Thread: Protein intake question

That is a myth. Your body can absorb more. How much? Depends on million factors.
Look at it this way, 75 year old granny can absorb same amount as jay cutler? Is ridiculous.

Why are u bothering about it anyway? If u need like 200g of protein, that is 33g of protein in 6 meals. That's it. U r not going to eat 100g protein twice daily, aren't u?

Originally Posted by Night_Wolf

That is a myth. Your body can absorb more. How much? Depends on million factors.
Look at it this way, 75 year old granny can absorb same amount as jay cutler? Is ridiculous.

Why are u bothering about it anyway? If u need like 200g of protein, that is 33g of protein in 6 meals. That's it. U r not going to eat 100g protein twice daily, aren't u?

No but I do try to get 80 pre workout and 80 post. Then Get anouther 100 atleast out of 4 meals. I was shooting for 1.5g per lb of weight. I ask because if that was true I would only be getting 170 on average aday instead of near the 270 mark I am aiming for. If it was true I would also be spending double on my protein mix for no reason.

Just make sure you reach your goal at the end of the day...dont worry about a certain amount at a meal.

Calculate how much protein u need and divide that with number of meals and u r good 2 go.
80g per meal is too much.

i always try to get 50-60 grams

Originally Posted by gamma

i always try to get 50-60 grams

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Originally Posted by Night_Wolf

That is a myth. Your body can absorb more. How much? Depends on million factors.
Look at it this way, 75 year old granny can absorb same amount as jay cutler? Is ridiculous.

You might want to do some math and re-examine your biology books related to protein absorption in the intestine. There is indeed a limit to how much protein you can absorb. And believe it or not, Jay can probably only absorb about 50% more than the granny. On a good day.

More than about 250 grams a day is a waste. But don't trust my word, do a Google search and some simple math. Whey is a fast absorbing protein, so hit Google to see how fast whey is absorbed, in grams per hour. There are 24 hours in a day. Do the math.

As for the 35 grams per meal, I explained the rationale in this post: Protein absorption meal frequency question

In a nutshell, only the first half of your intestine really absorbs protein, and depending on how fast your stomach empties, your meal might not spend enough time in that part of your intestine for all the protein to be absorbed.

Also, more than about a gram per pound of body mass (assuming you're not fat) is a waste. Think about it. If all that protein went to building muscle, and muscle is about 25% protein, then 120 grams of protein would equal a pound of muscle. And I think you'll agree that no one gains a pound of muscle a day.

Dude you r forgeting hormones...

This is how much u can gain daily:
Multiply your weight in pounds by 1.818 (=... grams). That is your potential daily mass gain. Yeah.

U just need to control your hormones - suppres cortisol, increase anabolism and increase metabolism.

One more thing, 1g per 1lb is maybe for natural guy with average genetics. What about natural freak mesomorph? What about freak mesomorph on test, tren, gh, slin, igf-1?

My 2 cents.

Originally Posted by ThreeGigs

You might want to do some math and re-examine your biology books related to protein absorption in the intestine. There is indeed a limit to how much protein you can absorb. And believe it or not, Jay can probably only absorb about 50% more than the granny. On a good day.

More than about 250 grams a day is a waste. But don't trust my word, do a Google search and some simple math. Whey is a fast absorbing protein, so hit Google to see how fast whey is absorbed, in grams per hour. There are 24 hours in a day. Do the math.

As for the 35 grams per meal, I explained the rationale in this post: Protein absorption meal frequency question

In a nutshell, only the first half of your intestine really absorbs protein, and depending on how fast your stomach empties, your meal might not spend enough time in that part of your intestine for all the protein to be absorbed.

Also, more than about a gram per pound of body mass (assuming you're not fat) is a waste. Think about it. If all that protein went to building muscle, and muscle is about 25% protein, then 120 grams of protein would equal a pound of muscle. And I think you'll agree that no one gains a pound of muscle a day.

Wow thanks bro this was exactly what I was looking for.

Originally Posted by Night_Wolf

Dude you r forgeting hormones...

This is how much u can gain daily:
Multiply your weight in pounds by 1.818 (=... grams). That is your potential daily mass gain. Yeah.

U just need to control your hormones - suppres cortisol, increase anabolism and increase metabolism.

One more thing, 1g per 1lb is maybe for natural guy with average genetics. What about natural freak mesomorph? What about freak mesomorph on test, tren, gh, slin, igf-1?

My 2 cents.

thanks man this helps alot!!!