???Protein & Absorption Question???

Dova22
Dova22 Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I have been on my fat loss journey for a few months now and I am self learning quite a bit of information to help my current journey through this process while trying to lower body fat %.

I have been watching youtube and reading online about absorption and when to eat foods before work outs or during and even after.

My question is, should I be eating more meals to spread out my protein intake and so that it is doing its job during the absorption timing?

Or can I just have 72 grams of protein in a meal and keep moving on?

Thank you very much for all your help in advanced!
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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,222 Member
    edited January 2023
    Without going into a long story. Total daily protein is the most important factor for protein muscle synthesis (MPS). Saying that, it's a good idea to have a pre workout meal an hour or two before you workout, which ensures MPS will be in auto mode, simply because the pre-workout meal will still be getting absorbed post workout and a post workout meal isn't going to somehow leap frog to be synthesized first.

    Also a decent weight lifting bout elevates MPS sensitivity for 24 to 48 hours so there really is no window post workout so to speak, especially when a pre meal is consumed but I would probably eat sooner than later and for me it's generally 1 hour after and for this meal it's lean protein with few carbs. Pre-workout and the meal before is carb loaded. Personally I like to spread my protein intake evenly throughout the day and the body prefers it as well, from what I can tell. Currently I'm consuming just over 200g's of protein and about half that around my workouts and it's generally within 4 or 5 hours for both of those meals. cheers.
  • Dova22
    Dova22 Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you very much for the insight! That really helps.

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