Eating 'real' food to get 1g/lb LBM is nearly impossible — at least it is for me. Here's the other fun fact: your body can only process about 20g/hr of protein, so if you get a giant protein shake with 60g protein, most of that will go into the toilet. However, your body has a window where it can process roughly double that amount per hour (40g)… within an hour of your workout. As your body takes time to process solid food, the best bet is to go with a shake, rather than a bar.
There are a LOT of protein shakes on the market. 99% of them are crap. Different types of protein powders have different characteristics. Some are slow digesting, some are fast, some are simply 'efficient' (fast digesting and less filler). The thing you want to avoid is catabolism, so you need to use a combination of fast and slow digesting proteins, so your body never reaches a catabolic state.
We can go over details and such off-blog, as you've obviously done some research, and there is no sense in writing a book in this comment window.
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Date: 2015-12-31 10:38 pm (UTC)Eating 'real' food to get 1g/lb LBM is nearly impossible — at least it is for me. Here's the other fun fact: your body can only process about 20g/hr of protein, so if you get a giant protein shake with 60g protein, most of that will go into the toilet. However, your body has a window where it can process roughly double that amount per hour (40g)… within an hour of your workout. As your body takes time to process solid food, the best bet is to go with a shake, rather than a bar.
There are a LOT of protein shakes on the market. 99% of them are crap. Different types of protein powders have different characteristics. Some are slow digesting, some are fast, some are simply 'efficient' (fast digesting and less filler). The thing you want to avoid is catabolism, so you need to use a combination of fast and slow digesting proteins, so your body never reaches a catabolic state.
We can go over details and such off-blog, as you've obviously done some research, and there is no sense in writing a book in this comment window.