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                   If you want to dig deep into the protein debate here’s a food for thought …while I was researching about optimum protein utilisation, I stumbled across certain research papers, by Tarnopolsky(1988), Rennie & Tipton, 2000; Hartman, Moore & Phillips, 2006; Moore 2007), they all state that elite bodybuilders need even less protein than new ones. The more experienced you are the less protein you need for your upkeep. There’s a constant synthesising and breakdown of protein in the human body. Well….for those who don’t know what is synthesising and breakdown….here’s a crash course. (Protein synthesis  is the process whereby biological cells  g enerate new proteins ,  Protein catabolism i.e protein breakdown is the breakdown of proteins into amino acids and simple derivative compounds}.                     So to continue…. exercising causes breakdown and synthesis increases. As one progresses in his workout regime the body becomes more efficient at stopping the

Now the point for major concern is how much should the protein consumption be and how frequent in a day’s meal should these be taken. Well protein ratios are set by bodybuilders as one gram of protein per pound of bodyweight spread across several meals throughout the day. Well these are one of the greatest myths circulating that have woven themselves so deep into the psych of people that it’s really hard to uproot. General thinking goes like. Your body can’t absorb more than 20 to 30 percent of protein you take in a single meal. If that would have been the case we humans would have died a long time back and would not have evolved as a superior specie. Before the modern humans arrived or the preservation techniques were known to mankind we ate what we killed and had to consume it before anybody else took it away. They ate it as much as they could and there body took its time to digest it. That’s how human body works. Furthermore, they’re saying that eating large amounts of protein ju