How much protein before you stop absorbing?

[Tlee8769]

I believe in quality of protein over quantity any day. Most people are supplementing there protein intake with a shake which is the complete wrong thing to do in my opinion.

[gbrice75]

I believe in quality of protein over quantity any day. Most people are supplementing there protein intake with a shake which is the complete wrong thing to do in my opinion.

I'm the furthest thing from being a 'have 5 shakes a day!' guy, but I have to disagree with you. The key word here is 'supplement'. As long as a person is getting adequate protein from whole food sources, I see no issue with adding shakes (supplementing) to increase protein and/or total calories. The problem is when you see diets like:

Meal 1 - shake, 2 pieces brown bread

Meal 2 - apple and some peanut butter

Meal 3 - pre workout - shake and some almonds

Meal 4 - PWO shake + oats

Meal 5 - chicken breast and rice

Meal 6 - casein shake

Hardly any quality food at all, filled with shakes. THIS is not a good diet!

[Tlee8769]

I'm the furthest thing from being a 'have 5 shakes a day!' guy, but I have to disagree with you. The key word here is 'supplement'. As long as a person is getting adequate protein from whole food sources, I see no issue with adding shakes (supplementing) to increase protein and/or total calories. The problem is when you see diets like:

Meal 1 - shake, 2 pieces brown bread

Meal 2 - apple and some peanut butter

Meal 3 - pre workout - shake and some almonds

Meal 4 - PWO shake + oats

Meal 5 - chicken breast and rice

Meal 6 - casein shake

Hardly any quality food at all, filled with shakes. THIS is not a good diet!

Yeah I agree that if they are getting theier protein from a whole food source then that would be a on the side of quality but quite a few of these diets have 2 or more shakes per day and its from dairy which is not at all a whole food source its garbage for your whole system. And the problem is in that you say supplementing in shakes most likely you mean Whey which is fine but it also has to be based on a whole food source not a dairy.

[SilverBuilt]

Thanks all for the help. So AAS dont' increase absorbtion. And i'm going to continue to assume that you can absorb slightly more after hard excercise than any other time.

[SilverBuilt]

These days there are things like Egg Beaters, which produce what i'm assume is some sort of synthetic egg white. Which I am assuming isn't as good with absorbtion as the egg white that you get out of the egg and throw away the rest. Too bad I hate wasting.

[gbrice75]

Yeah I agree that if they are getting theier protein from a whole food source then that would be a on the side of quality but quite a few of these diets have 2 or more shakes per day and its from dairy which is not at all a whole food source its garbage for your whole system. And the problem is in that you say supplementing in shakes most likely you mean Whey which is fine but it also has to be based on a whole food source not a dairy.

For people who can handle dairy (in terms of digesting it without gas/bloat issues), it's an absolutely fine quality source of protein. I disagree with the above 100%

[SilverBuilt]

gotcha, thanks for the info.

[SilverBuilt]

I'll agree with you on that. Natural sources of protein are better absorbed, so i've heard. I have a preference towards fish, turkey, and egg whites myself.