The 50-gram protein absorption limit is a myth. This speaker eats 100 grams per meal with digestive enzymes to avoid bloating, citing a new study showing the body can handle far more protein than commonly believed.
All the research that we know says you can absorb at most 50 grams of protein per pound of body weight. But I eat two meals a day. Like, how do I get 200 grams? So I said the studies must be wrong. And I started religiously eating a hundred grams of protein. That's a lot. That's a pound of steak per meal. And I take digestive enzymes. If you eat too much protein and you can't digest it, you'll get bodybuilder farts. You will clear the room and you'll know you have a problem. Take your enzymes. So I take my digestive enzymes. When I eat my protein, I do a hundred grams of protein per meal. If I eat two meals, I might eat, you know, a steak and take some protein powder as well, and I just don't miss it. And I travel with protein powder. And interestingly, just a month ago, a study came out that really made the rounds online in biohacking and bodybuilding circles. Some researchers figured out that there is no upper limit to how much protein your body can absorb. The 50 grams of protein was just a myth. Just like drinking eight glasses of water or walking 10,000 steps. There's no science behind either of those. Those are just made up marketing numbers from someone a long time ago. So turns out you can absorb insane amounts of protein.
