• captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’ve heard that you cannot absorb (for lack of a better word) more that 30g of protein/day (adjust for your body weight).

    Is that remotly true?

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        It depends on what you mean by absorb. To make into muscle, it’s about right. Maybe a bit more for a man on a hard weight lifting regime. Like, 4 x 1-1.5 hours a week. The rest will be stored as fat, if it isn’t used for energy, the same as anything else. That could also be seen as absorbed but I think you mean the first one.