Paul Saladino· MD
There are multiple studies showing that you can absorb far more than 30 grams of protein per meal.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
There are multiple studies showing that you can absorb far more than 30 grams of protein per meal.
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But if you were to eat 100 grams of protein or 50 or 75 grams of protein in the meal, you're not wasting the rest of that protein. It goes to things like building more muscles, repairing damage, building tendons, ligaments, all the things that your body uses protein for in the day.