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So ive listened to several podcasts lately with Patrick Tuor and his theories on eating for mass and protein requirements. Essentially, he believes in moderately lower protein intake in order to facilitate and allow for assimilation of much higher carbohydrate levels. His thought process is that once you start dieting and dropping calories what are your going to do with tour protein if it’s already very high as your carbs are coming down? But with a lower protein intake you can reduce carbs and increase protein to maintain strength and fullness.
From my perspective I have severe gastric issues and digesting large volumes of protein is hard for me. So I’ve cut my protein down recently to around 30-40 grams per meal instead of my normal
50-60, but have added quite a bit more carbs. Know what I’m noticing so far? Less gas and bloating, and for the first time in years I’ve been hungry for every meal I’ve eaten the last 3 days and have actually had to add food because I’m hungry. For instance, I just ate two eggs, 4 slices of bacon, and some toast for sopping up the yolk only two hours after my last meal. And I don’t even feel full….just satisfied. And another thing I’ve done is I’ve swapped out the 5 ounces of boiled chicken I use in my chicken shakes with a cup of liquid egg whites. I’m so hopeful that this may be something that makes gaining size possible for me again through big eating, but man I’ve been let down so many times over the years. Fingers crossed. Anyone else notice something like this? I’m essentially eating 220-230 grams of protein at a bodyweight of 222, but have been consuming around 6-700 grams of carbs.
From my perspective I have severe gastric issues and digesting large volumes of protein is hard for me. So I’ve cut my protein down recently to around 30-40 grams per meal instead of my normal
50-60, but have added quite a bit more carbs. Know what I’m noticing so far? Less gas and bloating, and for the first time in years I’ve been hungry for every meal I’ve eaten the last 3 days and have actually had to add food because I’m hungry. For instance, I just ate two eggs, 4 slices of bacon, and some toast for sopping up the yolk only two hours after my last meal. And I don’t even feel full….just satisfied. And another thing I’ve done is I’ve swapped out the 5 ounces of boiled chicken I use in my chicken shakes with a cup of liquid egg whites. I’m so hopeful that this may be something that makes gaining size possible for me again through big eating, but man I’ve been let down so many times over the years. Fingers crossed. Anyone else notice something like this? I’m essentially eating 220-230 grams of protein at a bodyweight of 222, but have been consuming around 6-700 grams of carbs.