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Quote: Originally Posted by FreePrince Is that for all kinds of carbs? I don't know how extensively it has been investigated for different carb sources. I would geuss, though, that anything which makes the food quicker to digest might have that effect. On the other hand, there are exceptions and complications. For example, when cooling a cooked starchy food, some of the digestible starch is converted to resistant starch, which reduces...

Quote: Originally Posted by TheLemonSong Better that the 40g come from protein than carbs or fats, no? ^ I had not thought about it that way...

Never heard this before, and don't know the right answer...but if it doesn't digest the protein, what happens to it according to the theory? You just excrete it with your bodily wastes or ??? I've heard this kind of thing with fiber and with vitamins as well. Fiber is relatively clear, and I think with vitamins too there is some kind of thing that you lose a certain amount of each vitamin so thats why the pills give you 500%...

Isnt 200 grams of chicken breast far more than 40 grams of protein?

Absorption isn't the issue. Your body can certainly absorb it. The key is what good does it do? When supplementing with milk proteins, about 20-30g is all that is needed to maximize protein synthesis. So, to that end, you really don't need to take in much more than that unless you are looking to get to a certain number of total calories ingested.

Quote: Originally Posted by chris mason Absorption isn't the issue. Your body can certainly absorb it. Exactly my point I've seen so many people say that if eating more than X amount of protein in one sitting the excess automatically gets converted to fat (not on these boards particularly). That is simply untrue. Excess of calories makes you fat not protein consumption.

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Quote: Originally Posted by cgeorge1319 Chris, I wanted to order Results in orange. Any idea when it will be available? ditto

There is no right answer.

The statement is a little arbitrary. 40 grams? there are no magic numbers because adult humans can span a huge range in weight and size. And absorb? what could that mean, does that mean digest? People literally think that we can't digest more than 40 grams of protein as food in our stomachs at one time? Why would our stomachs stop working? Maybe the question is: Is there a limit to the amount of protein that the body can use in a way that...