protein supplementation

Asia: well, my ldl/hdl levels weren’t so great either. it may be genetic…both my parents have high cholesterol. this was the first full physical I’ve had since…hmm, I guess basic in 85. So, I’m watching things more closely and she’ll recheck in about 6 weeks and we’ll see.

but, anyways…even before that I was like “25 grams per serving!!!” and didn’t buy a second canister and looked for other sources.

Mr. P: yea, I was basically told I didn’t know what I was talking about…and I don’t usually…but I still stick with the 20g/2 hours rule for myself.

I did read that article pretty well and realized that the edamame was not too bad…still don’t like 'em…bring on the pad thai!!!

but, I think I’m going to err on the side of caution and keep soy at 10-20% of protein intake.

Whenever I eat less than 200g of protein a day, I lose weight (I don’t exactly have a lot of fat to lose, either), I get tired, sick and sluggish. My digestion gets fuxord, as well.

Of course, I’m doing karate 12+ hours a week, weight training twice a week, and my job doesn’t let me sit down for more than an hour a day, 40+hrs a week.

Thats why I had to get mine. I didn’t have one since basic and now they track your medical and other status online an the ***** if its in the red. Good luck on getting it down.

but, anyways…even before that I was like “25 grams per serving!!!” and didn’t buy a second canister and looked for other sources.[/QUOTE]
Was it 25 grams or 25 miligrams? 25g is a bit much but 25 mg isn’t that bad.

i’m probably getting g and mg mixed up

but, I do remember fairly well that whatever it was, it was 20 some % of RDA.

Depends on your goals and your body type right? I don’t know why you seem to be taking one guy’s apocryphal evidence over a lot of current sprots nutrition science, but anyway, all I know is, I’ve increased my protein intake by half to two thirds (every couple of hrs intake) since I started weights two months ago, and I’m already lifting bigger more easily (despite being in it slowly fot rehab purposes), plus I gained 3 kilos in those two months. And my body fat is the same/a tad lower.

I’m a hard gainer. I don’t know why people assume that everybody’s insides are the same when you just need to look at fingerprints and the way people think to know there is a lot of human variation. But the 20 g/2 hrs seems like a reasonable baseline.

As with anything, that depends on what your end goals are, and in the case of putting on muscle, how much protein you are already taking in per meal.

and it has to be steady throughout the day to maintain nitrogen balance.

i’m still not clear on how exactly that matters but it does…

heh, love that internet:

ok…here’s a simple statement about the nitrogen balance (catabolic versus anabolic states)

http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/amino2.htm