Protein intake

[Rajincajun]

I have read through a lot of info on protein but what I can't seem to find is something that says you need to take X amount of protein within an X amount of time.

I know I should intake protein after a workout, in the morning etc. but how much? What do we really know about how much the body can take up in one sitting and how much can it take up through the day?

 

[MR. BMJ]

Here's an article that Alan Aragon wrote:

http://www.wannabebig.com/diet-and-...ch-protein-the-body-can-use-in-a-single-meal/

 

[liftsiron]

Here's an article that Alan Aragon wrote:

http://www.wannabebig.com/diet-and-...ch-protein-the-body-can-use-in-a-single-meal/

Good article! We have a research article or two on here in regard to pulse feeding.
Research has shown that we can process and utilize as much as 300+ grams of protein in a single meal.
Protein is digested and absorbed primarily in the intestine not in the stomach as the clowns seem to believe who advocate no more than 30 grams per meal.
Greats like Serge Nubret and Momo Benazziza used to consume as much as 300 or more grams of protein in a single meal. Does anyone think Arnold, Franco, Haney, Cutler or Ronnie limits meals to 30 grams.

 

[clutchitalian]

wow 300 grams of protein sounds like a lot but then again i could eat like 5 steaks in one sitting lol....ive always thought that 30 gram per meal thing was bullshit

 

[Rajincajun]

Thanks for the input..

 

[liftsiron]

wow 300 grams of protein sounds like a lot but then again i could eat like 5 steaks in one sitting lol....ive always thought that 30 gram per meal thing was bullshit

Serge Nubert, ate 300-400 grams of protein in his one big meal of the day.

 

[willi]

That was a great read!

 

[IBBAdmin]

45-50 in a sitting, 6 times a day was me back in the day

 

[millenium girl]

I wouldn't take more than 40g protein at a time.

 

[liftsiron]

J Nutr. 2002 May;132(5):1002-8. Related Articles, Links


Pulse protein feeding pattern restores stimulation of muscle protein synthesis during the feeding period in old rats.

Arnal MA, Mosoni L, Dardevet D, Ribeyre MC, Bayle G, Prugnaud J, Patureau Mirand P.

Unite de Nutrition et Metabolisme Proteique, Centre INRA de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, 63122 Theix, France.

Muscle loss during aging could be related to a lower sensitivity of muscle protein synthesis to feeding. To overcome this decrease without increasing protein intake, we proposed to modulate the daily protein feeding pattern. We showed that consuming 80% of dietary proteins at noon (pulse pattern) improved nitrogen balance in elderly women. The present study was undertaken in rats to determine which tissues are the targets of the pulse pattern and what mechanisms are involved. Male Sprague-Dawley 11- and 23-mo-old rats (n = 32 per age) were fed 4 isoproteic (18% protein) meals/d for 10 d. Then half of the rats at each age were switched to a 11/66/11/11% repartition of daily proteins (pulse pattern) for 21 d. On d 21, rats were injected with a flooding dose of L-(13)C-valine (50 atom% excess, 150 micromol/100 g body) and protein synthesis rates were measured in liver, small intestine and gastrocnemius muscle in either the postabsorptive or the fed state. Epitrochlearis muscle degradation rates and plasma amino acid concentrations were measured at the same times. The pulse pattern had the following effects: 1) it significantly increased liver protein synthesis response to feeding and postprandial plasma amino acid concentrations at both ages; 2) it restored a significant response to feeding of gastrocnemius muscle protein synthesis in old rats; and 3) it had no effect in small intestine or on muscle breakdown. Thus, using a pulse pattern could be useful in preventing the age-related loss of muscle by increasing feeding-induced stimulation of muscle protein synthesis.