There is a lot of misinformation in this thread . The theory that you can only assimilate 30g of protein per meal is incorrect . The process is gluconegenesis , basically after a certain amount of amino acid assimilation, your liver will determine that your body is saturated with amino acids, and it will process the remaining amino acids by converting them into sugar. Yes, that is right, your liver will turn excess proteins into carbs. Exactly where that point is, will be largely individual, but a safe ballpark number would be about 30g/hour. That means if it only takes an hour to break down a protein shake, then to avoid gluconeogenesis, you should keep the shake at 30g or less. But something like a steak will take upwards of 8 hours to fully digest ,so you could conceivably eat a steak (huge ) with 200g of protein and still actually use all of the amino acids for their intended purpose , instead of storing any as glucose .
There is a lot of misinformation in this thread . The theory that you can only assimilate 30g of protein per meal is incorrect . The process is gluconegenesis , basically after a certain amount of amino acid assimilation, your liver will determine that your body is saturated with amino acids, and it will process the remaining amino acids by converting them into sugar. Yes, that is right, your liver will turn excess proteins into carbs. Exactly where that point is, will be largely individual, but a safe ballpark number would be about 30g/hour. That means if it only takes an hour to break down a protein shake, then to avoid gluconeogenesis, you should keep the shake at 30g or less. But something like a steak will take upwards of 8 hours to fully digest ,so you could conceivably eat a steak (huge ) with 200g of protein and still actually use all of the amino acids for their intended purpose , instead of storing any as glucose .