Thread: My new favorite snack....

Originally Posted by Uthinkso

Which to be honest seems like no food what so ever.

It's a shit load of food if it's clean.

Originally Posted by milod

Hi Jodi,

I'm curious - what is the source of that number? Why 40g instead of 30g or 80g? Does it matter what kind of protein you are consuming? There's a pretty big difference between the usability of egg proteins and legumes, for example.

Thanks for any insight you can share,
--milo

It's not a number set it stone and it really depends on your body. It's just an average number. It's very unlikely that people can digest more than 40-50g of protein. If you use smaller amounts of protein you body becomes more efficient of using all that protien for repair and energy. Your body has to break those proteins down into amino acids and peptides first but the protein doesn't sit there waiting to be broken down. It gets digested and used for other things such as feeding bacteria and glucose production.

I think the slower digesting proteins will get broken down more than fast digesting proteins such as egg whites, fish and whey.

Legumes are an excellent source of protein. Add them in with some brown rice and you have a complete protein.

Originally Posted by Uthinkso

For all six meals. From what I have gathered I should balance my meals on a cut, well anytime really, so my balance would be 40g protein, 30g carbs and 10g fat???

Which to be honest seems like no food what so ever.

Yo don't want carbs in your 5th and 6th meal if you are trying to lose unless they revolve around your workout.