Question:
Does water wash away a protein supplement drink?

I've searched the library for the answer to this question but didn't find it. I know water washes food out of the pouch but does it wash away the protein drink also? If so, how long should we wait to drink it? Thanks.    — Kathey B. (posted on March 24, 2003)

March 24, 2003
Protein drinks are going to flow out of the pouch just like water being that they are both liquids. It isn't like it is with solid or even soft food.
   — livnliter

March 24, 2003
No, it doesn't "wash away" the protein drink. Think of it this way: What if you'd mixed your protein shake with 24 oz. of water instead of 8 oz.? The protein would still be in your system. It would take one **heckuvalotta** water-loading to force protein through you too fast to absorb it.
   — Suzy C.

March 24, 2003
I have just done extensive research on protein breakdown and digestions/absorption. Basically (without getting too technical) what I have learned is that the stomach secreats a chemical that when mixed with stomach acid begins the chemical breakdown of the protein. It moves on to the intestines where more chemicals mix in to further breakdown the protein into it's basic amino acids where it can be absorbed into the blood stream in the intestines. <P> That being said, the protein shakes are already broken down inot the basic amino acids or it contained the necessary chemicals to efficently break it down quickly. There by making it readily absorbed in the intestins where it should. Drinking a protein shake will pass through the pouch and on into the intestines but it will already be broken down so it will absorbe. So go ahead and treat it like any other liquid that you drink.
   — Pookie B.