Protein Powder: Questions and Advice Thread

For muscle and strength a general rule is 1g per lb of bodyweight. not sure how well this transfers over to cycling, though. Might be overkill, might not.

There is no maximum amount of protein the body can digest in one sitting. Protein isn't digested instantly. For example, it can take up to 7 hours to digest the protein in milk. Whey, the most commonly used protein, takes about an hour.

If you cycle a lot, carb intake will also be important.

As a pre-workout meal, how much oats would you typically mix with a MyProtein shake?

Also, as a post-workout meal would you recommend mixing it with dextrose (I've seen that advised in the past) or some other high GI carb?

Don't know if you found out your answer but here's a good wee read.

Have you purchased dextrose? It's dead sweet. Try maltodextrin.

This may have been asked before but;

Does too much protein (130g +) harm health in any way in the long term? From reading up on some nutritionists they seem to think it cause kidney disease...

I am open to the fact that this may be complete bulls--- ?

This may have been asked before but;

Does too much protein (130g +) harm health in any way in the long term? From reading up on some nutritionists they seem to think it cause kidney disease...

I am open to the fact that this may be complete bulls--- ?

Show me where you read that.

It's complete bulls---.

In short, is it just potential? Same as most things in life?

So what happens when your diet goes far beyond the recommended level of protein, as you might do if following a high protein diet? One of the main concerns has to do with the stress put on the kidneys.

Another issue regarding getting too much protein is leeching of calcium from the bones. The acids released by the body as it digests protein are absorbed with the help of calcium. So if you aren't getting enough calcium, your body will take calcium from your bones.

The Nurses Healthy Study even showed that women who ate more than 95 grams of protein were more likely to have broken their wrist than were women who ate less protein.

There is also some evidence that eating a lot of protein can induce or aggravate allergies.

Adding more protein but not more calories or exercise to your diet won't help you build more muscle mass...

Eating more protein and increasing total caloric intake while maintaining the same exercise level will build an equal amount of additional fat and muscle mass, according to a study published in 1992 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

She says that's because a diet in which protein makes up more than 30% of your caloric intake causes a buildup of toxic ketones. So-called ketogenic diets can thrust your kidneys into overdrive in order to flush these ketones from your body. As your kidneys rid your body of these toxic ketones, you can lose a significant amount of water, which puts you at risk of dehydration, particularly if you exercise heavily.

That water loss often shows up on the scale as weight loss. But along with losing water, you lose muscle mass and bone calcium. The dehydration also strains your kidneys and puts stress on your heart.

And dehydration from a ketogenic diet can make you feel weak and dizzy, give you bad breath, or lead to other problems.

How Much Protein Do I Need?

The amount of protein you require depends on your weight and your daily caloric intake. Most Americans consume more than enough protein in their daily diets. A few specific groups of people are at risk for being protein-deficient, including elderly women and people with illnesses or eating disorders. A protein deficiency is defined as eating 50% to 75% of the recommended amount of daily protein, Butterfield explains.

Ideally, you should consume 0.36 grams of protein for every pound of body weight, according to recommended daily allowances (RDA) set by the Food and Nutrition Board. So if you weigh 170 pounds, you need about 61 grams of protein each day.

Protein should also make up approximately 15% of your total daily caloric intake, also according to the RDA. In a diet of 1,800 calories a day, for example, about 270 of those calories should come from protein.

Hi all

I want to start weight training to gain some muscle so have been looking to get myself to protein powder to get myself going.

I have surfed a few sites but am not sure who do buy from.

So far I have found
www.monstersupplements.com
www.vigour.co.uk
www.myprotein.com

Any advice?

Hey,

I've never taken Impact Whey before (used Cyclone and Hurricane Evo) and was wondering whether whey had any time limit on when it should be consumed. Does it need to be necked in less than 5 minutes or can it sit in my bottle for a bit before being reshaken and consumed?

I only ask because the stuff I have been taking all contained creatine which obviously denatures after 5 or so minutes in water and needs to be taken quite quickly.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!