

what do you think it stores it in. protein is broken doen into energy if there are no other forms available. yes it can turn into ketoacidosis and can become deadly but it takes too much and if you r kidneys are normal then you should not have this problem. so therefore it is excreted.

I have read alot of places (and I try not to believe everything I read), that large amounts of excess protein over extended periods will at the least encourage the body to hold onto some fat. I guess I just don't understand how protein can have a calorific value if in almost all cases it is either stored as muscle or just excreted. I have put this question on the forum twice, and have only gotten one answer. I appreciate the response, and if you have any links to help me out, or anyone has another response, thats great.

 

[nicolus]

I have read alot of places (and I try not to believe everything I read), that large amounts of excess protein over extended periods will at the least encourage the body to hold onto some fat. I guess I just don't understand how protein can have a calorific value if in almost all cases it is either stored as muscle or just excreted. I have put this question on the forum twice, and have only gotten one answer. I appreciate the response, and if you have any links to help me out, or anyone has another response, thats great.

calories in and calories out; everything you eat conatins calories:

1 gram of fat = 9 calories; 1 gram of protein = 4 calories; 1 gram of carbohydrates = 4 calories; 1 gram of alcohol = 7 calories (empty calories).

No matter what you eat, if you eat in excess (besides what you need to grow and function) it becomes stored energy. Calories (energy) that are not used are stored - simply put.

try this : http://ific.org/foodinsight/2003/ma/caloriesfi203.cfm

So if the protein is not used to build muscle, or to burn calories as energy, then it is stored as fat; and the WASTE is crapped or pissed out.