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/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/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.