How Much Protein Can You Absorb In One Meal? (20g? 30g? 100g?)

Great video you answered every question I had in one video thanks

Simply 0.4 g / kg of body weight 🎉🎉🎉🎉.

If they would show Jeff's videos to 12 year olds in school, the avg human lifespan would double.

Cant take advise from someone who looks like 16yrs old and voice not broken yet... 😂
Never stuck to that 30g crap and have great results... 👍

I'm 73 and have mobility issues, I also intermittent fast. I'm 64kg and 169cm tall. I've just started carnivore, I eat approximately 100gms protein in 1 meal. I hope I'm utilising the protein. Cheers Rosemary Perth Western Australia 73yrs.

I’m 5’7” and weigh 175 I’m trying to get down to 160 maybe 150. How much protein should I be taking.

This edunibbard just sat behind his chair for 10 boring minutes just to throw words at us as to what his scientism gods think about protein consumption. When he could have just said spread out your meals and don't overconsume

Ive been intermittent fasting for over a decade now. Ive only started strength training and shooting the protein intake for about half a year now and ive been steadily packing on muscle. Im significantly stronger and look stronger, so i dont think it really matters how.

But then again, this is just a personal testimony and everyone is different.

So if you're carnivore on OMAD, what happens?

That’s bad because I’ve had like 80 g of protein so far

Very good video. But for whey protein: can we also consume more than 30-40g in one take or is it only for solid food?

Yes, but what about digestive issues with 100g protein in one meal? Constipation?

A question here and just wondering if you think this sounds right - I eat 2 meals of 100g of protien, if I could only absorb 30g a meal that would mean I only get 60g of protein a day so surly I would not be making any gains?

im here eating like 80g per meal protein kek

It's not difficult, you can experiment yourself every month with each variant.

What should I do bc I make a protein shake after my work out in the morning and it is 46 g of protein and it fills me up for the rest of the day until dinner so I dont have snacks in between

1g of protein per pound of weight. Shit, I'm not getting that much. I'm probably 20-30g short everyday -- and yes I track my macros.

Wonder if the spike in testosterone you get after breaking a fast might help utilise those high amounts of protein per meal

Everybody know the answer.... I just had a meal with 120g of protein. I did my own study over the years with my body. That fasting cause me to lose a lot of muscle mass. Then I did it again like a idiot and loss muscle again. Definitely eat more protein than your body weight if your working out hard.

I think you got it in your observations/conclusions, if your not growing your not eating enough, if your growing your probably eating enough, and quality counts - obviously.

hmmm might start double scooping after workouts

Hey Jeff, I see this is an older and very helpful video... I have a few questions that I hope you'll cover in a re-visit to this video:

1. If around 20-30g for the average person (30-50g for larger people) is the cutoff for what we can use per meal/ingestion... then what do we do as a big person who has a protein shake and protein heavy foods (high fiber/protein bread, lentil/chickpea pastas, lean meats, etc) after a workout? Does this mean my protein powder will last longer as I should just do one scoop of my ON Whey Gold from Costco after a workout, or should my 360lb 6'1" butt keep what I'm doing?

2. Will you pick up the Myth Bust Monday series again?

3. I'm trying so hard to eat less calories but I'm gaining weight even with exercise. How can I get my brain to stop being such a jerk? It's not just a lack of discipline, it's like a cocaine addiction... what is the hormone, glenin and dopamine?

Thank you

Ayurveda says eating 2 meals/day, one at 10am and the second at 6pm is ideal. The goal is to go through complete cycles of nourishment and digestion for optimal health. The big no no (says Ayurveda) is to put new food on not fully digested food in order to keep the fire burning as hot as possible. For this reason, I seek to eat two big meals/day and have found I remain lean and strong at 185lbs, eating 1g protein/lb of bodyweight (for what it’s worth).

So basically eat between 20g and 100g of protein - 😅

Right answer is over 9000g

From an evolutionary hunter gatherer perspective, the idea of only being able to utilize a small amount of protein in one sitting doesn't make a lot of sense. Surely the human body is more optimally adapted than we currently can measure.

Imagine this being the case. Our ancestors would have never been able to utilize their hunts lol.

I eat 4 meals with protein intake being, 28g, 60g, 60g and 18g.

