Question:
How much Protein can I absorb at one time?

Do you know if us WLS people can absorb more than 30 gm of protein at one sitting? I read that we can only process 30 gm at a time somewhere, but I don't remember where. I asked my nutritionist about it, but she never heard that before. I would like to drink all my protein drink (60 gm) at one time and get it overwith, but I don't know if I'm wasting my money and my protein.    — rita W. (posted on May 25, 2003)

May 25, 2003
That 30g rule is for NORMIES, as established by the protein mfrs. It would be in their best interest to promote higher doses and of course, you wouldn't get the benefit, so you'd buy more protein, right? But no, for normies (not athletes, not us) they stick with the 30g rule. Most of the mfrs are quite principles, BTW. There's no guarantee we get even THAT much per serving.
   — vitalady

May 25, 2003
I don't KNOW how much we absorb at one time, but I would think that it would be much better to spread the protein intake out across the day. And, I know that everyone is different, but my surgeon likes for us to get at least 30g of protein per day from food and the rest can come from supplements. He feels that if we do that, we are establishing better eating habits and not depending on a protein supplement for nutrition. I usually get about 50-60g of protein a day but only 15 of it comes from a protein drink (I am almost 18 months post-op, so I can eat more than the newbies). Good luck.
   — Patty_Butler