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Yeah, this was great! Thank you!

I actually did realize that it was whey protein, as I pointed out in my previous post. I'm saying that I want to know how the absorption rate of whey protein compares to other types of proteins and digestion times. My original question wasn't about wanting to understand that article better (I was just telling you where I heard that we only absorb 10g per hour). I just assumed that, since Steve put the article in the academy's core content, he agreed with the position taken in it, and I was, therefore, confused because drinking this shake seemed to contradict that. However, it is still useful to note that drinking the powder with milk and adding other ingredients to slow digestion has a significant affect. I'm just wondering if that's enough to allow all 50g+ to be absorbed or, if not, how much is still being wasted. But what I really want to know more about is how protein in general is absorbed, whether consuming that much at once is the best method, how much is wasted, etc. I am among the majority of people who, unlike Steve, are trying to build muscle but LOSE weight overall rather than gain, so I want to make sure that I'm making my caloric intake count as much as possible towards that goal. Since this shake is over 700 calories, I would rather not use shakes like this if most of the protein isn't even going to be absorbed. It would be helpful to know if other protein sources would be more effective for my goals. But I'm hoping that those two factors of drinking the powder with milk (which I already do, but with 2% instead of whole) and adding other ingredients (which I do a little of and could definitely explore more fully) to slow digestion will help enough for it to be worth the calories. All is know is that currently I'm always hungry within 2 hours of drinking my morning shake (even as little as 1 hour if I've just done strength training). At the same time, my shakes aren't nearly as big as this shake.

From reading Steve's page about supplements in the core nutrition content section: https://academy.nerdfitness.com/level-up/nutrition/supplements/ Within that page, under "What about protein powders?" and under "The final word: Pumping yourself full of 300g of protein isn't necessary," I clicked the link embedded with the words "isn't necessary." This takes you to a Precision Nutrition article titled "Protein Supplements: Are you even absorbing yours?" by Helen Kollias. In this article, she explains that whey protein can only be absorbed at about a rate of 8-10g per hour and that it takes about 1.5 hours for viscous liquids to pass through the section of the gut that can actually absorb it. This means that you can only absorb 15g at most from a protein shake. I don't know what the absorption rate for other types of protein is, though I'm willing to bet that our absorption rate is higher for protein from meats. Plus, those solid foods move more slowly through our digestive tract, giving more time for absorption. At the same time, though, I still don't think the absorption rate for other types of protein would be high enough to justify eating 50g+ of protein at one time. But since I have no idea what the absorption rates and digestion times for other types of proteins are, I thought I'd ask what others think. I also realize that most protein powders include digestive enzymes to help increase the absorption, but the extent to which absorption is improved by this and how different this effect is between different supplement brands is also something about which I have no idea.

I've heard that our bodies are only able to absorb about 10g of protein per hour. I'm just wondering how it's possible to get enough protein to bulk up and why it isn't wasteful to consume 50g+ of protein in one shake if this is the case.