HOW MANY GRAMS OF PROTEIN CAN BODY ABSORB IN ONE

Protein is a nutrient you take in from food sources such as red meat, poultry, seafood, beans, lentils and nuts. Your body uses it to build and repair muscle fibers, as well as maintain healthy immune and cardiac function. In recent years, diets such as the Atkins diet have advocated increased protein intake. Manufacturers also have created protein powders you can make into shakes or other drinks after a workout to enhance muscle building. While increased protein intake can be a good thing, your body can only absorb so much protein at one time.

THE BODY'S USAGE
Your body does not store protein, so you must take in protein each day so the body can use it. Because protein is not stored, it is up to your body, particularly the kidneys, to process proteins and their waste product, known as creatinine, and use what it can, then eliminate the rest. This means you can only use so much protein at a time. If you engage in excess supplementation, your efforts in increasing protein intake could be for naught as the excess unused protein then goes to waste and turns into body fat. No magic number exists for how much protein your body can absorb, but some general guidelines can be followed.

FOOD TYPES
One of the factors that can affect protein digestion is what you are eating because it takes longer for the body to digest a whole protein source, such as chicken, than it does to digest a liquid protein source, such as a whey protein shake. For example, it takes a whey protein shake about one hour and 30 minutes for the body to digest. The rate of whey protein digestion is about 10 g per hour, meaning your body will absorb about 15 grams of whey protein during the time it is digested. A larger meal with protein will take longer for the body to digest, meaning your body may absorb more protein during that time. How much protein is absorbed depends on your body and the type of food eaten, as proteins found in beans are less digestible than whey protein.

THE 30-GRAM RULE
If you are looking for a potential rule of thumb, the 30 g rule might work. It says that at any given meal, you can absorb about 30 g of protein. This calculation could come from the daily protein intake recommendations, which are about 0.4 g of protein per pound of your body weight. If you weighed 150 lbs., this would be about 60 g of protein per day. However, more active individuals eat about 0.8 g of protein per pound of body weight because they need it for muscle growth and maintenance. For a 150 lb. person, this would be about 120 g of protein. If you ate three meals per day and a snack or two, this would spread out to about 30 g of protein per meal and snack. However, this rule is more of an average, not an absolute. Your body might be able to absorb more or potentially less protein.

WARNING
Although it is uncommon, frequent intake of excess protein can lead to conditions such as kidney disease. If you have a condition that affects your liver or kidney function, your physician might likely recommend limiting your protein intake because your body cannot filter as much protein per meal.

Thank you. My Specialist said today, to aim for 1g per kilo of your recommended weight. e.g if your goal weight is 73, then you should aim for 73gs of protein per day.

Thank you. My Specialist said today, to aim for 1g per kilo of your recommended weight. e.g if your goal weight is 73, then you should aim for 73gs of protein per day.

Yes mine says more or less the same thing but ATM I consume around 80-90g per day only because I'm still under 8 weeks out and my stomach is still healing also because I've lost a lot of hair already so Im eating high protein n very low carb as that's what seems to be working for me and which keeps the weight coming off.