Max Protein that can be absorbed per serving

mfaine

The lady at the local nutrition store was giving me unsolicited "advice", and told me that the human body can't absorb more than 20 grams of protein per meal/serving,etc. She said buying a protein supplement that has anything more than 20 grams per serving is wasted protein. What do you think?

chimp517

I sometimes eat more than 100 grams in a meal and have been doing fine.

AnvilHead

The lady at the local nutrition store is relying on old wives' tales, not research:

http://www.wannabebig.com/diet-and-nutrition/is-there-a-limit-to-how-much-protein-the-body-can-use-in-a-single-meal/

Sarauk2sf

The lady at the local nutrition store is relying on old wives' tales, not research:

http://www.wannabebig.com/diet-and-nutrition/is-there-a-limit-to-how-much-protein-the-body-can-use-in-a-single-meal/

To add to this

http://www.clinicalnutritionjournal.com/article/S0261-5614(12)00266-X/fulltext

http://www.tomvenuto.com/asktom/protein_grams_per_meal.shtml

mfaine

Yeah, thought as much. It didn't seem to pass the common sense smell test. That is why I hate it when they do that. I think often the goal is to push a different product on you and they want to eliminate any of its shortcomings beforehand. I'm not sure she had any ulterior motives and was being sincere, but she was sincerely wrong. That is the problem with stores like this. Too much broscience or I guess in this case "mom and pop" science, plus they traffic in homeopathic woo woo that I think diminishes, if not completely negates, their credibility.