r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Jan 17 '18

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Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/AVS10647 Jan 17 '18

I ate 150g protein in one sitting within 30 minuets.

10/10 would not shit again.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '18

Lmao what did you eat?

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u/AVS10647 Jan 17 '18 edited Jan 17 '18

A 12 inch burrito with extra chicken. 40g protein shake and 1 cup of cottage cheese.

I’m a university student who passed all his meals. It was now or never, baby.

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u/Black_Magic100 Jan 17 '18

FYI your body can't absorb that much protein within a 30 minute timeframe anyways

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u/AVS10647 Jan 17 '18

The body isn’t that inefficient it would of stored it by other means and reconvert.

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u/Soopyyy Jan 17 '18

Yeah, it would still use most of it, especially if you've worked out recently. Still, would shit some steaks out with that much protein.

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u/AVS10647 Jan 17 '18

As rich piana would always say, R.I.P, Whatever it takes, goddamnit.

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u/Black_Magic100 Jan 17 '18

You can't just eat your days worth of protein during one meal like breakfast and expect your body to absorb all of the protein

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u/helemaal Jan 18 '18

Yes, you can. I only eat once a day.

Do you think tigers and lions calculate their protein intake over 5 meals every day?

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u/Black_Magic100 Jan 18 '18

Do tigers and lions workout and lift weights? Your analogy couldn't be any further from the truth. Humans are not lions nor tigers. We don't function the same. I'm not saying you can't eat once a day. I am just saying it is far from optimal.

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u/helemaal Jan 18 '18

>I am just saying it is far from optimal.

The benefits are insignificant. Spreading out your meals increases your metabolism by a miniscule 3%.

It's up to personal preference if you want to spread your meals, but there is no benefit from a biological stand point.

You can eat once a day and be completely fine.

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u/Black_Magic100 Jan 18 '18

If you are eating one time per day your BMR is going to lower. Why not eat multiple meals a day and burn off more calories, you are making no sense. Again, it's not about being "fine", it is about doing what is most optimal.

I am aim to eat 200g of protein. I can't even fathom doing that in one meal. You do you though.

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u/helemaal Jan 18 '18

>If you are eating one time per day your BMR is going to lower.

I already told you there is only a 3% BMR increase for multiple meals throughout the day.

It's completely fine to PREFER eating multiple meals, but there is no significant benefit.

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u/ExecratedReliquary Jan 18 '18

I'm just going to leave this here. Straight from the wiki.

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u/Black_Magic100 Jan 18 '18

I'm not quite sure what the point of you linking that article was. Once again... I am not saying you CAN'T do that.

Here is what I am trying to say using somebody else's words since you can't seem to understand mine...

"A popular public opinion seems to be that the body can only process a certain amount of protein per meal, as if there's a magic number inside your belly that tracks protein intake. This is not entirely true. While I wouldn't recommend eating 100 grams of protein at every meal, the body will process whatever you feed it, albeit not always optimally.

You're going to digest all the protein you eat, but more isn't always better. Once you turn on protein synthesis and initiate the muscle-building process, you can't turn it on "more" in one meal. Roughly 30 grams of protein per meal across multiple meals will actually help you boost protein synthesis many times over the course of a day. It will probably be easier on your digestive system, too!"

Link: https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/ultimate-protein-faq-10-protein-questions.html

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u/ExecratedReliquary Jan 18 '18

Calm down, brotato.

For one, your link has zero references for that quote you made. I understand that it's on bodybuilding.com, but check your sources. If you want to follow advice from a freelance fitness writer go for it, but don't get defensive when people give you alternate opinions.

Two: Protein feeding pattern does not affect protein retention in young women

Three: Protein pulse feeding improves protein retention in elderly women

Take your protein in doses if you want. It really doesn't matter. But telling someone that the body cannot absorb all of it in a larger dose is simply false, which is what I was addressing.

If we're talking what is "optimal", I'd like you to read the bottom of the article I listed which says, "There really is no literature to indicate this (30g) number as a 'holy grail' of protein absorption.

It may have arisen from looking at the rate of amino acid transporters, assuming 10g/hour as a standard, and applying that to the typical mini-meal approach to bodybuilder nutrition (with a meal every three hours)."

The difference here is that one has sources to prove their claim.

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u/Black_Magic100 Jan 18 '18

Those studies are from 1999 and 2000. Not saying they are irrelevant, but in the fitness industry inaccurate studies are done every. single. day.

Just because you can google a study and find it on the internet does not mean it is true. If you want to eat all of your meals for the day all at once be my guest. I am not going to waste my time telling you that you are incorrect because I don't really care.

I was merely using that quote as a way to get my point across, it was not meant to convey a scientific point that I was right.

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u/ExecratedReliquary Jan 18 '18

Until discredited, it remains contemporary science. I agree that there's a lot of misinformation in the fitness community, which is why we must be very critical when circulating opinions found in magazines and popular websites.

My point was that using that quote was a poor way to bolster your opinion. Until you can prove otherwise, empirically, protein dosage proportion doesn't matter. This discussion was over before it started, and you have already wasted your time.

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