All the buzz about protein......

Ok I dont know why this just hit me, but I woke up thinking about protein, lol. I know when we started this journey, alot of us were told we would need to up our protein and water, and exercise to make this work for us. Recently however it was brought to our attention on how important protein is, why, and that we should be consuming much more of it. Well this morning for some reason I woke up thinking oh no what about the 30 grams a setting? Ok what I mean is. I was told when getting my protein in that our bodies could only handle 30grams at a time. If we took 60 grams of protein in one meal, we would only be getting 30 of it digested or something like that in one sitting. I was told not too try to get over 30grams in a setting, because it would just waste and not go through my body, for some reason only 30 grams will at a time. However like half hour later or an hour later You can do it again and 30grams will digest again. It is only per sitting, which I assume I how long it takes for your food to digest. I think I saw one person post they drink some protein drink and it has 50grams of protein. This worried me this morning, if our bodies are not getting all that protein in one sitting and only the 30grams that 20grams are just wasted at that time. Has anyone else heard or remember anything aobut only 30grams working in one sitting? I will ask my Dr again why, but I just thought I would let you all know, if it is true, we have to try and get more sittings in of protein at 30grams a sitting to up our protein, not up it in one sitting. Boy I hope I just made sense, lol I dont think I am just dreaming all of this, like I said I just woke up and boom protein 30grams a sitting came in my head.- Melissa

OOPs, dont get me wrong, if you are getting in more than 30grams in one sitting it isnt hurting you, I just wanted to inform you, you may not be getting in all that protein through your body that you think you are. - Melissa

Melissa - you are absolutley right . We only absorb at one sitting @ 30 grams . But keep in mind too that our new insides only absorb about 50 % of that. This is why our protein requirements are so high . And I have sent a message to Dr.Gantz about your protein requirements now that you are pregnant . thanks, Nat

Thank you so much sweetie, when I woke up with only that on my mind I thought maybe it was a dream, lol. Now that it is known that we can only absorb 30grams in a sitting, and we only absorb about half of that, if we have 60grams in a sitting will we get in the 30grams, or are our bodies so different now since surgery that we will only absorb what we absorb from only the 30grams? I hope that just made sense. I feel everything I am thinking or saying is so cofusing, or kind of dreamish. Just a weird day I guess. Thanks for letting me know I wasnt going crazy on that part, lol. It will be interesting to see what DR Gantz says, I am asking my OB also tomorrow when I have my appt. Thanks again sweetie- Melissa