Protein per meal?

cattee3
cattee3 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 30 in Food and Nutrition
Is there a max amount of protein our body could process at a time? Say my daily goal is 100g of protein. Would my body be able to process it if I drink a protein shake (25g) with my breakfast (25g)?
Also, I've heard carbs play an important part in the absorption of protein. Is there a ratio of protein:carbs to abide by?
Many thanks and a big shout out to clean meals!!!

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  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    At one time, not necessarily a limit. It is more optimal to space out your protein, but as long as you hit your daily minimums, you don't need to worry about dividing your protein per meal. I just finished off my protein with a meal that contained 80-100 grams of protein. And no, carbs are not needed for protein absorption. Stick with .8-1 gram of protein per lb of body weight, .4-.6 grams for fat and fill the rest with carbs(: don't worry about macros per meal, but hitting overall daily goals(:
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Shout out to clean meals... while drinking protein powder... :huh:
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Half your protein at breakfast seems a bit uneven. Your body can oxidise all the excess protein and you pee out the nitrogen. No problem (nor benefit).

    Carbs are not needed for uptake of protein.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    " carbs play an important part in the absorption of protein". - that's a new one......and not true.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Clean meals really isn't a thing. I challenge you to explain what it means.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Shout out to clean meals... while drinking protein powder... :huh:

    Whey is dirty now?
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    http://wannabebig.com/diet-and-nutrition/is-there-a-limit-to-how-much-protein-the-body-can-use-in-a-single-meal/
  • cattee3
    cattee3 Posts: 6 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Clean meals really isn't a thing. I challenge you to explain what it means.

    I just mean making better decisions in terms of what I put into my body. Hitting protein, carbs and calories could be done through eating butter, reg potatoes, and pork, but I could also hit it through eating whole wheat pasta, sweet potatoes, and extra lean meat.
  • cattee3
    cattee3 Posts: 6 Member
    edited March 2016
    @pinggolfer96 thank you! That's really informative!
    @Carlos_421 great article thank you!
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    cattee3 wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Clean meals really isn't a thing. I challenge you to explain what it means.

    I just mean making better decisions in terms of what I put into my body. Hitting protein, carbs and calories could be done through eating butter, reg potatoes, and pork, but I could also hit it through eating whole wheat pasta, sweet potatoes, and extra lean meat.

    Other than the fact there's no dietary fat in the latter.....
    An essential macronutrient
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited March 2016
    cattee3 wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Clean meals really isn't a thing. I challenge you to explain what it means.

    I just mean making better decisions in terms of what I put into my body. Hitting protein, carbs and calories could be done through eating butter, reg potatoes, and pork, but I could also hit it through eating whole wheat pasta, sweet potatoes, and extra lean meat.

    Potatoes and sweet potatoes are similarly nutrient-rich, just a different mix of nutrients. The peel is a nutritious part of both, so if you want to maximize the nutrients keep it on.

    Pork is plenty lean much of the time (and delicious). I get mine from a local farm and they are a breed less lean than what's more commonly commercially available, but even so a pork chop isn't all that high fat (and fat isn't bad for us, although you don't want to overdo sat fat, sure).

    Rather than worrying about super lean meat I eat a good variety, including some things (like chicken breast and turkey breast and lots of fish and shellfish) that tends to be leaner/lower cal and other meats too (I don't eat a lot of extremely high fat meats, but that's just personal preference).

    Anyway, most people seem to mean something about processing when they use the term "clean," so it gets confusing, and they wouldn't mean to exclude, say, a steak, whereas a protein shake is obviously super processed (I'm not anti protein powder, though, although I try to get my protein from other sources most of the time).
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