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Protein intake and protein absorption

Have a goal of consuming 1g of protein per pound of body weight per day especially if you’re exercising. If you’re 160lbs consume 160g of protein.

Muscle protein absorption is limited to around 40-50g per sitting. This means you need to consume 40g of protein 4 times throughout the day.

Don’t try to consume it all in one or two sittings as your body will process much of it for energy rather than for building muscle.

Plebius 2y ago

Are you sure? I know some OMADs that are pretty jacked.

I think it’s possible to utilize much more than 40-50g. But your body will absorb 100% of the daily proteins. they are all metabolized as amino-acids, of course.

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Plebius 2y ago

Absorption ≠ utilization

Aki 2y ago

Your body will utilize every bit you give it. But muscles are limited in how much it can use at once. Any excess will be oxidized and used for energy. OMAD works great depending on your situation and what your goals are, especially if you’re focused on CR and weight loss and you’re otherwise adequately muscled. Wouldn’t recommend if your primary goal is to build lean tissue.

What will help is doing a DEXA before doing TRF. What I’ve seen is that people generally see that they lose weight/see more definition but the DEXA reveals often that a large portion of the loss consists of lean tissue.

Plebius 2y ago

Ah, interesting. Thanks for the clarification 👍