I'm 6'3 260lb. I train full body I wonder if I could just eat 2 meals of 100g protein each

Awesome video! I´m losing weight and do intermitent fasting. You basically cleared all my concerns with this video, thanks a lot!

i eat 1 gram of protein every 5.3 minutes

I know this is older, however more recent research shows the small intestine is able to store significant amounts of protein for significant duration of time. Additionally, red flags have gone up on how the 'excess' protein was measured. Its usually measured by nitrogen and urea excretion, however current thought is that is a misnomer. Protein is not only used for muscle synthesis, but it is also broken down into components for raw materials which are used in numerous bodily functions. So seeing lots of nitrogen and urea in excreta may in fact simply be due to proper processing and utilization of protein outside of muscle synthesis.

From the old lady study, they found 90g protein was easily tolerated and useful without loss of LBM or negative effects. Have to find the article again, however all of them were relatively recent IIRC.

That's good cause I work all day I have to have 100 gram protien meal. It's the only way I can get up to 200. I just don't have time to eat 6 plus meals a day.

So your speculating that its better to spread the protein out 3 to 4 meals...

Ok, there’s no clear answer.

I make 75g protein shakes after i workout. Is this good or bad

I eat like 50-60 grams of protein in one meal, and I eat 3 meals a day and (for me at least) it seems to no problem for muscle gains.
I don’t think there is really a limit to how much protein you can eat in one meal. I mean from my past 2 years I haven’t change anything at my protein intake method and it works just fine, I guess is more about your body type.

I feel like the research results are conflicting.

Think of it in another way. Skeletal muscle is composed of 74% water, 23% protein, 1% glycogen 1% lipids, and 1% mineral salts. So 23% of a pound of muscle (454 grams) would be 105 grams of protein. Even if you could put on 2 lbs of muscle in 30 days (which would be amazing progress!) you would only need an extra 7 grams of protein per day (210 grams / 30 = 7) beyond your daily maintenance. A sedentary person needs 0.35 grams per pound of body weight for daily maintenance. An active person needs up to 0.56 grams for daily maintenance. If a person is actively training and weighs 180 lbs, then for daily protein maintenance he needs 100 grams of protein plus the 7 grams for growth = 107 grams per day. The last thing we have to factor in is the "energy cost of digestion". Protein takes the most energy to digest. 25 grams of protein costs 5 grams of energy. 100 grams costs 20 grams of energy. To reach 107 grams a day a 180 lb person actually needs to intake 129 grams of protein per day. This is why you see 0.72 to 0.75 grams per pound body weight as a common guide for protein intake in weight training. If a person weighs 180 lbs x 0.72 grams we get 129 grams; exactly inline with our long-way-around calculation of 129 grams. Of course, marketing companies want you to buy and eat more protein than you need at their recommended 1 gram per pound of body weight. They make more money that way! Simply put .72 grams per pound is already more than enough if your muscle gains that amazing per month. If you want to also add in a "paranoia factor" then go to 0.75 or 0.80 grams per pound of body weight.

Thank you Jeff!

Imagine Brian shaw only eating 20-30g of protein when he weighs over 400lbs. There's not enough time in the day for him to get anywhere near 400g of protein lmfao

wouldnt more meals kill your insulin sensitivity?

Idk the exact answer but I consumed about 150g of protein within 1.5 hours and unleashed a shit that would bring a tear to a glass eye

Ace

Hey! What if I’m doing OMAD (one meal per day)?

So safe to say if you’re squatting, deadlifting 5s basically, you might not need to limit your protein intake per meal?

I have kidney issues PKD so I stay with 20😊

I realize this is a 4 yr old vid. It fails to answer the question, esp by simply saying "you use all that protein regardless, somehow, so long as you stay within the max daily input" - but it doesn't define daily max!

Sure, you use it all. Anything you don't use as protein (adsorb & convert into your own protein) you convert into glycogine (sugar) then store as fat. Or you pee it out.

But that doesn't answer the question, because the reason people ask about a max input level for protein is they don't want to store it as fat. They want to know what they can usefully adsorb and use to make muscle - protein.

Perhaps a better way to phrase the question is how much can you adsorb if you're in ketosis & don't want to get kicked out of ketosis by sugar converted from excess protein. At least the ketogenic community is tracking sugar & ketone levels, and is concerned by getting kicked out of ketosis, a measure of excess protein levels. But I'm not finding good answers to that question either.