How much protein can the body use?

establishingaplace
establishingaplace Posts: 301 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I read somewhere around the internet once or twice that if your body only absorbs/uses a certain amount of protein per meal. So, for example, 30g might be your max so if you eat 50g, that extra 20g is a waste of your time.

Is this fact or fiction?

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  • amybg1
    amybg1 Posts: 631 Member
    It is fact! Since your body can only absorb a certain amount at a time if you eat more than it needs it will use the extra protein and convert it into something else it requires
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    It is fact! Since your body can only absorb a certain amount at a time if you eat more than it needs it will use the extra protein and convert it into something else it requires

    Nope

    http://www.wannabebig.com/diet-and-nutrition/is-there-a-limit-to-how-much-protein-the-body-can-use-in-a-single-meal/
  • amybg1
    amybg1 Posts: 631 Member
    Am not suggesting that the max one can consume is 20-30g in one shot but logically it would take a lot longer for them to process say 50g+ in an entire meal, and if not used to repair/fuel the muscle will be converted to other energy to support other body systems
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,021 Member
    It uses what it's provided. It's been recently challenged that the 20-30g absorption per sitting was proven inaccurate.

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  • GreatDepression
    GreatDepression Posts: 347 Member
    This argument is used to justify the higher prices of casein since it is a "slower absorbing" protein than whey protein. I don't know what to believe anymore.
  • establishingaplace
    establishingaplace Posts: 301 Member
    This argument is used to justify the higher prices of casein since it is a "slower absorbing" protein than whey protein. I don't know what to believe anymore.

    I am skeptical of everything I read and don't have the patience to sift through research to determine anything. So I believe the people here who seem science-minded enough to do that research.
  • establishingaplace
    establishingaplace Posts: 301 Member
    It is fact! Since your body can only absorb a certain amount at a time if you eat more than it needs it will use the extra protein and convert it into something else it requires

    Nope

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

    Thanks! The simple logic in the beginning was definitely simple. And I had forgotten that there are people who eat 1 meal a day and don't have protein deficiency issues.
  • nosebag1212
    nosebag1212 Posts: 621 Member
    rubbish promoted by the supplement companies to convice you to buy their products, any excess protein you consume gets converted to carbs via gluconeogenesis
  • gonefishin1282
    gonefishin1282 Posts: 44 Member
    You are supposed to consume your body weight x .82 in grams of protein. I am 255lbs and on average I consume 240-270g of protein daily.

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