Andrew Huberman· PhD
Also, the “can only assimilate 30g/meal” mantra was washed away so…
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.
Also, the “can only assimilate 30g/meal” mantra was washed away so…
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Including why the “you can only assimilate 30g of protein” mantra is basically false. Context is important but 100g in certain (not atypical) circumstances such as after resistance training.
I saw a study, I think it was about a year and a half ago that asserted that postresistance training, and I forget how long they waited postresistance training, but some period of time after resistance training that men and women can assimilate up to 100 grams of protein, whereas previously we thought that uh one could only assimilate 30 grams of protein per feeding.