Dear Mark: How Much Protein Can You Absorb and Use from One Meal?

July 9, 2012

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Steak” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/steak.jpg” alt=”steak” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Early last week, I received an email from a reader. The subject was protein absorption, and it referred to something I#8217;d written several weeks past in a title=”Dear Mark: Leptin Resets, Cold Thermogenesis, and Safe Starches? ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-leptin-resets-cold-thermogenesis-and-safe-starches/”this post/a on Leptin Reset among other things. I had suggested that your body can only deal with about thirty grams of protein in one sitting. I immediately realized that this statement wasn#8217;t nuanced enough and might give the wrong impression, so I explained what I meant in a bit more detail a title=”Comment” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-leptin-resets-cold-thermogenesis-and-safe-starches/#comment-826544″in the comment board/a. After receiving the following email (thanks for keeping me honest, Brandon!) I figured I would revisit this topic and further articulate what we know about the human body and dietary protein utilization./p
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pI had a question about protein intake. In an older post, you mentioned something […]

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