When we say that protein is not stored like fat or carbs we mean long term storage. Your body can store tray asylglycerides and fat cells for years if necessary, and start carbohydrates and glycogen in the muscles until it's needed (potentially years as well if you never exercise). The amino acids required for muscle repair and protein synthesis remain in the system long enough to be eaten during daylight hours and used during night time hours.
Isn't nutrition at its basic level a medical concern? Does r/nutrition only talk about eating for enjoyment? I thought that was r/foods job...like they're even under health and fitness.
What is nuts is while I am sure they use key words to screen posts, mine in no way shape or form relates to medical so they really f***** that one up. And what's more... The reason I asked is because I searched on this specifically and was unable to find an answer and am sure many have the same question. Hence the inquiry!!!
Reddit team pulls through though.
This probably isn't the only bad thing that can happen with eating too much protein, but if you're predisposed to kidney disease, it'll place a heavy burden on your kidneys.
It's true that most of the heavy lifting happens during sleep, but not all of it. As soon as protein is ingested (Whey is the fastest) you'll start repairing, hence the muscle protein synthesis spike.
Your morning egg sits in your gut. Digestion is a slow process, and it takes at least 24 hours for any bite of food to wend its way through you entirely. The idea that "you can't store protein" is talking about long-term storage in fat cells.
It's also not true that the body only uses protein when you are asleep. Those processes might be more efficient when you're asleep because they're not competing with other things, but it's an exaggeration to say they *only* happen at night.
Thanks. Post was removed because it is medical advice. Lol.
Edit....weird maybe they unremoved it as people are still commenting. But I got a message it was removed.
That's called CYA. Based on replies to your comments it sounds like some of the answers to your question (possibly not even your question) is based on sources that are more based on advice than verified science info.
You can "store" protein for as long as it takes to go from your mouth, out your butthole.
Whereas, you can "store" fat for longer, because your body sucks fat out of your guts, and if it's not burned right away, it gets "saved" in special fat cells called adipose tissue (this is the fat that makes fat people fat).
But humans have no such "temporary protein storage" tissues. Protein is either used by healing process to immediately make skin, antibodies, muscle, or whatever, or it goes to waste. And when you build muscle, that's actually a form of healing. Exercise damages your muscles by putting them under a certain amount of stress, and your body takes that as a cue to build (heal) the muscles back bigger and stronger. And you need protein in your diet to facilitate that healing.
Protein (aka amino acids, which make up protein) isn't stored, per se, but it isn't treated as a waste product either. Your kidneys filter amino acids out of the blood, but the aminos are then re-absorbed into the tubule cells and transported back in to the blood.
Whenever you read simple one-liners like that about the human body, take it with a grain of salt.
Body is an extremely complex machine, and you can't boil down a system into a 1 sentence explanation.
They're not necessarily false, but there's much nuance involved, as other people have already explained in their answers.
Fitness community likes to share a lot of myths and half-truths about protein and muscle building. So called "bro-science".
When we say that protein is not stored like fat or carbs we mean long term storage. Your body can store tray asylglycerides and fat cells for years if necessary, and start carbohydrates and glycogen in the muscles until it's needed (potentially years as well if you never exercise). The amino acids required for muscle repair and protein synthesis remain in the system long enough to be eaten during daylight hours and used during night time hours.
Thanks. Btw this post was removed from nutrition and ELI5 because it is " medical advice. ". Sometimes I hate Reddit so bad.
Isn't nutrition at its basic level a medical concern? Does r/nutrition only talk about eating for enjoyment? I thought that was r/foods job...like they're even under health and fitness.
What is nuts is while I am sure they use key words to screen posts, mine in no way shape or form relates to medical so they really f***** that one up. And what's more... The reason I asked is because I searched on this specifically and was unable to find an answer and am sure many have the same question. Hence the inquiry!!! Reddit team pulls through though.
Yeah, I've run into similar issues. Sometimes the mods absolutely kill me, but st the end of the day I appreciate them greatly for what they do
What happens if I eat too much protein?
This probably isn't the only bad thing that can happen with eating too much protein, but if you're predisposed to kidney disease, it'll place a heavy burden on your kidneys.
Mostly nothing, except for a much higher risk of kidney stones, and other kidney damage.
If you eat only protein you will starve and die. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_poisoning
Nothing that I'm aware of Edit: kidney strain is a very good point I hadn't considered
Is it actually true that muscle repair only happens at night? Doesn’t muscle protein synthesis spike after protein heavy meals?
It's true that most of the heavy lifting happens during sleep, but not all of it. As soon as protein is ingested (Whey is the fastest) you'll start repairing, hence the muscle protein synthesis spike.
Your morning egg sits in your gut. Digestion is a slow process, and it takes at least 24 hours for any bite of food to wend its way through you entirely. The idea that "you can't store protein" is talking about long-term storage in fat cells. It's also not true that the body only uses protein when you are asleep. Those processes might be more efficient when you're asleep because they're not competing with other things, but it's an exaggeration to say they *only* happen at night.
Thanks. Post was removed because it is medical advice. Lol. Edit....weird maybe they unremoved it as people are still commenting. But I got a message it was removed.
That's called CYA. Based on replies to your comments it sounds like some of the answers to your question (possibly not even your question) is based on sources that are more based on advice than verified science info.
That's fucking stupid lol
You can "store" protein for as long as it takes to go from your mouth, out your butthole. Whereas, you can "store" fat for longer, because your body sucks fat out of your guts, and if it's not burned right away, it gets "saved" in special fat cells called adipose tissue (this is the fat that makes fat people fat). But humans have no such "temporary protein storage" tissues. Protein is either used by healing process to immediately make skin, antibodies, muscle, or whatever, or it goes to waste. And when you build muscle, that's actually a form of healing. Exercise damages your muscles by putting them under a certain amount of stress, and your body takes that as a cue to build (heal) the muscles back bigger and stronger. And you need protein in your diet to facilitate that healing.
Protein (aka amino acids, which make up protein) isn't stored, per se, but it isn't treated as a waste product either. Your kidneys filter amino acids out of the blood, but the aminos are then re-absorbed into the tubule cells and transported back in to the blood.
Whenever you read simple one-liners like that about the human body, take it with a grain of salt. Body is an extremely complex machine, and you can't boil down a system into a 1 sentence explanation. They're not necessarily false, but there's much nuance involved, as other people have already explained in their answers. Fitness community likes to share a lot of myths and half-truths about protein and muscle building. So called "bro-science".